Karin Gray
-Secretary of Board-
Karin learned about JMSI after meeting Carolyn Rutherford several years ago during a vacation to Kalispell—it became clear that while she was on vacation to see relatives in the area, her higher purpose was to connect with Carolyn. Through their work together, Karin also became a student of JMSI and is now serving as Board Secretary. JMSI looks forward to benefiting from Karin’s 30-year career as an administrative professional and project coordinator in a variety of industries.
Karin’s connection with Carolyn and JMSI came after a lifetime of having numerous and varied spiritual experiences, they intensified to a point where she had to explore and understand what these visions and experiences meant. It also became clear that she was being guided down a new career path—a path she had never imagined or expected—a path of helping others by serving as a bridge between the practical and spiritual. Helping people help themselves . . . that is the foundation for Karin’s work as The Life Cleanser, an energy healer, and owner of Learn-Do-Be MORE, LLC, as well as for her book “Life Cleansing: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Self-Discovery.”
While Karin had been a lifelong resident of Minnesota, she is now calling Coeur d'Alene, Idaho home. Karin’s passions include U.S. and world travel, reading and learning, listening to music of all genres and geographic origin, creating photo memory books, and appreciating nature’s beauty.
Shannon Haycox
-Treasurer of the Board-
Shannon has been a student at the Jwalan Muktika School for Illumination for a number of years and presently serves as the Director of the Board. Her curiosity for learning and her passion for personal growth is an inspiration to the entire Board!
Shannon has a love for horses, which led her to open Wholistic Equine Center with a business partner in 2009. Together, they teach riding lessons, horse management, and do body and energy work on horses.
Shannon was raised in the Philippines and Kenya, met her husband in Kenya, and moved back to the United States where her husband joined a large corporation. She and her husband moved numerous times throughout the United States and to the Philippines before retiring to Montana. In the Philippines, Shannon was president of Delca, a charitable organization that employed local women to make handicrafts, which were sold in a small boutique.
Shannon Haycox is married with three daughters and five grandchildren.
Terri Oshiro
-Board Member-
Terri is a graduate of JMSI’s Master’s program. She was living in Seattle and became involved with JMSI when her doctor referred her to Carolyn Rutherford who acts as a medical intuitive. She graduated from the University of Washington with BS and MPT degrees in Physical Therapy. Subsequently, Terri moved to Oahu, Hawaii to be near her family where she works in the family optometry business and acts as a spiritual mentor to her nephew and niece.
Terri is JMSI’s Board Member-at-Large.
She laughs when she says, “The people at the local Starbucks know me by name.” She loves to listen to classic jazz, read books, go to the movies and walk the family dog.
Joyce Matson Bailey
-Board Member-
Joyce is a board member at JMSI. She is an experienced consultant, human resources director, and client adviser who has a solid foundation in workplace safety, employment law, and a wide range of human resources topics.
She has served as a national leader for worker safety and has an interest in offering straight advice on safety best practices and in advancing forward-thinking initiatives on emerging workplace safety topics. Joyce has a passion for deeply influencing companies in a positive way and in creating a culture of support and respect. She is a fluid writer and accomplished editor for all corporate communications.
Joyce graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor’s Degree from the Foster School of Business and recently returned to the University to earn an Editing Certificate and a Non-Fiction Writing Certificate. She handles Blogs and Social Media for the school and enjoys all forms of writing!
Carolyn Rutherford
-President of Board-
Carolyn Rutherford founded the Jwalan Muktika School for Illumination in 1996 and acts as its President and lead teacher. Following a near-fatal car accident in 1992, Carolyn discovered that she could both “see” the human body at an energetic level and could identify disturbances in an individual’s energy field. Trained as a nurse, she was able to correlate what she was seeing energetically with physical disorders to help promote healing in her clients.
As a result of her near death experience, Carolyn found she was able to channel information from a non-physical collective consciousness she affectionately refers to as “The Teachers.” She has worked closely with an international array of doctors, physicists and scientists to translate information provided by The Teachers regarding the transformational process humanity is currently experiencing. That information, collectively described as “The Humankind Energy System,” forms the foundation for JMSI’s curriculum.
Carolyn has dedicated her life to revealing the ways in which we all have the ability to “see” ourselves fully, to embody and embrace our magnificence, both as individuals and as expressions of Source Energy. Through JMSI, Carolyn is committed to creating access to the infinite possibilities of wisdom. Carolyn has 3 children and 8 grandchildren who all have supported her journey. She loves murder mysteries, movies and touring through Glacier Park.