11 SEP 18 ROTARY PROFILE INTERVIEW with P-E LORNA COCHRANE
Lorna, we had the pleasure of enjoying the Rotary International Convention this summer in Toronto, and I truly enjoyed getting to know you better then! So, you live in Oceanview…what flood zone is that in? (Answer…)
I was curious about your hometown of Kerrobert, Saskatchewan, which on the map looks like it’s about 400 miles due north of the US border at Montana? (yes) What do you miss most about life on the prairie? (Answer…)
How did you meet your husband, Daniel? (Answer…)
You’ve been a Rotarian since 2009. How did you discover Rotary? (Answer…)
Your work experience is amazing…you’ve been a psychiatric and forensic nurse, an educator, administrator and researcher, with a master’s degree in ed-psych and a PhD in cognitive psychology. Before launching your private consulting firm, you owned a company that conducted research and evaluation of healthcare systems. Tell us about the training you designed in terrorism, radicalization and violence prevention. (The people being trained were…they used this training to…)
What do you love most about the people with whom you work? (The sick, the incarcerated, the displaced, the marginalized, the disenfranchised, the outcast give me more than I ever give them.)
Why is “Forrest Gump” your favorite movie? (Answer…)
What was your first car? (A 1965 Plymouth Polaris.) How did you get it? (Answer…)
It’s time for “3 Truths and a Lie”! See if you can guess which of the following statements about Lorna Cochrane is the lie! (LORNA READS…)
1. I once sang in a backup chorus with Celine Dion.
2. My ideal day would include sitting on the beach with my family, a friend, a homeless person, and God.
3. I once was a prison director.
4. I once was a demolition derby driver.
(The lie: Celine Dion has never heard me sing!)
What’s your personal motto? (“God gave me two ears and one mouth for a reason.”)
One more: what are the most memorable words of wisdom you’ve received, and from whom?
(My grandfather told me that “if you don’t learn your lesson the first time, it will return till you do…and #2, you fly with the crows, you get shot with the crows.”)
Thank you, Lorna Cochrane!
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