Affiliates

Apositiva Institute works together with colleagues and business partners to create excellent and fun experiences.
When you attend our workshops you may meet some of them. Here they are!

Marci Nemhauser, Psy.D., C.L.C.

Meet Marci, our colleague in creating and teaching Growing Coach Certification. She is a qualified, experienced coach, and she is dedicated to helping people clarify and achieve their goals. She created Professional Growth Services after over twenty years as a clinical psychologist because she was ready to change the way in which she helps others.

Allen Mathews

Allen Mathews is a classical guitarist living in Portland, Oregon. In addition to teaching classical guitar at Reed College, Allen also teaches guitar at Oregon Episcopal School in Portland, and headed the classical guitar department at Lewis and Clark College for three years. He also maintains a private teaching studio in Portland. Specializing in South American guitar music, Allen lived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for a prolonged period, where he performed and studied with many celebrated teachers, including Fabio Nin and Maria Lucia. While earning a BA in classical guitar performance in Colorado, he also extensively studied ethnic and orchestral percussion. In addition to lessons with great artists such as Sergio Assad, David Russell, William Kanengiser and others, Allen furthered his studies with classical guitarist Scott Kritzer for three years, and has undergone a year of musical coaching with concert pianist Mark Westcott. For the past four years he has had instruction in the Alexander Technique, focusing on the use of the self in musical performance. Allen has performed in 6 countries, and across the United States. Recently he was hosted as guest of the Central Oregon Symphony, performing on their chamber series. His current collaborations include a guitar and flute duo, and a guitar and percussion duo, which is releasing its first album in the fall of 2010.

For more information visit www.AllenMathews.com