Kenneth H. Patey, the Founder of GrowthClimate®, has been a professional educator since 1963. He has taught on both a junior and senior high school level, and on a university level in the United States and in the Middle East His academic preparation includes a B.S. degree in Child Development, Family Relations, and Sociology, and an M.S. degree in Counseling. He has also done post-graduate study in Hebrew and in Historical Geography at the Institute of Studies in Jerusalem, Israel. He and his wife Sharon are the parents of six sons and five daughters. They also have a burgeoning batch of grandchildren-forty two so far. Ken has lived in Canada, England, the United States, and the Middle East. Together with his family, he has traveled extensively in other countries as well. This exposure to people from many nations, including his work with Native Americans, has provided a wealth of intercultural experience, and deepened his profound understanding of relationships. Under the umbrella of GrowthClimate®, Ken and several of his team provided volunteer educational support in the community for both primary and secondary victims of domestic violence in Utah County. Beginning with about thirty women, weekly attendance soon rose to an average of approximately one hundred adult victims plus their children. He currently serves as President of the Board of the Center for Women & Children in Crisis.

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