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TEENS AND THEIR PARENTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY:
AN EXAMINATION OF TRENDS IN TEEN BEHAVIOR
AND THE ROLE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
May 2000
A Report by
The Council of Economic Advisers
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The White House Conference on Teenagers:
Raising Responsible & Resourceful Teens
May 2, 2000
10:15am
Morning Session/East Room
"Opening Video
Remarks by the President and First Lady
Keynote
Panel I Who are today's teens and what do they need?
Panel II What can parents do to help teens? What can communities do to help
teens and parents?
Closing Remarks by the First Lady
12:30pm
Luncheon/State Dining Room
2:00pm
Breakouts/White House Complex
Family Time
The New Media
Education
The Village
Closing the Gap
Youth as Resources
A Healthy Start
3:30pm
Closing Reception/Indian Treaty Room
White House Conference on Teenagers
Break-Out Assignments
May 2, 2000
Breakout 1/ The Jackson Room in the White House Conference Center
Family Time: What can we do to make it easier for parents and teenagers to spend time
together?
Moderators: Director Janice LaChance, OPM
Member of Congress
Panelists:
Stanley J. Botts, Bell Atlantic
Ken R. Canfield, National Center for Fathering
The Malone Family (Donnie & Fonda)
Laurence Steinberg, Temple University
Amy Swisher, First Day Foundation
Participants:
Lisa Benenson, Working Mother
Janet Chan, The Parenting Group
William J. Doherty, University of Minnesota
Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work Institute
Shirley Igo, National PTA
The Malone Family (Tameka & Lakeeya)
The Silcox Family (Deborah, Drew & Dylan)
Ruth Wooden, The National Parenting Association
Breakout 2/ The Eisenhower Room in the White House Conference Center
The New Media: How is the information age shaping youth today?
Moderators: Deputy Director Donald Vereen, ONDCP
Member of Congress
Panelists:
Zoe Baird, Markle Foundation
Jim Browne, GetNetWise.org
Robert J. Davis, Lycos, Inc.
Judith A. McHale, Discovery Communications, Inc.
Kathryn C. Montgomery, Center for Media Education
Justin Newland, National Campaign Against Youth Violence
Participants: Patrice Adcroft, Seventeen Magazine
Susan Bales, Frameworks Institute
Jeffrey Bleich, National Campaign Against Youth Violence
Sarita Brown, White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic
Americans
Peggy Conlon, The Advertising Council
Karen Hein, William T. Grant Foundation
Katharine Heintz-Knowles, Children's Media Research and Consulting
Sheila Johnson, Black Entertainment Television (BET)
Rachel Jones, National Public Radio
Lisa Paulsen, Entertainment Industry Foundation
Karen Pittman, International Youth Foundation
Ellen Seidman, Seventeen Magazine
William Treanor, Youth Today
Meredith Wagner, Lifetime Television
Mildred Wurf, Girls Incorporated
Breakout 3/ The Truman Room in the White House Conference Center
Education: How can we build school climates that work for teenagers?
Moderators: Secretary Richard Riley, U.S. Department of Education
Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
Panelists:
Sarah Austin, Decatur High School, Atlanta, GA
Gene Bottoms, Southern Regional Education Board
Jay Engeln, MetLife/NASSP National Principal of the Year
Susan Gaddy Greene, I.S. 218, New York City
Larry Hurt, 1999 Indiana Teacher of the Year
Robert S. Rivera, Project GRAD
Participants:
Karen Austin, Parent
Susan Ballard, Newton-Connover City Schools, North Carolina
The Barrett Family (William, Betsy & MaryGrace)
Pam Betheil
Martin Blank, Coalition for Community Schools
The Bosques-Smith Family (Maria, Khyanna & Anastasia)
Kathleen Burgess
Michael Casserly, Council of the Great City Schools
Clarice Chambers, National School Boards Association
Anthony Colon
Philip Coltoff, The Children's Aid Society
Mary Kate Cullen
Steven W. Edwards, East Hartford High School, East Hartford, CT
Amitai Etzioni, The Communitarian Network
Maria Cristina Fernandez
Elinor Goldberg, Maine Children's Alliance
Linda Gordon
Susan Gorin, National Association of School Psychologists
Beatrix A. Hamburg, Cornell Medical College
Margaret Hamburg, Department of Health and Human Services
Carole Hankin
Stacy Holmes
Clifford M. Johnson, Institute for Youth, Education & Families
Lois Harrison Jones, National Alliance of Black School Educators
David Kaplan
Louis King, Summit Academy
Kristen Kingdon, Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
Judith Lichtman, National Partnership for Women and Families
Guillermo Linares, New York City Council
Bill Milliken, Communities in School
Sydny Miner, Simon & Schuster
Kristin Moore, Child Trends
Gail Nayowith, Citizens Committee for Children of New York
Amy Paulsen, Teen People
Robert Pynoos, UCLA School of Medicine
Nancy Safer, The Council for Exception Children
Katheryn Lee Shaw, Carnegie Mellon University
The Speaker Family (Edd & Edwin)
Laura Stepp, The Washington Post
Sue Swaim, National Middle School Association
Gerald N. Tirrozzi, National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP)
William S. White, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Stephanie Williams
Mark Walker
Richard Yep, American Counseling Association
Breakout 4/ The Lincoln Room in the White House Conference Center
The Village: How can the community better support parents and teenagers?
Moderators:
Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
Panelists:
Jeffery L. Brown, Ten Point Coalition
LaToya Gardner, Maplewood Comprehensive High School, Nashville, TN
Kenneth L. Gladish, YMCA of the USA
Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Stanford University
Katherine Newman, Harvard University
Participants:
Kent Amos, Urban Family Institute
Shay Bilchik, Child Welfare League of America
J. Ben Casey, Dallas YMCA
Debra Delgado, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Danny Devito
Eden Fisher Durbin, YMCA of the USA
Willa Gardner, Parent
Cora Greenberg, Westchester Children's Association
Victor Hernandez, City Council of Lubbock, Lubock, Texas
Michele D. Kipke, National Academy of Sciences
Sarah Ann Long, American Library Association
Daniel Marcus, U.S. Department of Justice
Patrick McCarthy, Annie. E. Casey Foundation
The McDonald Family (Emily & Veronica)
Matthew L. Myers, National Center for Tobacco Free Kids
Rhea Perlman
Diana Zuckerman, National Center for Policy Research for Women & Families
Breakout 5/ Eisenhower Executive Office Building 476
Closing the Gap: How can we provide positive opportunities for all teenagers?
Moderators: Secretary Alexis Herman, U.S. Department of Labor
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
Panelists:
Peter L. Benson, Search Institute
Talmira L. Hill, Annie E. Casey Foundation
Lan-Ahn Phan, Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D.C.
accompanied by Sandra Hoa Dang, Asian American LEAD
Dorothy Stoneman, Executive Director, YouthBuild USA
accompanied by Ameir Ramadan, Youthbuild USA
Kathleen Sylvester, Social Policy Action Network (SPAN)
Participants:
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Teachers College
Vernon Gray, National Association of Counties
Samuel Halperin, American Youth Policy Forum
Grace Hou Ovnik, Chinese Mutual Aid Society
Della M. Hughes, National Network for Youth
Ruth-Ann Huvane, Creative Artists Agency Foundation
Alan Khazei, City Year
Jodie Levin-Epstein, Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Rae Linefsky, YWCA
Sister Mary Rose McGeady, Covenant House
Richard Murphy, AED, Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
David Saltzman, Robin Hood Foundation
Susan Shaffer, The Mid Atlantic Equity Center
Hillary O. Shelton, NAACP
Roxanne Spillet, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
William Spriggs, National Urban League
Susan Sygall, Mobility International USA
Breakout 6/ Eisenhower Executive Office Building 472
Youth as Resources: Can teenagers be resources in their own development and for their
peers?
Moderators:
Harris Wofford, CEO, Corporation for National Service
Member of Congress
Panelists:
Kathleen Lee, Turner Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
Michael Preston, Gila River Youth Council
Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University
Nicole Salinas, Antonian High School, San Antonio, TX
Andrew Shue, Do Something
Gary Walker, Public Private Ventures
Participants:
Dr. Robert Wm. Blum, University of Minnesota
John Calhoun, National Crime Prevention Council
Geoffrey Canada, Rheedlen Center for Children and Families
The Contreras Family (Gabriella & Grace)
Deborah Craig, YouthNet
Terry Cross, National Indian Child Welfare Association
William Damon, Stanford University
Alan Freedman, B'nai B'rith Youth Organization
Anthony Jackson, Disney Learning Initiative
James Kielsmier, National Youth Leadership Council
Richard Lerner, Tufts University
Eric Liu, White House Domestic Policy Council
Catherine Milton, Save the Children
Patrick J. O'Connor, Chicago City Council
Gorden Raley, National Collaboration for Youth
Ramona Sabori, Parent
Frank Salinas, Parent
Richard J. Sauer, National 4-H Council
Breakout 7/The Roosevelt Room
A Healthy Start: How can we help teenagers stay healthy?
Moderators: Secretary Donna Shalala, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Panelists:
Sarah S. Brown, The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Brandi Chapple, Trinity College, Washington, D.C.
