Advisory Council

Sue Blaney
Author, Please Stop the Rollercoaster! How Parents of Teenagers Can Smooth Out the Ride

Dr. Betty Cooke
Lecturer
College of Education & Human Development
University of Minnesota

Dr. Joanne Cox
Director, Primary Care Center
Children’s Hospital

Dan Doyle
Executive Director
Institute for International Sport
University of Rhode Island

Linda L. Peterson
Manager of Training
Mass Mentoring Partnership

Susan Richards
Out of School Time Coordinator
Agenda for Children

La Verne Saunders
Parenting Educator
Families First Parenting Programs, Inc.

Haji Shearer
Parenting Educator
Families First Parenting Programs, Inc.
Director, Fatherhood Initiative
MA Children’s Trust Fund

Mary Kay Stranik
Family Program Consultant
National Parenting Education Network

Dr. Eleonora Villegas-Reimers
Chair of Elementary Education/Associate Professor
Wheelock College

Abby Weiss
Manager, Child and Youth Readiness Cabinet
Massachusetts Executive Office of Education