Ted DeCorte . . .

While he’s not writing or enjoying his family, Ted, a former social studies teacher and high school administrator, a former real estate and insurance marketing rep, and a former Congressional district director (don’t hold this against me!), is vice president of operations & business development for a Nevada dental HMO (hey, I’ve got to make use of that expensive college education!).

Ted’s last fifteen seconds of "fame" was as "Dad" peering into an empty potato chip bag for a short-lived Vegas Chips ad campaign.

Ted has a varied background in business, government and education, serving in operations for First National Bank of NV (now Wells Fargo), in fundraising for the Jerry Lewis Telethon & Muscular Dystrophy Association, as a college history instructor and high school teacher and administrator, as district director for Congressman James H. Bilbray (D-NV), as a website entrepreneur (www.smartwomeninvest.com & www.christinedecorte.com), and as a writer & consultant. His writings have been featured in publications for conservation, business, chambers of commerce, seniors, as well as in a column, “Not Ready for The New York Times”.

Ted received his Master's degree in U.S. History from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, in 1979, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Alpha Theta honoraries. He also pursued post-graduate work in educational administration and human resource management.

In high school, Arcadia H.S. in Phoenix, and in college he moonlighted as a percussionist for a singing group that included at various times: Lynda Carter (“Wonder Woman”) and Dianne Kay (“Eight Is Enough” / ”1941”). He has written and published songs for rock, country, jazz and chamber ensembles. In 1993, Ted peered into a empty bag of potato chips as the “dad” in a humorous “Vegas Chips” advertising campaign that proclaimed “You Gotta Hold ‘em.”

Ted is active in the Las Vegas community as an assistant scout leader for Henderson Troop/Crew 903, a board member for First Church of Religious Science, a board member and legislative liaison for the Clark County Association of Health Underwriters, a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters, a board member for the Center for Creative Therapeutic Arts (www.ccta.us), and as a delegate to the county and State Democratic conventions. He has also served as chair for the Las Vegas Impact Lecture Series (featuring Rhonda Britten, Deepak Chopra, John Gray, Mark Victor Hansen, Og Mandino and Edgar Mitchell), the Nevada 1st District Congressional Award committee, the Southern Nevada Job Fair, as a member of Henderson Rotary, and on the Clark County Democratic Central Committee. As an eclectic student of Emerson, Ernest Holmes, Thomas Troward, as well as Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, Ted states,

"From a personal and global perspective, we can't continue doing what we've been doing and expect different results. It's not an easy task for humankind to change the hardened mindsets of ignorance, hatred, and misguided devotion. Yet, I believe that committing to living life with both an open mind as well as an open heart champions a shift in our consciousness, and eventually nurtures humankind well."

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