Owner at Elliot's Preemie Tees
Provo, Utah Area
- Current
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- Owner at Elliot's Preemie Tees
- Past
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- Founding Member at Colorado Schools Resource Center
- Board Member at Monument Academy Charter School
- Founder at Timpanogos Charter School
- Lobbyist at Utah Legislative General Session
- Education
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- Northwood College
- Brigham Young University
- Duncanville High School
- Connections
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- Industry
- Apparel & Fashion
- Websites
Debbie Besselievre’s Summary
Current Business
2005 – present Owner of Elliot’s Preemie Tees
- Creator and Owner of Elliot’s Preemie Tees a company that makes clothes for preemies and micro preemies who are hospitalized in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit or who must come home on monitors and/or oxygen.
- Develops and designs patterns and clothing for the Elliot's Preemie Tees clothing line.
- Manages all aspects of the business including advertising, marketing, bookkeeping, R&D, customer service etc.
Goals -
- Provide development and growth for the company to be able to reach customers who are in need of our products and support.
- Develop and manufacture a toddler line of clothing to fit premature infants as they grow since they grow differently from their full term counterparts.
- Start a non-profit that will provide burial clothing for premature babies who do not make it.
- Continue to develop other products and services that will support premature babies and their families as they grow and develop.
Debbie Besselievre’s Specialties:
Clothing Designer
Clothing Construction
Pattern Designer
Bookkeeping
Marketing
Customer Service
Debbie Besselievre’s Experience
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Owner
Elliot's Preemie Tees
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
January 2005 — Present (4 years 11 months)
I started Elliot's Preemie Tees because my grandson, Elliot Cardon, was born 10 weeks premature. He weighed only 1 pound 12 ounces. I unsuccessfully tried to find clothes to fit his tiny frame so I decided to make clothes for him myself. When I took the clothes to the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit the nurses fell in love with his clothes and encouraged me to make Elliot's clothes available to other families. The rest is history!
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Founding Member
Colorado Schools Resource Center
(Education Management industry)
August 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Denise Mund of the Colorado Department of Education requested that I join her in establishing a support organization for Charter Schools at the State level in Colorado. I am a founding member of that organization.
I served as recording secretary for this organization until I moved to Kansas in 2004 -
Board Member
Monument Academy Charter School
(Education Management industry)
September 2002 — August 2003 (1 year )
Elected to the Monument Academy Charter School Board in the Fall of 2002
Appointed to Board Secretary in October, 2002
In addition to regular secretarial duties I was assigned to the following tasks:
o Creating and writing the school’s policy manual
o revising and updating the student/parent handbook
o revising and updating the teacher handbook -
Founder
Timpanogos Charter School
(Education Management industry)
January 2001 — December 2001 (1 year )
Founder of the Timpanogos Academy Charter School
Primary author of the Charter Application for Timpanogos Charter School (A copy of this application is available upon request)
Charter Application granted by the Utah Department of Education in July 2001. At the request of Eric Smith, I flew to Utah from Colorado to address the Utah Board of Education before the vote to grant the Timpanogos Academy Charter School Application.
Timpanogos Academy opened on September 3, 2002. The first Core Knowledge Charter School in the State of Utah. -
Lobbyist
Utah Legislative General Session
(Government Relations industry)
May 2000 — August 2001 (1 year 4 months)
In order to apply for another Charter School in the State of Utah I had to work to change the law to allow additional schools:
Lobbied Republicans and Democrats to support the passage of additional Charter Schools in a Bi-partisan Charter School Bill.
Addressed the Senate Education Committee of the Utah State Legislature in behalf of increasing the number of Charter Schools in the State of Utah. Rallied public support and encourage the committee to vote to send the bill to the next step.
Addressed the House Education Committee of the Utah State Legislature in behalf of increasing the number of Charter Schools in the State of Utah. Rallied public support and encouraged the committed to vote to send the bill to the next step.
Worked with Senator Howard Stephenson, sponsor of SB 169, toward the passage of SB 169 into law. This bill would allow the addition of 4 Charter Schools each year for the next three years. This bill was passed into law in April 2001.
Debbie Besselievre’s Education
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Northwood College
Fashion 1977 — 1979
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Brigham Young University
Psychology 1976 — 1977
- Activities and Societies:
- International Thespian Society, Women's Choir
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Duncanville High School
1973 — 1976
Additional Information
Debbie Besselievre’s Websites:
Debbie Besselievre’s Interests:
Sewing - Seamstress for 28 years, French Handsewing, English Smocking, Gourmet Cooking, Reading, Scrapbooking, Interior Decorating
Debbie Besselievre’s Groups:
New Parent's Seal of Approval
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Duncanville Schools - Alumni
Debbie Besselievre’s Honors:
Cedar Hills Champion
http://www.cedarhills.org/main_story/champions.shtml
Deseret Newspaper Article (front page)
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700230982,00.html
Utah County Daily Herald Newspaper Article
http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/268829/
Debbie Besselievre’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
