Bonnie Dretler:  

Life I left Belzoni in September of ‘69 and moved to New York with my sisters, Sheila and Tanya. I studied singing, worked as an actress/singer/secretary, was a guide at Lincoln Center, an extra in the New York City Opera and performed in Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" in Philadelphia and New York. In 1973 I took the est Training, and in 1974 was hired by Werner Erhard, est’s founder, to manage the Enrollment Department in the newly formed est Center in New York City. In 1975 I was transferred to San Francisco where I managed the Enrollment Department for six months, then took a job working directly for Erhard in his Projects Group. The group (three people) handled all his parties, meetings, conferences and special events. In 1976 the president of est asked me to transfer back east to Boston to revive the failing est Center there. I managed enrollment in Boston for six months, and was promoted to Center Manager. As Boston est's Center Manager I produced and managed all e...Expand for more