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Page 2 of 2 Ryan Phillips <br />Other Comments: <br />This application was current on:2/25/2019 11:27:25 PM Date Printed:2/27/2019 <br />Supplemental Questions: <br />Boards/Commissions appointments: <br />County, so that we can serve as a model for other communities around the state, nation, and <br />world. Change in attitudes can be difficult to obtain, but I want to help promote dialogue to build <br />common ground and remove divisions by focusing on the values that make us all human. I want <br />to help ensure that fear, isolation, and intolerance have no place in our community and that in <br />their void are only love, connection, and compassion to bring us together. <br />Conflict of Interest: <br />Commission for the Environment <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />I initially started college as a meteorology major before switching to business administration, and <br />learned in courses about how human behavior can affect the environment and climate. Before <br />college, I was a member of the NC SAVE club at my school, which enacted recycling on campus <br />and raised funds to protect the rainforest via the Rainforest Trust. For my Eagle Scout project, I <br />collected over 13,000 books for reuse in schools by Books for Africa. About 1,500 books were <br />not in great enough condition for donation, but were recycled with the help of Habitat for <br />Humanity. <br />Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />I began working in Orange County in October and want to serve on this board to help ensure <br />environmental protection of this beautiful area and to champion environmental stewardship in <br />the Orange County community. I am highly interested in this topic and would work to research <br />and create innovative environmental ideas and goals for the county to ensure a healthy <br />environment for the current and future generations. <br />Conflict of Interest: <br />Arts Commission <br />Background, education and experience relevant to this board: <br />I obtained a minor in journalism while attending NC State and have experience in journalistic <br />writing for the Flyers Focus newspaper at Sandhills Community College and video/radio <br />presentation for the Broadcast Meteorology Club at NC State. Last year, while I lived in <br />Charlotte, I served on the production crew for Elevation Church s uptown campus. I also have a <br />personal interest in music and am teaching myself piano and guitar. In school, I played the violin <br />and trumpet (marching band) performed in musicals, and sang in youth choir. <br />Reasons for wanting to serve on this board: <br />The arts are like the petals of a flower. STEM careers are important to making society run, just <br />like the stem of a flower is important in helping it stand upright. The petals add beauty to a <br />flower, just like the arts and culture add beauty to a community and society as a whole. The arts <br />enrich the lives of so many people and are an important staple in providing a community with its <br />own unique appeal. I want to serve on this board to help support the arts of Orange County <br />through existing ideas and to introduce new strategies for continued growth. <br />Conflict of Interest: <br />19