Onsite Faculty
Executive Director
Susan Owens, MS, OTR
Susan Owens is Supervisor of Special Education for Muskegon Public Schools in Michigan. She is also an occupational therapist with over 35 years of experience. She has worked with children with special needs both within the educational system and within hospitals. Susan is an adjunct faculty member of Grand Valley State University and was a professor at Eastern Michigan and Wayne State Universities over a 15-year timeframe. She is a seasoned presenter in the area of Brain Gym® and Brain Based Learning. In addition to her leadership role within the Michigan educational system, Susan is the Executive Director of The Michigan Brain Gym® Consortium.
Senior Consultant
Monica Panagos, Ph.D.
Monica Panagos, Ph.D. is a pioneer in the advancement of human consciousness. She has extensive experience presenting and consulting for corporations, educational institutions, and associations and as a personal coach, therapist and spiritual counselor throughout North America. She became a licensed Brain Gym Instructor and Consultant in 1992. In that capacity, she has trained thousands of people in the various uses and applications of Brain Gym. She is the founder of and senior consultant to The Michigan Brain Gym® Consortium. She is listed in the eighth edition of The International Who’s Who of Professional and Business Women.
Visiting Faculty
Dr. Paul E. Dennison, Ph.D.
Dr. Paul E. Dennison, a world authority on cognitive skills and reading achievement, did the seminal research for the Brain Gym work in the 1960s and has since, in collaboration with his wife Gail E. Dennison, developed the field of movement-based learning known today as Educational Kinesiology.
Dr. Dennison’s unique understanding of the brain provides a science of learning whereby people everywhere can discover how to access their full potential. This science has made the Brain Gym program the world’s most successful learning system, used currently in more than eighty countries and translated into more than fifty languages.
