Banta Whitner has been a practicing psychotherapist for more than thirty years.
Educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A.) and at New York
University (M.S.W.), Banta completed post-graduate training at the New York Center
for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. In 1993, she helped establish the Women’s Center
of Jacksonville, a community-based resource and counseling center for women and
their families, where she continues to serve as a Clinical Supervisor. Banta and Bruce
have planted roots both in Black Mountain, North Carolina and in Jacksonville, Florida,
where they continue to work, not only in their professions, but also in the garden and
the woodshop. (For additional information, see www.bantawhitner.com.)
Bruce Grob has served as Vice Chairman of FreshMinistries, Inc. since 1994,
and four years ago added the role of Executive Director of Siyafundisa HIV/
AIDS in Africa. Bruce was educated at Drew University (B.A., Ph.D./Social
Ethics), Oxford University, and Yale (M.Div.). An ordained Episcopal priest,
Bruce has taught Social Ethics and Religion at University of North Florida as
an Adjunct Professor. He was recently appointed as a Trustee of Eagles Nest
Foundation, which provides oversight to Eagles Nest Camp and the Outdoor
Academy. (For additional information, see www.freshministries.org.)
