Ruth Elder:  

Life How time flies when you are having fun... After graduating from Federal Way High School, I attended the University of Pacific in Stockton, CA. I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Adminstration. During college, I was active in Delta Sigma Pi and Model United Nations. I spent another year of post-graduate work helping to organize Model UN conferences. My first "real" job involved working with contract administration at San Joaquin County (CA) Public Works from 1991-1995. After nearly ten years in California, I moved to Olympia, Washington, in 1995, and started the job that has evolved into my current position as Community Program Manager for Thurston County Human Resources. I staff several citizen boards and commissions, dealing with issues ranging from property assessment appeals to cultural diversity and human rights issues. I love my job, and am blessed to be able to put my core values into action every day. I am also thankful to be able to work closely with some of my dearest friends. In college, I worked at Maxwell's Bookmark. This experience propelled me into starting Northwest Passages Books and Collectibles in 1998. I specialize in books, ephemera, California pottery, American dinnerware, a...Expand for more