Pamela Whalley is President of the Washington Council on Economic Education and has been active in the area of economic education for over twenty years. She received her undergraduate and graduate training in economics from Indiana University, where she was awarded both departmental and university level teaching awards. Pam joined the faculty of Western Washington University in 1985. She has taught a wide variety of courses, including micro and macroeconomics courses designed specifically for educators. As Associate Director and later Program Director for the Center for Economic Education at Western, she has developed, marketed and presented economic education workshops to teachers and parents across the state of Washington.