Harold S. Koplewicz, NYU Child Study Center
Carole Morris, Mt. Vernon Neighborhood Health Center
Michael D. Resnick, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Participants:
Bernard S. Arons, Center for Mental Health Services
Linda Bearinger, University of Minnesota
Susan Blumenthal, U.S. Assistant Surgeon General
Jon Butler, Pop Warner Little Scholars
Michael Caplin, Childhelp USA
Rodney Chapple, Parent
Steven Culbertson, Youth Service America
Sally Cunningham, National Council of Youth Sports
William C. Dement, Stanford University
Angela Diaz, Mt. Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Jacquelynne S. Eccles, University of Michigan
Michael Faenza, National Mental Health Association
Jay Giedd, National Institute for Mental Health
David A. Hamburg, Carnegie Corporation of New York
Barbara Huff, Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health
Julius Richmond, Harvard Medical School
The White House Conference on Teenagers
Breakout Moderator Biographies
Administration Officials
ALEXIS M. HERMAN
Secretary
Department of Labor
Since she was sworn-in May 1, 1997 as the nation's 23rd Secretary of Labor and the first African
American to head the department, Alexis Herman has led the U.S. Department of Labor focusing
its work on three goals: a prepared workforce, a secure workforce and a quality workplace.
Before joining President Clinton's Cabinet, Secretary Herman served in the administration as
assistant to the President and director of the White House Public Liaison Office. In 1992, she
served as the deputy director of the Presidential Transition Office.
As founder and president of A.M. Herman & Associates, she advised state and local
governments, as well as private corporations during the 1980's. An expert on reducing and
eliminating formal and informal labor market barriers, she guided corporations on human
resources issues related to training, mentoring and reducing turnover.
Secretary Herman first joined government during the Carter Administration. Secretary of Labor
Ray Marshall recruited her to serve as director of the Women's Bureau, a Senate confirmed
position in which she became a trusted advisor to Secretary Marshall on workplace policy.
Previously, she was National Director of the Minority Women Employment Program of R-T-P,
Inc. in Atlanta, where she established programs to place minority women in white-collar and
nontraditional jobs.
A native of Mobile, Alabama, Herman began her career as a Catholic Charities social worker,
developing training opportunities for unemployed youth, unskilled workers and new entrants to
the Mobile labor force at Ingall's Shipbuilding, Inc., in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She graduated
from Xavier University in New Orleans in 1969.
RICHARD W. RILEY
Secretary
Department of Education
President Clinton chose Richard Riley to be Secretary in December 1992 after Riley won
national recognition for his highly successful effort to improve education in South Carolina.
During the President's first term, Secretary Riley helped launch historic initiatives to raise
academic standards, improve instruction for the poor and disadvantaged, expand grants and loan
programs to help more Americans go to college, prepare young people for the world of work and
improve teaching. He also helped to create the Partnership for Family Involvement in Education,
which today includes over 4,000 groups.
Secretary Riley's efforts were so successful that President Clinton asked him to stay on in his
second term to lead the President's national crusade for excellence in education. He and the
President agree that education must be America's number one priority in the years ahead.
Already in the second term, Secretary Riley has helped win an historic ruling by the F.C.C. to
give schools and libraries deep discounts for Internet access and telecommunications services
and helped win major improvements in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
Secretary Riley's goals now include helping all children to master the basics of reading and
math, making schools safer, reducing class sizes, modernizing and building new schools, helping
students learn to use computers and expanding after-school programs.
Secretary Riley was born in Greenville County, S. C., on Jan. 2, 1933. He graduated cum laude
from Furman University in 1954 and served as an officer on a U.S. Navy minesweeper. In 1959,
Riley received a law degree from the University of South Carolina. He was a state representative
and state senator from 1963-1977 and was elected governor in 1978 and reelected in 1982.
DONNA E. SHALALA
Secretary
Department of Health and Human Services
In Donna Shalala's seven years as Secretary, the Department has guided the welfare reform
process; made health insurance available to an estimated 2.5 million children through the
approval of 50 state and territory Children's Health Insurance Programs (CHIP); raised child
immunization rates to the highest levels in history; led the fight against young peoples' use of
tobacco; created national initiatives to fight breast cancer, racial and ethnic health disparities, and
violence against women; and crusaded for better access and better medications to treat AIDS.
Secretary Shalala is one of the nation's foremost advocates for children and families, and has
made improving the quality of life for America's children her highest priority. Before joining the
Clinton Administration, Secretary Shalala served for more than a decade on the board of the
Children's Defense Fund, succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton as chair in 1992. As a member of
the 1991 Committee for Economic Development, she contributed to bipartisan reports on the
basic health, welfare, and educational needs of our youngest children.
Throughout her career, Secretary Shalala has been a scholar, teacher, and a public administrator.
As Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison from 1987-1993, she was the first
woman to head a Big Ten University and was named by Business Week as one of the five best
managers in higher education. During her tenure at UW, she helped to raise over $400 million
for the university's endowment and spearheaded a $225 million state-private partnerships
program to renovate and add to the university's research facilities for its world class scientists.
Prior to that, Secretary Shalala served as president of Hunter College for eight years, and as an
Assistant Secretary at the Department of Housing and Urban Development during the Carter
Administration. From 1975-1977, she served as Treasurer of New York City's Municipal
Assistance Corporation, the organization that helped rescue the city from the brink of
bankruptcy. An acknowledged scholar of state and local government and finance, Secretary
Shalala earned her Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse
University in 1970. She has also served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Iran.
JANICE R. LACHANCE
Director
Office of Personnel Management
Janice R. Lachance is the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). She was
sworn-in as Director by Vice President Al Gore on December 10, 1997, after a unanimous
confirmation by the U.S. Senate on November 9.
Prior to becoming the agency's Director, Ms. Lachance was appointed OPM's Director of
Communications in 1993 and its Director of Communications and Policy from 1994 to 1996.
Ms. Lachance subsequently served as OPM's Chief of Staff from 1996 - 1997. She was
appointed Deputy Director by President Clinton in August 1997 and served briefly in that
position before assuming the position of Acting Director.
From 1987 until she came to OPM, Janice Lachance served as the Director of Communications
and Political Affairs for the American Federation of Government Employees, AFLCIO, where
she directed the political, media and public affairs programs for the nation's largest federal
employee union. Her early career includes extensive Congressional experience, including
Communications Director for Congressman Tom Daschle (D-SD), Administrative Assistant to
Congresswoman Katie Hall (D-IN) and Staff Director and Counsel for the House Small Business
Subcommittee on Antitrust and Restraint of Trade.
Born in Biddeford, Maine, Ms. Lachance holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Manhattanville
College, Purchase, New York, and a Law degree from Tulane University School of Law, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
ERIC H. HOLDER JR.
Deputy Attorney General
Department of Justice
Eric Holder began his career of public service by joining the Department of Justice as part of the
Attorney General's Honors Program. He was assigned to the newly formed Public Integrity
Section in 1976 and was tasked to investigate and prosecute official corruption on the local, state
and federal levels. In 1988, Deputy Attorney General Holder was nominated by the President to
become an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
In 1993, President Clinton nominated Mr. Holder to become the United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia. Mr. Holder was confirmed in October of that year and served as the head
of the largest U.S. Attorney's Office in the nation for nearly four years. As U.S. Attorney, Mr.
Holder created a new Domestic Violence Unit, implemented a community prosecution pilot
project to work hand-in-hand with residents and local government agencies in order to make
neighborhoods safer, supported a renewed enforcement emphasis on hate crimes so that criminal
acts of intolerance will be severely punished, developed a comprehensive strategy to improve the
manner in which agencies handle cases involving the abuse of children, launched a new
community outreach program to reconnect the U.S. Attorney's Office with the citizens it serves,
and developed "Operation Ceasefire," an initiative designed to reduce violent crime by getting
guns out of the hands of criminals.
On April 14, 1997, President Clinton nominated Mr. Holder to be the Deputy Attorney General.
As Deputy Attorney General, Mr. Holder is responsible for the supervision of the day-to-day
operation of the Department of Justice. He is now the highest ranking African American in law
enforcement in the history of the United States. Deputy Attorney General Holder is active in the
organization Concerned Black Men, which seeks to help the youth of the District of Columbia
with the problems they face.
Deputy Attorney General Holder received his undergraduate degree from Columbia College and
his law degree from Columbia Law School.
DR. DONALD R. VEREEN, JR.
Deputy Director
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Donald Vereen began duties as ONDCP Deputy Director on June 1, 1998. Prior to that time, he
served as Special Assistant to the Director for Medical Affairs at the National Institutes of Health
(NIH), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA).
During his tenure at NIH, Dr. Vereen worked on the development of new research strategies to
address public health issues like violence, drug abuse, and addiction. From 1992-1994 while at
the National Institute of Mental Health, he was charged with the development of community-
based research projects on violence. Dr. Vereen carried this interest over to the National
Institute on Drug Abuse where he worked on interdisciplinary research projects dealing with the
causes and consequences of drug abuse. This work lead to the development of research
partnerships within NIDA, NIH, and HHS as well as with other institutions, most notably the
Departments of Justice and Education. In addition, he was appointed to represent NIH on the
District of Columbia Task Force on Health Affairs and worked with the Mayor's Health Policy
Council.
Dr. Vereen was born on Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi. After graduating from
Harvard College in 1980 with an A.B. in biology, he attended Tufts University School of
Medicine in Boston where he received his M.D. degree. He then completed an internship in
internal medicine at Salem Hospital, followed by a residency in psychiatry at Massachusetts
General Hospital where he was appointed Chief Resident. His post-graduate work included a
Masters in Public Health (M.P.H.) at the Harvard School of Public Health, an associate
fellowship in health services research at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene,
and a research fellowship in "Clinically Relevant Medical Anthropology" in the Department of
Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Vereen has held membership and leadership positions in several professional societies. He
serves on the board of directors of a number of District of Columbia health organizations.
HARRIS WOFFORD
Chief Executive Officer
Corporation for National Service
Head of the Corporation for National Service since the fall of 1995, Harris Wofford has
dedicated much of his career to the goal of making citizen service a common expectation and
experience for all Americans. As a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania from 1991 to 1994, he
played a key role in both crafting and working to pass the trailblazing legislation that created the
Corporation with broad bi-partisan support.
