Gerald Ollison

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Gender Male
Industry Non-Profit
Location Portland, Oregon, United States
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Introduction I've over a dozen years of nonprofit fundraising and other support experience in broadcast media, and my creative roots are in theater (I'm a CalArts theater alumnus). I've a strong interest and involvement in martial arts; currently studying Shudokan Karate-do. I once worked for CNN's Los Angeles Bureau (throughout Gulf War #1, the Rodney King Trial, Los Angeles Riots, Simpson Investigations, Northridge Earthquake, floods, fires, etc.). I've also executed direct mail campaigns as Membership Manager for a public radio station, and I am a Raiser's Edge Fundraising Database Guru. I currently work with Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest.
Interests Martial Arts, Shudokan Karate, Tai Chi, Fitness, Movies, Acting, Archetypes, Archetypal Psychology, Jung, Jungian, Jungian Psychology, Collective Unconscious, Metaphysics, Quantum Physics, Mythology, Community, Politics, Introverts, Introversion, INFJ, Midlife
Favorite Movies Mindwalk, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Hard Eight, The Matrix, My Dinner with Andre, Dark City, Husbands, A Woman Under the Influence, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, Jet Li's Fearless, The Libertine, Videodrome, Pan's Labyrinth, The Orphanage, Sin City, Dark Star, Network, House of Games, Charlie, Battlestar Galactica, Ghost In the Shell, Fightclub, La Femme Nikita, The Professional, No Country for Old Men, The Big Lebowski, Crash, Southland Tales
Favorite Books Daimonic Reality, We've Had a Hundred Years of Psychotherapy and the World's Getting Worse, The Soul's Code, Alien Identities, Memories Dreams Reflections, The 12th Planet, Dimensions, Passport to the Cosmos, Operation Trojan Horse, The Biology of Belief, The Holographic Universe, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Martial Arts America, The Introvert Advantage, True and False, A Return to Love, The Gift of Change, How to Win Friends and Influence People, The Body Has a Mind of Its Own