Al and Ruth
My blogs
| Industry | Communications or Media |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writers & photographers |
| Location | Birch Bay, Washington, United States |
| Introduction | Ruth Higgins, who grew up in Coquitlam, BC, first worked in the U.S. in Bellingham at St. Lukes Hospital, now part of PeaceHealth. Her career progressed to the Veterans Administration and positions in quality measurement in Pennsylvania, Utah and Missouri. When she met Al in 1992, she headed quality management at the University of Utah Hospital. Moving to San Francisco, she became manager of quality, risk management and safety at Chinese Hospital. Al Krause grew up in Western Pennsylvania, where he was an All-American sports editor of his college’s weekly newspaper and worked for two summers at a daily newspaper before joining the Army Security Agency. After 10 years with a major advertising agency in Philadelphia and two years as an advertising manager in San Francisco, he started his own public relations firm. In 2003, old enough to collect Social Security, but too young to “retire”, we moved to Birch Bay and re-started our joint writing career. Birch Bay is one of the fastest growing communities in Washington. Growth brings issues–Should we incorporate? Will growth pay for itself?–not fully covered by traditional media. Thus this blog. |
| Interests | Politics see PrudentVenturesblog.blogspot.com;and environment see ChumsofTerrellCreekblog.blogspot.com. |
| Favorite Books | Lessons from the Obama 2012 Grassroots Campaign: What Two Devoted Volunteers Learned |