Wofford's role in The Presidents' Summit for America's Future is in keeping with that bi-
partisan spirit. A national service summit was the brainchild of former Michigan Governor
George Romney, who shared his vision with Wofford shortly after Wofford was named as the
Corporation's CEO. Wofford and Points of Light Foundation President Bob Goodwin agreed to
enlist their organizations in initiating the unprecedented meeting. What has become the
Presidents' Summit was born. Romney did not live to see the realization of his dream, but he
died knowing that the Summit would go forward.
Since helping to launch the Peace Corps in 1961 under the Kennedy Administration, Wofford
has been in the forefront of the nation's service movement. In the 1970s, he formed and chaired a
panel to study the idea of national service, which in 1979 produced the landmark report Youth
and the Needs of the Nation In 1987, as Pennsylvania's Secretary of Labor and Industry, he
established and led Governor Robert Casey's Office of Citizen Service, which promoted school-
based service-learning and youth corps, and managed the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps.
In 1993, then-Senator Wofford worked with President Clinton's task force, headed by Eli Segal,
on both drafting and passing the National and Community Service Trust Act, which created
AmeriCorps and the Corporation for National Service.
Wofford played a key role in the civil rights movement with Dr. Martin Luther King. Under
President Eisenhower, he was counsel to the Rev. Theodore Hesburgh of Notre Dame on the first
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. In the Kennedy years, he was a Special Assistant to the
President and chaired the subcabinet group on civil rights. While on the White House staff,
Wofford helped Sargent Shriver plan and organize the Peace Corps and in 1962, he became the
Peace Corps' Special Representative to Africa and director of its large Ethiopia program. In the
Johnson Administration, he took on the post of Peace Corps Associate Director.
Wofford has been both a law professor and president of two colleges, the State University
of New York at Old Westbury and of Bryn Mawr College. An alumnus of the University of
Chicago, and both Howard University and Yale Law Schools, he has also practiced law and
authored several books, including Of Kennedys and Kings.
Members of Congress
Confirmed (4/30/00)
SEN. JOHN KERRY (D-MA)
Currently serving his third term as United States Senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kerry has
consistently shown independence and leadership in challenging Washington to respond to the
concerns of all Americans.
Senator Kerry was born on December 11, 1943. He graduated from Yale University in 1966 and
then enlisted in the Navy, becoming an officer on a gunboat in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
Among the decorations he received for his service are a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and three
Purple Hearts. He also received two Presidential Unit Citations and a National Defense Service
medal. Upon his return home, he became an active leader of the Vietnam Veterans Against the
War and a co-founder of the Vietnam Veterans of America.
Senator Kerry graduated from Boston College Law School in 1976, then worked as an Assistant
District Attorney in Middlesex County. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1982 and elected
to the Senate in 1984. Over the years, Senator Kerry has worked to ensure that all Americans
have access to a good education, a clean environment, safe streets, and a decent wage that honors
hard work. He has fought to balance the budget responsibly, create a regulatory environment
friendly to small business, and prepare the United States to meet the new demands of
international economic competition.
Senator Kerry believes that government has a proper role in safeguarding vital services for our
neediest citizens, young or old. He also believes that any American working diligently day after
day to put food on the table should be able to earn a livable wage. In the last year alone he has
fought to protect Medicare, expand health coverage for children not covered by Medicaid, and
increase the Federal minimum wage from $4.15 to $5.25.
As a member of the Senate Commerce and Foreign Relations Committees, Senator Kerry is
deeply involved in the effort to develop better ways for American companies to access
international markets so they can create more jobs at home. He authored legislation to create new
incentives for investment in start-up companies and to promote advanced and environmental
technologies. He successfully pushed legislation for targeted preferential capital gains treatment
of permanent research and development tax credit. Since coming to the Senate, he has sought
prudent reform of U.S. export controls.
REP. RUBÉN HINOJOSA (D-TX)
Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) was first elected to represent Texas' 15th Congressional District in
November 1996. Prior to his being elected to the 105th Congress, Congressman Hinojosa served
twenty years as President and Chief Financial Officer of a family-owned food processing
company, H&H Foods. With over 300 employees, H&H has received national awards of
recognition by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Small Business Administration.
The Congressman serves on two House committees, Education and the Workforce, and Small
Business. His Education Committee assignment and his appointment to chair the Congressional
Hispanic Caucus Education Task Force, were critical to the success of his first major legislative
initiative entitled "The Higher Education for the 21st Century Act." This bill secured an
increased authorized funding level of $62.5 million for Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs),
enhanced visibility of HSIs within the Higher Education Act, relaxed the restrictions for
institutional eligibility for HSI designation and improved the ways and financial means by which
HSIs strengthen curriculum development, academic instruction, mentoring, and college libraries.
As a member of the House Small Business Committee, Congressman Hinojosa has been very
active on the Tax, Finance, and Exports Subcommittee as well as the Subcommittee on
Government Programs and Oversight. He increased access to capital and loans for small
businesses, removed tax and regulatory burdens and promoted business growth and opportunity
in economically depressed areas through new and improved SBA government programs. He also
led a successful effort to create a Womens' Business Center at the University of Texas-Edinburg.
Born in Edcouch, Congressman Hinojosa attended Mercedes High School and earned a BBA and
an MBA from the University of Texas in Austin and in Edinburg, respectively.
REP. SHEILA JACKSON LEE (D-TX)
Sheila Jackson Lee's swearing-in as a Member of the 106th Congress marks her
third term in the U.S House of Representatives where she continues to be an highly active
member of Congress, pursuing and successfully achieving a number of legislative objectives.
She has distinguished herself as a staunch defender of the Constitution, civil rights and
African-American interests.
Congresswoman Jackson Lee, a veteran of both corporate and private law practice, is a
member of the House Committee on the Judiciary where she serves on the subcommittees
on Crime and Immigration and Claims. She was recently appointed as the Ranking Member of
the Immigration and Claims subcommittee. This role establishes her as one of the key
policymakers on immigration matters.
In addition, the Congresswoman is also a member of the Committee on Science, where she
serves on the subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. In recognition of her outstanding
contributions to Science, the National Technical Association (NTA) of Scientists and
Engineers honored the Congresswoman as one of their 1998 TOP Women in the Sciences.
During her tenure in Congress, Congresswoman Jackson Lee has served as a member of
the Congressional Human Rights Caucus, the Congressional Caucus on Women's Issues, the
Congressional Black Caucus, The Aeronautics and Space Caucus, and House Democratic
Caucus Task Forces on Hunger, Welfare Reform, House Internet Caucus, Economic
Renewal, Affirmative Action and Travel and Tourism. In addition, she is the founder and
chairperson of the Congressional Children's Caucus. This caucus continues to advocate on behalf
of children nationwide.
Before her election to Congress, she served two terms as one of the first African American
female At-Large members of the Houston City Council. Prior to her Council service, she was an
Associate Municipal Court Judge for the City of Houston.
Congresswoman Jackson Lee received her undergraduate degree from Yale University,
graduating from the Honors Program in Political Science. She went on to receive her Juris
Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law.
REP. ELLEN TAUSCHER (D-CA)
Ellen Tauscher, a Democrat representing California's 10th Congressional district, launched her
career in public service by winning election in a Republican district in San Francisco's East Bay
suburbs. As a New Democrat and Blue Dog representing a key swing district, she has made her
mark as a moderate in California and in Washington, DC. Her fiscally responsible, bi-partisan,
independent brand of leadership was coined "Tauscherism" by Time Magazine. During her first
term in office, she was selected Co-Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign
Committee (DCCC) and currently is one of only two women to hold a leadership post among
House Democrats.
For those who have known Congresswoman Tauscher, her short path to leadership is nothing
new. At just 25 years of age, she was the youngest woman to hold a seat on the New York Stock
Exchange for Bache Securities. During 14 years on Wall Street, she also joined current SEC
chairman Arthur Leavitt as an officer of the American Stock Exchange.
Congresswoman Tauscher has used her leadership posts and her 20 years of private-sector
business experience to serve the working families and businesses in her district. An author and
advocate on child care issues before serving in Congress, she wrote the Democrats'
comprehensive bill to guarantee America's working families safe, affordable and accessible child
care. She also introduced the State Infrastructure Banks for Schools Act to provide innovative
approaches to rebuild our nation's aging schools and libraries. As the co-chair of the NDC's
Entitlement Reform Task Force, she participated in the White House Conference on saving
Social Security and has been appointed by her peers to co-chair the Democratic Caucus Task
Force on Campaign Finance Reform.
Congresswoman Tauscher earned a degree in Early Childhood Education from Seton Hall
University. A proud resident of Tassajara Valley, California, she has one daughter, Katherine.
After moving to California in 1989, she founded the ChildCare Registry -- the first national
research service to help parents verify the background of child care workers. She published her
first book, The ChildCare Sourcebook, to help working parents make informed decisions about
their own child-care needs.
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SARAH AUSTIN
Student
Decatur High School, Atlanta
Sarah Austin is a 15-year-old sophomore at Decatur High School, near Atlanta. She has served
as president of her school's Gay-Straight Alliance for two years and is also on the school
newspaper staff. She is involved in several community action groups, including the Gay, Lesbian
& Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and Youthpride Atlanta. Ms. Austin lives in Atlanta
with her mother and two sisters.
ZOË BAIRD
President
Markle Foundation
Zoë Baird is president of the Markle Foundation, an organization that works to realize the
potential of communications, media and information technology to improve the quality of life for
all Americans. The Markle Foundation pursues its goals through a range of activities, including
analysis, research, public information and the development of innovative media products and
services. Markle creates and operates many of its own projects - using not only grants but also
investments and strategic alliances with non-profits and businesses.
