Leadership Team

The PSGLC Leadership Team is a 100% volunteer group that meets once a month. Its members include:

Robynne Ingham
Director

Robynne was born in Kansas City, MO in 1964, and later lived in Cody WY, Bozeman MT and Minneapolis, MN. It was there that she joined Xerox Corporation and began a sales career that spanned over 25 years and included positions at Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer Animal Health. 

Robynne was officially diagnosed with PD in the Spring of 2021 about 6 weeks after taking a new sales job in Fort Collins, CO. She was terminated 2 weeks later. At 56 she decided to “retire.” The PD meds are helping with her tremors. Most days, she has her usual positive attitude and smile on her face despite the challenges that others can’t see.

Robynne married her partner of two years in September of 2022. Her wife teaches high school math in the Poudre School District. She now has twin daughters who are freshman at the University of Arizona in Tucson.  Her sons, now 27 and 30 years old, live and work in the greater Denver area. She is enjoying life with her wife in Fort Collins with their four dogs!

Susan Coulter

Susan was born in Evansville Indiana in 1941. After high school there, she attended Indiana University where, as an active student, she was president of her sorority, Delta Gamma, and a cheerleader. Susan graduated magna cum laude with a Phi Beta Kappa key in 1963.

After college, Susan moved to Indianapolis and worked at the LaRue Carter Hospital with autistic children, teaching mute children to speak. In 1967 Susan enrolled in The Catholic University of America in Washington DC, earning her PhD in Clinical Psychology. She began her professional career working with emotional disturbed children at Christ Child Institute, where she rose to become chief psychologist. Susan expanded her work with disturbed children and adults during three years post graduate studies at The Washington School of Psychiatry during the 70’s. In 1980 Susan opened a private practice in individual psychotherapy, and worked with children, families, and adults until her retirement in 2010. During Susan’s career in Washington she supervised entry-level psychologists and was active in the community, including reading for the blind, counseling college students and singing in the Smithsonian Chorale.

Susan suffered severe depression in 2010, but recovered after finding the correct anti-depressant medications. She was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2012. Her overall health improved after she moved to Fort Collins in 2013 where she has been involved with Parkinson’s support groups and numerous health activities. Currently Susan is active in Yoga, Parkinson’s Wellness Recovery exercise classes, dance, and CSU’s Neurologic Music Therapy and Exercise Group. Since last autumn she has been learning horseback riding at Hearts and Horses in Loveland. Susan has recently started to drive again and cooks and assists her husband with the care of their dog at their home in west Fort Collins.

Thad Pawlikowski
Treasurer

Thad Pawlikowski, BS Aeronautical Engineering, MS Engineering Mechanics

Worked for the Boeing Company in mostly classified space programs. Retired in 1998 after 35 years and moved to Fort Collins, Colorado.

Employed for the past 13 years by Larimer County Elections Office responsible for Data Analyses. He developed and implemented the first ever Electronic Poll Book in the US allowing voters to place their vote anywhere in Larimer County.

Care Partner with Billie Pawlikowski. Primary Co-Treasurer with David Bowden, Care Partner with Sandy Bowden.

Gail Frasier
Secretary

I grew up in Florida and attended the University of South Florida, Tampa, from 1964-1968, earning a degree in Mathematics. Taking this to St. Louis to seek my fortune, I worked with the computer division of an actuarial company where I met Bill. Bill had been with VISTA in St. Louis and then stayed to study actuarial science. We married and began our family with two girls, Jill and Becky. Bill wanted to return to his home state of Colorado and I was up for a big adventure so, in 1974 we moved to what is now my home state too, where we added to our family with a son, Tim. Bill worked as an actuary for Security Life of Denver which then became ING. Our children are long grown now with families, businesses and adventures of their own.

Once family life settled into a comfortable groove in the 1980’s, I started my career as a potter and clay sculptor. My family was a great support system for my artwork throughout my career. I retired my business in 2019. Bill and I have enjoyed many adventures together including Habitat for Humanity trips to New Orleans, Mexico and Paraguay. We also spent two years in Peace Corps Jamaica, 2007-2009, where we worked in Community Development in Castleton, St. Mary’s, home of Castleton Gardens, a not-to-miss spectacular botanical garden. We still value friendships made there and stay in touch with many. Bill is one of only a few who have served in both VISTA and Peace Corps. In 2014, Bill was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, our current adventure. We feel fortunate to live near so much positive help and advice. We have access to a plethora of classes and therapists available through CSU, CU and our Parkinson’s Support Group of Larimer County. This group is where we find friends and endless support.

Bill Rogers
Communications Manager

Bill arrived in Colorado, as a youngster, in 1962 when his family moved from Kansas and except for 2 years in Denver has always lived in the Loveland-Ft Collins region; over the years obtaining three degrees from Colorado State University- BA in Social Science, Master of Business Administration and Masters in Computer Information. During this time pursuing careers in Materials Management and IT Support, finally retiring to spend time with his wife and to help her with her Parkinson’s adventure.

Paul French
People with Parkinson’s (PwP) Ambassador

Paul was born and raised in Southern California. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from UCLA and a Master’s from Stanford.Settling in Silicon Valley, he worked for 15 years in high tech first as an engineer, then as a manager, doing integrated circuit design for computers. Paul moved to Fort Collins in 1996, where he continued his management career in IC design at Hewlett-Packard and Intel. He retired in 2016 as a Director of Engineering.

Paul was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2006. He worked for 10 more years. Upon retiring, Paul got more active in the Parkinson’s community. He started the HARDY (Highly Active, Recently Diagnosed, and Young onset) Parkinson’s Group that meets in the evening so that working PWP can attend. He joined the board of PAR,and the leadership team of the Parkinson’s Support Group in Larimer County. He has attended the Parkinson’s Policy meeting in Washington, D.C., and represented PAR at meetings of the Alliance of Independent Regional Parkinson’s Organization (AIRPO) meetings, in addition to helping organize and lead a Parkinson’s boxing class.

Debbie Waring ThM, MSN, RN

Nursing has given Deb the opportunity to work with people in many areas of life for 30+ years.  Areas of service have included Oncology, Hospice, Home Health Care, teaching undergrad nursing students, along with development and coordination of the National Family Caregiver Support Program in two states via senior service agencies.  She was an educator for a non-profit, teaching faith community nurses in seven states, ministering to the needs of people holistically via mind, body, and spirit.

Life has manifested many blessings in Debbie’s life such as being married the past 43 years to her wonderful husband and spiritual partner, Rick. They have one four-legged dog child, Kona, who is a precious black lab mix. Some of the activities she likes to do are gardening, riding bicycles and building relationships, sharing time with others.

Mary Farrell
Parkinson’s Care Partner support group

Mary leads monthly meetups of our Care Partner group, which meets at a different time and place than our monthly support meeting. Check out our calendar for more specifics.

Carl Dierschow
Technology Coordinator

Carl is a professional business coach and compassionate care partner in Fort Collins. He grew up in Denver, graduated as an engineer from CU Boulder, then got married and has lived in northern Colorado ever since.

With his wife and two children, he worked a couple of years in Melbourne Australia – a truly transformational experience for all.

Carl is active in the local small business community and leads a church handbell choir. He brings his software and Zoom expertise to PSGLC as a way for its members to learn and support each other.