Ms. Baird was recently senior vice president and general counsel of Aetna Inc. She has also
served as associate counsel to President Jimmy Carter, attorney in the Office of Legal Counsel of
the U.S. Department of Justice and law clerk to U.S. District Judge Albert Wollenberg in San
Francisco. In 1993, President Clinton appointed her to the President's Foreign Intelligence
Advisory Board. Ms. Baird founded and currently chairs the nonprofit organization Lawyers for
Children America, which addresses the impact of violence on children.
Ms. Baird holds a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley's Boalt School of
Law and an undergraduate degree from Berkeley with majors in communications and public
policy and political science.
SUSAN NALL BALES
President
Frame Works Institute
Susan Nall Bales is president of the Frame Works Institute, a project of the College University
Resource Institute in Washington, D.C., which conducts communications research on social
issues. Current projects involve interdisciplinary teams of scholars working on public
perceptions and media portrayals of adolescence, global issues, violence prevention, gender
equity and other children's issues. This work is supported in part by the Annie E. Casey
Foundation, the Caroline and Sigmund Schott Foundation, the Aspen Institute and the W.T.
Grant Foundation.
Ms. Bales is a founder of the Coalition for America's Children and helped create the "Who's for
Kids and Who's Just Kidding?" campaign. She serves on the board of the National Funding
Collaborative for Violence Prevention, is a fellow of the Advocacy Institute, and is a member of
the Adolescence 21st Century Study Group of the Society for Research on Adolescence.
For six years, she served as director of Strategic Communications and Children's Issues at the
Benton Foundation, where she was the founding editor of www.connectforkids.org an award-
winning website on children's policy issues. She is editor of Effective Language for Discussing
Early Childhood Education and Policy (1998) and Effective Language for Communicating
Children's Issues (1999). Ms. Bales received her M.A. degree from Middlebury College and
B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.
PETER L. BENSON
President
Search Institute
Dr. Peter Benson is president of Search Institute in Minneapolis, a national nonprofit research
organization dedicated to promoting the well-being of children and adolescents. As a lecturer,
author, researcher and consultant, Dr. Benson's work focuses on strengthening communities,
social institutions and public policy on behalf of America's youth. His research and writing have
generated new thinking and action in hundreds of cities across the United States on how
communities can mobilize and unite to raise healthy, successful and caring children and
adolescents.
Dr. Benson is an adjunct professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Administration
at the University of Minnesota and is the author of nine books on children, adolescents and the
community forces that shape their lives. His books include Beyond Leaf Raking: Learning to
Serve, Serving to Learn; What Kids Need to Succeed; All Kids are Our Kids: What Communities
Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents; and The Fragile
Foundation: The State of Developmental Assets among American Youth.
He received his B.A. at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois; an M.A. from Yale University;
and both M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in social psychology from the University of Denver. He joined
Search Institute in 1978 following academic appointments at Eastern Michigan University and
Earlham College, and has been president since 1985. In 1991, he received the William James
Award for career contributions to psychology from the American Psychological Association.
ROBERT Wm BLUM
Director, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Health
University of Minnesota
Robert Blum is director of the Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, and
director of the WHO Collaborating Center in Adolescent Health, both at the University of
Minnesota. He was co-investigator for the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health
(Add Health), a study of adolescents in grades 7 through 12, designed to measure the social
settings of adolescent lives, the ways in which adolescents connect to their social world and the
influence of these social settings and connections on health.
Dr. Blum was the 1998 American Public Health Association's Needleman Award recipient for
"scientific research and courageous advocacy for children." He is a past president of the Society
for Adolescent Medicine and currently serves as chair of the Alan Guttmacher Institute Board of
Directors and on the Scientific Panel of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. Dr.
Blum's research interests include adolescent sexuality, chronic illness and international
adolescent health care issues. He has edited two books and has written over 180 journal articles
and numerous special reports.
In addition to his M.D. from Howard University College of Medicine, Dr. Blum has a Masters in
Public Health in Maternal and Child Health, and a doctorate in Health Policy, both from the
University of Minnesota. Dr. Blum also acts as a consultant to the World Health Organization,
Pan American Health Organization and UNICEF.
GENE BOTTOMS
Senior Vice President
Southern Regional Education Board
Gene Bottoms is director of the Southern Regional Education Board's High Schools That Work
program, the largest effort in the United States to improve high schools for career-bound
students. Currently, over 950 high schools in 22 states are participants in the program, and many
more are adopting the goals and key practices of the program.
Prior to his work with SREB, Mr. Bottoms served as executive director of the American
Vocational Association, where he emphasized academics in vocational education. He has also
served as director of Educational Improvement for the Georgia Department of Education, where
he oversaw improvement efforts in the same field. Mr. Bottoms has also been a local school
teacher, principal, and guidance counselor.
In 1995, Secretary of Education Richard Riley appointed Mr. Bottoms to the National
Educational Research Policy and Priorities Board. This board helps to create and evaluate a
national consensus with respect to a long-term agenda for educational research, development and
dissemination. In the same year, he received the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education, an
award presented annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to the
advancement of knowledge through education.
STANLEY J. BOTTS
Senior Specialist, Office of Ethics and Corporate Compliance
Bell Atlantic
Stanley Botts is a senior specialist in the Office of Ethics and Corporate Compliance of Bell
Atlantic. He began his career with C&P Telephone Company in 1981 as an account executive
and held positions in product management and external affairs prior to his current position at
Bell Atlantic. Mr. Botts has held various positions in the federal government and District of
Columbia Government, including 13 years in management positions at the Office of Personnel
Management and D.C. Government. He is involved in numerous company, community and civic
activities with local school districts, college alumni and local county leadership programs.
Mr. Botts received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Central State
University in Ohio.
JEFFERY L. BROWN
Co-Founder
Ten Point Coalition
Reverend Jeffrey Brown is co-founder of the Boston Ten Point Coalition, which was started in
1992. The Ten Point Coalition is an ecumenical group of Christian clergy and lay leaders
working to mobilize the Christian community around issues affecting black youth--especially at-
risk youth issues such as violence, drug abuse and other destructive behaviors.
In 1997, Reverend Brown helped launch the national Ten Point Leadership Foundation, an
umbrella organization for churches interested in the Ten Point Plan. In 1999, Brown founded
Ten Point International, designed with the same mission and focus as its parent organization. It
serves as a technical resource entity for churches and faith-based groups around the world. In
addition, Reverend Brown created Positive EDGE in 1993, which provides city street advocacy,
court advocacy and outreach ministry for at-risk youth.
Reverend Brown is a Master of Divinity graduate of the Andover Newton Theological School.
He also attended Harvard Divinity School, concentrating in American Church History. He is a
recipient of numerous awards commending him on his dedication to the betterment and security
of his community including the national Lyndhurst Prize for Outstanding Leadership and
Community Service. He is the author of several articles on religion, youth and violence, a
columnist for the Cambridge Chronicle, and is currently writing a book on the importance of
innovative faith-based institutions in confronting violence and rebuilding community.
SARAH S. BROWN
Director
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Sarah Brown is director of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, a private and
independent initiative organized in 1996 to stimulate and support actions nationwide to reduce
adolescent pregnancy. Prior to joining the Campaign, she was a senior study director at the
Institute of Medicine, where she completed a major study on unintended pregnancy, resulting in
the report, "The Best Intentions: Unintended Pregnancy and the Well-Being of Children and
Families." While at the Institute, she directed other projects on topics related to maternal and
child health.
Ms. Brown serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Alan Guttmacher
Institute, and is a member of the Early Life and Adolescent Health Policy Working Group of
Harvard University. She is on several advisory councils, including Teen People Magazine, the
Division of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at the Institute of Medicine, the
Department of Maternal and Child Health at Johns Hopkins University and the Maternal and
Child Health Advisory Council of the March of Dimes. Ms. Brown has received numerous
awards, including the John MacQueen award for excellence in maternal and child health from
the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs and the Martha May Elliot Award of the
American Public Health Association for unusual achievement in the field of maternal and child
health.
Ms. Brown holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University and the
University of North Carolina. She has recently been elected to Delta Omega, the public health
honorary society.
JIM BROWNE
Director
GetNetWise.org
Jim Browne is the director of GetNetWise.org, a service brought to the public by internet
industry corporations and public interest organizations to help ensure that families have safe,
constructive, educational and entertaining online experiences. Prior to directing GetNetWise, he
served as co-director of New Initiatives at the Communications Consortium Media Center, which
serves to make both electronic and print media available to nonprofit organizations and
collectively helps them use "strategic media" to advance common issues. At CCMC, Mr.
Browne launched the Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities, a major effort to
recognize and address learning disabilities in children.
Previously, Mr. Browne was the senior program officer of the Field Foundation of New York,
where he focused on youth development, voter participation, and issues of civil liberties. Mr.
Browne was also a senior fellow at the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial where he helped to conduct
an inquiry into the state of high school journalism for the Memorial.
GEOFFREY CANADA
President & CEO
Rheedlen Centers for Children & Families
Geoffrey Canada has been president and Chief Executive Officer of the Rheedlen Centers for
Children and Families since 1990. Rheedlen's mission is to contribute to the renewal of some of
New York City's most devastated communities by providing quality preventive social services to
children, families and their neighborhoods. Among its many activities is demonstrating the
correlation between child abuse, neglect and dropping out of school and a later life of
dependency.
Mr. Canada enjoys a national reputation as both an advocate for children and expert on issues
concerning violence, children and community redevelopment. He is the acclaimed author of Fist
Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence in America, and was the recipient of the first
Heinz Award in 1994 for his passionate concern for children and his selfless determination to
make their lives safer and saner. The Robin Hood Foundation's Heroes of the Year Award and
Bowdoin College's Common Good Award have also recognized him for his dedicated work.
Mr. Canada is the founder of the Chang Moo Kwan Martial Arts School, a nationally recognized
model for violence prevention efforts. Prominent among his many efforts are Rheeden's Beacon
School, Harlem Peacemakers Program and Community Pride Initiative. His newest initiative is
the Harlem Children's Zone, which will work with all of the children and families in a 23-block
area in Central Harlem. In addition, he serves as the East Coast Regional Coordinator for the
Black Community Crusade for Children. He holds a B.A. from Bowdoin College and an M.A. in
Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
KEN R. CANFIELD
President & Founder
National Center for Fathering
Ken Canfield is president and founder of the National Center for Fathering, a Kansas City-based
nonprofit education and research center dedicated to inspiring and equipping men to be
responsible fathers. A research scholar specializing in the area of fatherhood and the history of
the family, he serves as a consultant to state and local community officials on ways to engage
and equip fathers in local programming. In addition to his work with the National Center for
Fathering, he is one of the founding members of Vice President Gore's "Father to Father"
initiative.
Dr. Canfield is the author of books and magazine articles on fathering skills and research,
including the award-winning 1992 Seven Secrets of Effective Fathers, and has been interviewed
on numerous television and radio programs about his work. In conjunction with a number of
scholars, he developed the Personal Fathering Profile, one of the largest ongoing databases on
fathering in the country and a tool for men to inventory their strengths and opportunities as
fathers.
Dr. Canfield received his bachelor's degree from Friends University in Kansas, an M.C.S. degree
from the University of British Columbia - Regent College, and his Ph.D. in education from
Kansas State University. In 1993 the National Congress for Men and Children awarded Father of
the Year to Dr. Canfield.
J. BEN CASEY, JR.
President
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
J. Ben Casey is the President of the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas, which serves 259,000
members in the Greater Dallas area, 25 percent of area families. One of the largest YMCA's in
the United States, the YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas is a human care organization based on
Christian values that promotes, through its programs, the physical, emotional and spiritual well-
being of individuals of all religions, races, ages and communities. Mr. Casey oversees 22 branch
locations and 145 program centers that serve five counties. Mr. Casey also participates in
administering the Dallas Coalition for character values and the Mayor's Summer Youth
employment program.
Mr. Casey is the son of a Voice of America U.S.I.A engineer and grew up in the Philippines and
Munich, Germany. He received his B.A. degree in Psychology at the University of California,
Los Angeles and M.A. degree in Counseling at Chapman College.
BRANDI CHAPPLE
Student
Trinity College, Washington D.C.
Brandi Chapple is an 18-year-old freshman at Trinity College, where she is the president of her
class and is pursuing a double major in Spanish and Communications and a minor in
International Studies. She serves on the Youth Leadership Team for the National Campaign to
Prevent Teen Pregnancy through which she has given numerous speeches on how to reduce teen
pregnancy. Ms. Chapple is also a co-host of Black Entertainment Television's "Teen Summit," a
teen talk show that focuses on various issues of interest to teens. She is a native of Laurel,
Maryland.
GABRIELLA CONTRERAS
Student
Roskruge Elementary and Middle School, Tucson, AZ
Gabriella Contreras is an eighth grader at Roskruge Elementary and Middle School in Tucson,
Arizona. Having witnessed firsthand the horrors of school violence when drug-related riots broke
out opposite her school's playground in third grade, she founded Be Alert and Don't Do Drugs
(BADDD), a community-service clùb whose motto is "Even as youth we can make a positive
difference in our home, neighborhood, school and community." She has taken this message
beyond her school, serving as the Arizona Youth Delegate at the President's Summit for
America's Future in 1997, and by organizing a citywide Youth Summit in Tucson.
Most recently, Ms. Contreras led a community-wide peace march involving more than 500
people in response to local copy-cat violence that occurred following the Littleton tragedy. She
also serves on several national boards, including the 4-H Council, and is a representative for the
Department of Health and Human Service's "Girl Power!" initiative, a national public education
campaign to encourage girls 9 to 14 years of age to make the most of their lives.
Ms. Contreras has received more than $30,000 in scholarship funds for her community service.
ROBERT J. DAVIS
President & CEO
Lycos, Inc.
Robert J. Davis, president and Chief Executive Officer of Lycos, Inc., was the company's first
employee in June 1995. Since that time Davis has transformed Lycos from an Internet search
engine to one of the most powerful Internet hubs and media companies worldwide. In less than
four years, Davis has led Lycos from a company with $2 million in venture capital to a multi-
billion dollar business. In addition to Lycos, he serves on the board of directors of Boston
College High School, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Interactive
Media Council and The Man.com.
Through a string of strategic partnerships and investments, along with eight major acquisitions,
Mr. Davis has led Lycos in developing the Lycos Network, a pioneering Web media model that
delivers mass reach and diversity of audience and programming. This community-based,
integrated network of complementary websites and entities includes three top 10 websites and is
one of the most visited hubs on the Internet, being used by one out of every two web users each
month.
Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, from Northeastern University
and an MBA, with high distinction, from Babson College.
DANNY DEVITO
Writer, Director, Actor and Producer
Danny DeVito is a prolific actor with upcoming appearances in four films. In addition, he is a
filmmaker who directs, writes and produces. He is also the co-founder of Jersey Films.
Mr. DeVito started his career on stage and eventually was cast as Martini in the production of
"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," a role that would lead to many others. Like many
accomplished actors, DeVito became an "overnight success" after years of hard work. He has
accrued numerous credits in television, cable and film and has won a Golden Globe and Emmy.
He is now considered one of the entertainment industry's most successful filmmakers.
With his wife, Rhea Perlman, DeVito helped found the Colonnades Theater Lab and is also
involved in the Children's Action Network
Mr. DeVito graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
ANGELA DIAZ
Professor
Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Angela Diaz is a professor and vice chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Mount Sinai School
of Medicine where she is responsible for the Division of General Pediatrics and the Division of
Adolescent Medicine. She is also director of Health Services for the Children's Aid Society of
New York.
Dr. Diaz served as a White House Fellow in 1995, where she examined health care policies in
the U.S. Territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean. She has been very involved in issues of
international health, as well as advocacy issues and policy in the United States. Her research has
covered adolescent reproductive health, teen pregnancy prevention, childhood sexual
victimization and adolescents in the Juvenile Justice System. Dr. Diaz has been the recipient of
numerous honors and awards and has authored a number of professional articles. She received
her medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and her
postdoctoral training from the Mt Sinai School of Medicine.
JACQUELYNNE S. ECCLES
Wilbert McKeachie Collegiate Professor of Psychology
University of Michigan
Jacquelynne Eccles is the Wilbert McKeachie Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Women's
Studies and Education, as well as a research scientist at the Institute for Social Research at the
University of Michigan. She also serves as the Interim Chair of Psychology at the University of
Michigan. Over the last 30 years, she has conducted research on a wide variety of topics
including gender-role socialization, teacher expectancies, classroom influences on student
motivation and social development in the family and school context. Much of this work has
focused on the adolescent periods of life when health-compromising behaviors such as smoking
dramatically increase.
Dr. Eccles has served as the past chair of the Advisory Committee for the Social, Behavioral and
Economic Directorate at the National Science Foundation. She is a member of the MacArthur
Foundation Network on Successful Adolescent Development and Chair of the MacArthur
Foundation on Successful Pathways through Middle Childhood. Dr. Eccles has been the
associate editor of Child Development and is co-author of Women and Sex-Roles and Managing
to Succeed. She received her Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of
California, Los Angeles in 1974. Dr. Eccles has served on the faculty at Smith College, the
University of Colorado, and the University of Michigan.
JAY ENGELN
MetLife/NASSP National Principal of the Year 2000
William J. Palmer High School, Colorado Springs, CO
Jay Engeln is principal of William J. Palmer High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is
also the MetLife/NASSP National Principal of the Year 2000.
In 1974, Mr. Engeln began his career in education as a science teacher and soccer coach in
Colorado Springs. He taught biology and environment science at Mitchell High School and
human anatomy and physiology at Doherty High School, always placing strong emphasis on
student interaction and involvement in the learning experience. While at Doherty High School,
Engeln was a finalist for Colorado Teacher of the Year. He organized the first high school
soccer team in Colorado Springs and in 1985 was named National High School Soccer Coach of
the Year.
In 1993, Mr. Engeln was named principal of William J. Palmer High School. The school,
located in the heart of downtown Colorado Springs, included aging buildings, a declining and
transient population base, a ninth grade failure rate of 45 percent, an overall student dropout rate
8.4 percent and a negative image within the community. Mr. Engeln felt strongly that as the
principal, his role was to provide direction and support for initiatives that focused on improving
student achievement through the creation of programs that met all students needs. Under his
leadership and with the dedicated support of staff, students and community members, enrollment
has almost doubled since Engeln assumed the role of principal, construction projects are
underway to provide new and better facilities, graduation rates have steadily increased, dropout
rates have declined and test scores (ACT/SAT and TAP) are consistently among the highest in
any public or private school in the region.
In addition, Mr. Engeln has been involved in several unusual methods to obtain support for
school programs. Last year, Engeln rode his bicycle 324 miles across the state of Colorado to
raise money for programs at the school.
Mr. Engeln received his undergraduate degree in biology from Colorado College. He continued
his education at the University of Colorado to receive his Master's degree in Science Education.
ELLEN GALINSKY
President & Co-Founder
Families and Work Institute
Ellen Galinsky is the president and co-founder of the Families and Work Institute, a Manhattan-
based nonprofit organization conducting research on the changing family, workplace and
community. Ms. Galinsky co-authored the 1997 National Study of the Changing Workforce, a
nationally representative study of the U.S. workforce updated every five years, and the 1998
Business Work-Life Study, revealing the trends and prevalence of business initiatives that
support the family and personal life of employees.
As a leading authority on work-family issues, she was a presenter at the 1997 White House
Conference on Child Care and appears regularly on television and in the media. Ms. Galinsky is
the program director of the annual work-life conference co-convened by the Conference Board
and Families and Work Institute. As a past president of the National Association for the
Education of Young Children, she has also served on many boards, commissions and task forces.
Her work with numerous companies and governments extends globally.
For 25 years Ms. Galinsky was on the faculty at the Bank Street College of Education, where she
helped establish the field of work and family life. She has authored over 20 books and reports
and published more than 100 articles in academic journals, academic books and magazines. Her
newest book, Ask the Children, is considered a landmark investigation of how to succeed at work
and parenting.
Ms. Galinsky received her B.A. in child studies at Vassar University and an M.S. in Child
Development from Bank Street College. She holds a New York State Teacher Certificate.
LATOYA GARDNER
Student
Maplewood Comprehensive High School, Nashville, TN
Latoya Gardner is a junior at Maplewood Comprehensive High School and has been an active
member and volunteer at the YMCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee. She volunteers with
the YMCA's P-TAP (Positive Theory Awareness Program) and Teen Leadership Council.
The YMCA's P-TAP is an arts program that enables teens to communicate to other teens about
making good choices in difficult circumstances through drama, dance and music performances.
The YMCA's Teen Leadership Council is made up of teen leaders from the Nashville area's 19
YMCA's and features teen leadership weekends, educational sessions and citywide community
service projects.
Ms. Gardner is a member of her school's track and tennis teams. She also serves as a member of
the National Honor Society and ROTC.
JAY N. GIEDD
Chief of Brain Imaging at the Child Psychiatry Branch
National Institute of Mental Health
Jay Giedd is chief of Brain Imaging at the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental
Health, where he is using magnetic resonance imaging to study brain development in healthy and
unhealthy children and adolescents. He is also a practicing clinician and is board certified in General
Psychiatry and Geriatric Psychiatry as well as Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Giedd has written extensively in medical and science journals on the biological basis of behavioral,
cognitive, and emotional disturbances, and lectures nationally and internationally on these topics. His
publications include works on autism, depression, dyslexia, eating disorders, learning disabilities and
pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcus, Sydenham's chorea,
and Tourette's syndrome. He has also published seminal papers in the areas of attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder and childhood-onset schizophrenia. Dr. Giedd's recent work has focused
on healthy brain development and the factors that guide and influence this process.
KENNETH L. GLADISH
Chief Executive Officer
YMCA of the USA
Kenneth Gladish is the chief executive officer of the YMCA of the USA. He joined the YMCA
after serving six years as executive director of the Indianapolis Foundation and William E.
English Foundation and three years as president of the Central Indiana Community Foundation.
He has also served as president of the Indiana Humanities Council, director of the Indiana
Donors Alliance and taught at Indiana University in Indianapolis, as well as Butler University.
Dr. Gladish began his career as the assistant director for youth and community programs at the
North Suburban YMCA outside of Chicago in the mid-1970s. During the last 20 years, he has
served on the boards of the three local YMCAs, as well as on the National Board of the YMCA
of the USA from 1977 to 1983. He also served as a U.S. delegate to the YMCA World Alliance
Executive Committee in Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Gladish received his bachelor's degree from Hanover College in Indiana and his masters and
doctorate degrees in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.
SUSAN GADDY GREENE
Teacher
I.S. 218 in New York City
Susan Greene teaches dance for the New York Public Schools at I.S. 218/Children's Aid Society
Community School, where she is also the director of the SUMA/C.A.S. Dance Company.
Opened in March 1992, I.S. 218 is one of four community schools run by the Children's Aid
Society in Washington Heights in partnership with the New York City Board of Education, the
local school district, and many community-based organizations.
Community Schools are open six days a week, 15 hours a day, year-round. The comprehensive
services provided include medical and dental care, mental health, recreation, supplemental
education, youth programs, family life and parent education and weekend and summer camp
services. The schools perform health and dental screenings for 96 percent of students plus their
siblings, preventing many absences related to medical appointments and illnesses. Examples of
extended-day programs include individual tutoring, the student-run school store, "Peace Teams,"
which pairs students with police officers for cross-cultural learning and a student-initiated day
care center at a local welfare office. Average attendance rates are over 90 percent and reading
and math scores are 15 percent higher than comparable schools.
Ms. Greene received her B.A. in Dance from the University of Maryland and her M.A. in Dance
Education from Teachers College at Columbia University. In 1998, she was selected for Who's
Who Among American Teachers, and she has recently published an article in AAHPERD, an
international journal, titled Mourning Into Dancing- The Transformation of Lives, A Personal
Journey.
TALMIRA L. HILL
Program Associate
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Talmira Hill is a program associate with the Annie E. Casey Foundation since 1995, where her
research has focused on youth development and economic opportunity for vulnerable young
adults making a transition to adulthood. Prior to joining Casey, Ms. Hill worked in the U.S.
Department of Education focusing on high school education reform and workforce education and
training, and in the policy advocacy field with the Center for Law and Education on issues of
education for low-income children and youth.
Ms. Hill also gained experience in international health issues as research coordinator for the
Johns Hopkins University, as a practitioner with Africare and as a specialist on literacy issues in
Senegal, West Africa. She holds a Master of Education degree from Harvard University and a
Bachelor of Science degree in International Politics from the School of Foreign Service at
Georgetown University.
LARRY HURT
1999 Indiana Teacher of the Year
Ben Davis High School, Wayne Township, Indianapolis
Larry Hurt is an art teacher at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis and was named the 1999
Indiana Teacher of the Year. Using his year away from the classroom to serve as Teacher in
Residence/Teacher Ambassador in the Indiana Department of Education, Mr. Hurt is
participating in a variety of projects in Program Development while speaking to education
students and student teachers throughout the state about becoming and remaining a passionate
teacher.
In Wayne Township, Mr. Hurt has been chosen by students 15 years in a row for the Senior's
Choice Awards. He was Ben Davis Teacher of the Year in 1991 and 1998, and Teacher of the
Year of Wayne Township in 1998. He received the Prelude Awards/Kightlinger and Gray
Outstanding Arts Educator Award in 1998, the Governor's Art Award in 1999, and was one of
three visual arts teachers honored by the Walt Disney Company's American Teacher Awards in
1992.
At Ben Davis High School, Mr. Hurt is credited by colleagues with 25 years of innovative arts
outreach programs. He co-founded the Special Arts Club, an outreach program that brings
special needs students and art students together in a peer-tutoring environment. Mr. Hurt is also
the Ben Davis school improvement chair, chairs the North Central Association and Performance-
Based Accreditation committees, and has served on the district Strategic Planning Team.
Mr. Hurt earned the B.A. degree in art education at Purdue University in 1973 and his M.S. in
education at Butler University in 1983. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in art education at
Purdue.
HAROLD S. KOPLEWICZ
Founder & Director
New York University Child Study Center
Harold Koplewicz is founder and director of the NYU Child Study Center, vice-chairman of the
Department of Psychiatry, professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and a professor of
Clinical Pediatrics at the New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Koplewicz has appeared
frequently on national television shows to discuss child and adolescent psychiatry. In addition,
he has authored several books, including the textbooks Depression in Children and Adolescents,
It's Nobody's Fault: New Hope and Help for Difficult Children and their Parents and Childhood
Revealed: Art Expressing Pain, Hope and Discovery.
He has won several awards for his work, including the 1997 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from
the National Alliance of the Mentally Ill and the 1997 Reiger Service Award from the American
Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in recognition of his work in the development of
school-based mental health programs. He serves on the National Advisory board of Parents
Magazine, and since 1997 has been editor-in-chief of the Journal of Child and Adolescent
Psychopharmacology.
KATHLEEN LEE
Teacher
John P. Turner Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
Kathleen Lee has been an English teacher at John P. Turner Middle School, West Philadelphia
Improvement Corps (WEPIC), since 1989. She is an award-winning teacher, a leader in her
community and an expert on service-learning.
Ms. Lee serves as a board member for various community organizations, including the YMCA of
Philadelphia, Columbia North Branch and the Pennsylvania Middle School Association.
Ms. Lee is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a masters of Education from
Temple University. Recently, she has been nominated for the Time Warner Cable Teacher of the
Year Apple Award.
THE MALONE FAMILY
Laurel, Maryland
Donnie and Fonda Malone live in Laurel, Maryland with their four children: daughters Lakeya,
Temaka and Alivia, and son Donnie. Lakeya and Temaka are both active teenagers, involved in
their schools and in numerous extracurricular activities. Between Donnie and Fonda's career
responsibilities and Lakeya, Temaka, Alivia and Donnie's busy schedules, the Malones often
struggle to find quality time together.
Mr. and Mrs. Malone both believe that their first priority, as parents, is to help their children
make healthy decisions and learn the value of responsibility. The Malones recognize that they
must remain focused and firmly committed to the essential responsibility of nurturing their
relationship with their children.
Mrs. Malone is a teacher at Laurel Woods Elementary School in Howard County, Maryland.
During her tenure as an educator, she has received praise and thanks from her students, parents,
and co-workers for her enthusiasm in the classroom and her dedication to her students.
Mr. Malone is the executive director of the Druid Hill Family YMCA, located in a high poverty,
high crime neighborhood in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. He has dedicated his career to
carrying out the mission of the YMCA to build strong children, strong families, and strong
communities.
EMILY McDONALD
Student
Clarkrange High School, Clarkrange, TN
Emily McDonald is a junior at Clarkrange High School. A participant in Appalachian Teen
Leaders for the past three years, she has risen in the ranks to the position of facilitator at Save the
Children conferences. Her teen group in Fentress County calls themselves THE-Teens Helping
Everyone. Among the many service activities THE has been involved in is the building of an
outdoor playground at a local community center. THE has participated and aided in the
packaging and distribution of over 500 emergency assistance kits including toiletries and first aid
supplies for survivors of disasters such as floods and hurricanes. It has also challenged other
youth groups in the area to match or exceed their output.
This past summer, Ms. McDonald served as a Child Youth Intern for Save the Children and will
return again this summer to volunteer for the Summer America Reads program and the summer
arts program at South Fentress.
She plans to attend a four-year university after graduation.
JUDITH A. McHALE
President & COO
Discovery Communications, Inc.
As President and Chief Operating Officer of Discovery Communications, Inc. (DCI), Judith
McHale is responsible for overall strategic direction, business development and operations of all
DCI resources and properties in the United States and around the world. Under her leadership,
DCI has grown from its core property, the Discovery Channel, to become the leading global real
work media company.
Ms. McHale has led DCI's extensive efforts to fulfill its social responsibilities. She created the
Discovery Channel Global Education Fund, which provides advanced satellite technology to
deliver free educational programming to over 40,000 students at 43 schools and community
centers throughout rural Africa and Latin America. In 1999, following the tragic shootings in
Littleton, Colorado, she committed DCI to provide media literacy training to every public school
in Maryland.
Before joining Discovery in 1987 as its general counsel, she served as general counsel for MTV
Networks, where she was responsible for legal affairs for MTV, Nickelodeon and VH-1. Ms.
McHale graduated from Fordham Law School and earned her undergraduate degree in politics
from the University of Nottingham in England.
MILBREY W. McLAUGHLIN
Professor of Education
Stanford University
Milbrey McLaughlin is the David Jacks professor of education at Stanford University, and serves
as the co-director of the Center for Research on the Context of Teaching. She is also co-principal
investigator of a multi-year project that examines community-based resources for at-risk youth in
diverse community settings and directs the Pew Forum on Educational Reform. Prior to joining
the faculty at Stanford University, Dr. McLaughlin served as a senior social scientist at the Rand
Corporation.
Dr. McLaughlin is the author or co-author of numerous books, articles and chapters on education
policy issues, contexts for teaching and learning, productive environments for youth and
community-based organizations. Her recent book, Community Counts: How Youth
Organizations Matter for Youth Development, calls for communities to rethink how they design
and deliver services for youth, particularly during the non-school hours.
Dr. McLaughlin received her B.A. from Connecticut College and her Ed.M. and Ed.D. from
Harvard University.
KATHRYN C. MONTGOMERY
President & Co-Founder
Center for Media Education
As president and co-founder of the Center for Media Education (CME), Kathryn Montgomery is
an authoritative and influential voice for creating a quality media culture for children, their
families and the community. She directs CME's Research and Public Education Initiative on
New Media, Children, and Youth which is designed to both stimulate research and act as a
clearinghouse on research and policy developments for academics, industry, the public and
policymakers.
Dr. Montgomery's research, writings and testimony have helped frame public policy on critical
media issues, including online safeguards for children through the Children's Online Privacy
Protection Act (COPPA), a content-based ratings system for television programs and the 1996
FCC rule requiring a minimum of three hours of educational programming for children. Dr.
Montgomery's book, Target: Prime Time - Advocacy Groups and the Struggle Over
Entertainment Television, is the definitive study of the relationship between advocacy groups
and network television.
Dr. Montgomery has served as a consultant to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services and as a guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars. She was a professor of film and television at the University of
California, Los Angeles. She received her Ph.D. in film and television from UCLA.
CAROLE MORRIS
Founder & CEO
Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center
Carole Morris is founder and CEO of the Mount Vernon Neighborhood Health Center in Mt.
Vernon, New York, a comprehensive health facility which provides multifaceted health services
to over 52,000 patients. A nurse by training, Ms. Morris has been working to improve the public
health in her community for over thirty years. She has served as Chairman of the National
Association of Community Health Centers and founded the Community Health Care Association
of New York State.
Ms. Morris is also President of Community Choice Health Plan of Westchester, a Medicaid-
managed care plan. Ms. Morris received her B.A. at Iona College and is a registered nurse from
Mount Vernon School of Nursing.
JUSTIN NEWLAND
Member
National Youth Action Council, National Campaign Against Youth Violence
Justin Newland (age 19) is a sophomore majoring in Agriculture Education, with a minor in
Agriculture Business, at Coffeyville Community College. From rural Kansas, Mr. Newland
joined Future Homemakers of America (FHA) in junior high school where his work emphasized
family and community development. From FHA, he joined other state and national
organizations and was a high school athlete, competing in football, basketball and track. He is
currently an intern with the National Safety Council and serves as their youth representative to
the National Organizations for Youth Safety.
Mr. Newland is a Member of the National Youth Action Council of the National Campaign
Against Youth Violence. He wrote in his application to the National Youth Action Center, "We
have been stereotyped as a violent generation, with no regard for human life. I think it is very
important for today's youth to stand up and take a voice in issues that surround them."
KATHERINE NEWMAN
Malcolm Wiener Professor of Urban Studies
Harvard University
Katherine Newman is presently the Malcolm Wiener professor of urban studies at Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. She chairs the National Science
Foundation training program on "Inequality and Social Policy" and the joint doctoral programs
in sociology, government and social policy.
Dr. Newman is the author of several books on middle class economic insecurity. Her 1999 book,
No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City, focused on job search strategies,
work experiences and family lives of African American and Latino youth and adults in Harlem.
No Shame in My Game has been named the winner of the Sidney Hillman Book Prize and the
Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for 2000.
Dr. Newman holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of California, Berkeley.
RHEA PERLMAN
Writer, Actress & Producer
Rhea Perlman is an Emmy-award winning actress with a wide variety of television, cable and
film credits. She is currently starring in the television drama "The Further Adventures," a pilot
being developed for the fall season. Although Ms. Perlman is most widely known for her role on
NBC's "Cheers," she has written and produced numerous projects as well as founded her own
development company, New Street Productions, with her husband Danny DeVito.
Ms. Perlman helped found the Colonnades Theater Lab and is a strong supporter of many
children's charities including LA's Best, the Westside Children's Center, Children's Action
Network, the Children's Defense Fund and the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Ms. Perlman received her bachelor's degree from Hunter College.
LAN-ANH PHAN
Student
Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D.C.
Lan-Ahn Phan's family came to the United States from Vietnam in 1995 when she was 14 years
old. Within a year after her arrival, and with the help of a mentor, Ms. Phan became an honor
student, won first place for a Science Fair Project, and was honored as the Student of the Year in
English at Woodrow Wilson High School, in Washington, DC. Since then, she has served as
President of the Asian American Student Association, co-captain of the Girl's Cross Country
Team and coordinator of the National Honor Society.
In addition to her academic achievements, Ms. Phan has been a leader in her community, helping
other refugee children in her neighborhood. She has organized and taught Vietnamese classes to
elementary school children and was a founding board member of Asian American LEAD (a
nonprofit service provider for refugee and immigrant families) where she works with parents,
youth, staff and other professionals to develop youth programs. In 1998, Ms. Phan founded the
Youth Power Group with the mission to engage youth in developing educational, cultural and
recreational programs for refugee youth. Ms. Phan also serves as an advisory board member for
the National Campaign to Prevent Teenage Pregnancy.
Ms. Phan plans to attend the University of Virginia at Charlottesville in the fall.
KAREN JOHNSON PITTMAN
Senior Vice President
International Youth Foundation
Karen Pittman is senior vice president of the International Youth Foundation (IYF), an
organization dedicated to improving conditions for children and youth worldwide by enabling
them to care more responsibly for themselves, their families, their communities and the world.
In 1999, she established IYF-US, an arm of IYF committed to bringing international lessons and
perspectives to U.S. conversations about youth development and youth policy.
An accomplished sociologist and recognized leader in the youth development field, Ms. Pittman
began her career at the Urban Institute. She spent six years at the Children's Defense Fund
promoting an adolescent policy agenda through the development of a bimonthly report series that
linked pregnancy prevention to broader youth development strategies. Ms. Pittman was the
founder and Director of the Center for Youth Development and Policy Research until 1995,
when she accepted a position with the Clinton Administration as director of the President's
Crime Prevention Council.
Ms. Pittman has written three books and dozens of articles on youth issues and is a regular
columnist and public speaker. Currently, she sits on the boards of the E.M. Kauffman
Foundation, Educational Testing Service, American Youth Work Center and is a member of the
National Research Council's Forum on Adolescence. In the course of her career she has also
served on the board of the Carnegie Council on Adolescent Development.
Ms. Pittman received her B.A. in Sociology and Education at Oberlin College and her master's
in Sociology at the University of Chicago.
MICHAEL PRESTON
President
Gila River Youth Council
Michael Preston is a freshman at Scottsdale Community College, majoring in Administration and
Justice. Mr. Preston, a Native American, has worked to educate his fellow peers about his tribe's
history. Currently, he serves as president of the Gila River Youth Council, an organization
focused on getting youth involved with the community in a positive way while educating young
Native American adults on the system of tribunal government.
Mr. Preston is a passionate advocate for the rights of tribes. He oversees Gila River Close-Up, a
three-day hands-on program involving youth from around the area to educate them on the inner
workings of the tribunal government system. Mr. Preston is also actively involved as a member
of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's National Youth Network and
leader in his local Boys' and Girls' Club in Sacaton, AZ.
ROBERT D. PUTNAM
Peter & Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Health
Harvard University
Robert Putnam is the founder of "The Saguaro Seminar: Civic Engagement in America," a
program that has brought together leading practitioners and thinkers to develop broad-scale ideas
to fortify our nation's civic connectedness. Dr. Putnam is also the Peter & Isabel Malkin
Professor of Public Health at Harvard University, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate
courses in American politics, international relations, comparative politics and public policy.
As an accomplished writer, Dr. Putnam has authored and co-authored ten books and more than
thirty scholarly works, including Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy;
which has been published in twelve languages. In June 2000, Dr. Putnam's study of civic
engagement in the United States will be published as Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival
of American Community.
Currently, Dr. Putnam is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral
Commission and is a fellow of the American Academy if Arts and Sciences. Dr. Putnam was
recently nominated as President of the American Political Science Association for 2001-2002.
Before beginning his career at Harvard University in 1979, Dr. Putnam served on the staff of the
National Security Council and is a former dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Dr. Putnam attended Balliol College, Oxford and received his BA from Swarthmore College and
Ph.D. from Yale University.
MICHAEL D. RESNICK
Director of Research, Division of General Pediatrics & Adolescent Health
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Michael Resnick, a sociologist, is a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Research for the
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health in the School of Medicine at the
University of Minnesota. He is also Director of the National Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Research Center. He was lead author on the first paper published from the National Longitudinal
Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), and is particularly interested in the identification of
the factors, experiences and events in the lives of young people that protect against involvement
in behaviors that are dangerous to adolescents and to others.
Dr. Resnick has earned four awards for outstanding teaching, including one from the Society for
Adolescent Medicine. He is a reviewer for over 20 scholarly journals and serves on the board of
the Journal of Adolescent Health.
ROBERT S. RIVERA
Associate Director
Project GRAD
Robert Rivera is the Associate Director of Project GRAD, a school-community collaboration that
focuses on improving the instructional quality, school environment and the college entrance of
at-risk children in Houston. The model for the Administration's GEAR-UP program, Project
GRAD has emerged as a leading school reform effort in the United States for public schools in
distressed urban communities.
Previously, Rivera served as project manager and cluster leader for Communities in Schools at
Jefferson Davis High School in Houston, Texas. In these capacities, he supervised staff in
delivering a multitude of services to students, including mentoring, tutoring, health care and
employment, for at-risk high school students.
Rivera is a graduate of Texas Southern University.
NICOLE SALINAS
Antonian High School
San Antonio, TX
Seventeen-year-old Nicole Salinas, a senior at Antonian College Preparatory, is the student
director of City Year City Heroes, a student-led volunteer program affiliated with City Year
AmeriCorps. A bright and energetic young teenager, she devotes most of her spare time to
contributing to the betterment of the community around her. She is affiliated with many service-
oriented organizations and sits on several youth advisory boards around the city of San Antonio,
including the United Way Youth Council and the Family Services Youth Advisory Board
Ms. Salinas was recently selected to represent the U.S. at the Global Youth Leadership
Conference this summer. She was also selected for the 1999 Congressional Youth Leadership
Conference, the Global Youth Leadership Conference to be held this summer, and received the
prestigious San Antonio "Express News" Jefferson Award for her contributions to her
community through leadership and service. For National Youth Service Day, a nationwide effort
led by Youth Service America, she recently organized a youth summit and graffiti clean up
project for 500 youth in her community.
Ms. Salinas will be attending the University of Texas at Austin in the fall where she hopes to
major in communications.
ANDREW SHUE
Co-Founder & Chairman
Do Something
Andrew Shue is co-founder and chairman of the national non-profit organization Do Something,
a nationwide network of young people creating solutions to the challenges facing their schools
and communities. Over the last seven years, he has been instrumental in guiding the strategic
direction of Do Something, as well as the formation of strategic partnerships with a variety of
corporations, including McKinsey & Company, Arnold Corporations, MTV, Fox Television,
Blockbuster Entertainment and Applied Materials.
Mr. Shue's passion for community involvement developed in high school when he founded
Students Serving Seniors, a group dedicated to matching students with senior citizens. Thirteen
years later the organization is still thriving. In 1990, he spent a year teaching high school in
math in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Most recently, he has co-founded ClubMom, Inc., a national
membership organization that serves and celebrates Moms.
Mr. Shue has played professional soccer and served as a pioneer player and spokesperson for the
Los Angeles Galaxy and Major League Soccer. He co-founded International Sports Publishing,
Inc., which produces MLS Gameday programs. He also co-founded Shue Media, Inc. with his
brother and is currently co-producing an IMAX movie about World Cup Soccer. For six years
Mr. Shue starred in the popular television show Melrose Place.
Mr. Shue graduated from Dartmouth College.
EDD L. SPEAKER
Senior Claims Consultant
Marsh USA
Edd Speaker is a Senior Claims Consultant at Marsh USA, Risk & Insurance Services in Los
Angeles. He is a member on the Board of Trustee of Brookins Community AME Church. Mr.
Speaker also has ten years of association with Challengers Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles
and is a past member of the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women. He has also
served as a counselor for victims of rape and domestic violence.
Mr. Speaker's commitment to his family and his active participation in the community have been
recognized by numerous commendations, including a Parent of the Year Award in 1993 and a
Volunteer of the Year Award in 1994. Both the IRS and Franchise Tax Board have
acknowledged his volunteer work with the low income and elderly in the preparation of tax
returns. Mr. Speaker was also a past nominee for a national Community Service Award given by
Sedgwick, Inc. Currently, Mr. Speaker resides in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and four
children. He attended Texas Southern University on a football scholarship, majoring in business.
He served in the United States Air Force and the Strategic Missile Command at Vandenberg
AFB, California.
EDWIN SPEAKER
Student
Taft High School, Los Angeles, CA
Edwin Speaker was born and raised in California and is currently a senior at Taft High School,
where he is an active participant in various extra-curricular activities. Edwin is an accomplished
musician specializing in drums and percussion. He is a member of the Taft High School
marching band, concert band and jazz band, and has served as drum line captain for two years.
In his spare time, he is a back-up drummer with the Brookins AME Church.
Mr. Speaker's interests include restoration of antique cars and working part-time as a host at Red
Lobster Restaurant on the weekends. He plans to attend West Los Angeles College in the fall.
LAURENCE STEINBERG
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Psychology
Temple University
Laurence Steinberg is a Distinguished University Professor and Laura H. Carnell Professor of
Psychology at Temple University. A nationally recognized expert on psychological development
in adolescence, Dr. Steinberg has focused his research on a range of topics in the study of
contemporary adolescence, including parent-adolescent relationships, adolescent employment,
high school reform and juvenile justice.
Dr. Steinberg has taught previously at Cornell University, the University of California at Irvine
and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He is a fellow of the American Psychological
Association, has been a Faculty Scholar of the William T. Grant Foundation, and is currently
Director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on
Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice. Dr. Steinberg is past-president of the Society for
Research on Adolescence, the major professional organization of social and behavioral scientists
interested in adolescent growth and development.
Among the many honors Dr. Steinberg has received are the John P. Hill Award for Outstanding
Contributions to the Study of Adolescence, given by the Society for Research on Adolescence,
and the Society for Adolescent Medicine's Gallagher Lectureship.
Dr. Steinberg was educated at Vassar College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and
graduated in 1974 with honors. In 1977, he received his Ph.D. in human development and
family studies from Cornell University.
LAURA SESSIONS STEPP
Journalist/Author
The Washington Post
Laura Sessions Stepp is a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist specializing in the coverage of
teenagers and the adolescent years for the Style Section of the Washington Post. Ms. Stepp has
written about children and families for more than a decade, and her work has appeared in such
publications as Parent, Child, Working Mother, Reader's Digest and Nieman Reports of Harvard
University.
Ms. Stepp served as a member of the U.S. Surgeon General's Healthy People 2000 Panel on
Adolescence in 1998 and 1999 and chairs the board of advisors of the Casey Journalism Center
for Children and Families at the University of Maryland. She authored Our Last Best Shot:
Guiding Our Children Through Early Adolescence, which will be released in June and has
already been highly acclaimed by experts in the field.
After receiving her bachelor's degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, Laura Stepp was
awarded a masters degree by the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. From 1996-98,
Ms. Stepp was a visiting scholar at the National Academy of Sciences' Board on Children, Youth and
Families.
DOROTHY STONEMAN
President & Founder
YouthBuild USA
Dorothy Stoneman is president and founder of YouthBuild USA, a national non-profit support
center for YouthBuild programs to provide construction skills, education and leadership training
for unemployed and undereducated youth, while producing affordable housing for low-income
individuals. Dr. Stoneman also chairs the YouthBuild Coalition, with 650 member organizations
in 49 states. Prior to founding YouthBuild USA, she spent 25 years running day care centers,
community-based schools, housing development corporations and youth programs in East
Harlem.
Dr. Stoneman and colleagues developed the prototype YouthBuild in East Harlem between 1978
and 1990. Encouraged by young people, visitors, and program officers from the Charles Stewart
Mott and Ford Foundations, Stoneman founded YouthBuild USA in 1990 to replicate the success
her program in New York City had demonstrated. Legislation authorizing YouthBuild programs
under HUD was passed in 1992. There are now 145 programs in 44 states.
Dr. Stoneman has a bachelor's degree in biology and American history from Harvard University,
a masters degree in early childhood education and a doctor of humane letters from Bank Street
College of Education. She is a 1996 MacArthur Fellow, and currently serves on the board of
trustees of Wheelock College for teachers and as a member of Harvard's Saguaro Seminar on
civic engagement.
AMY SWISHER
Communications Coordinator
First Day Foundation
Amy Swisher works with Hemmings Motor News as communications coordinator for the First
Day Foundation in Bennington, Vermont. Founded and funded by Hemmings Motor News, the
foundation's purpose is to promote a "First Day of School Holiday" initiative launched by
Hemmings and the Bennington community in 1997. The program has since been adopted by
nearly 400 schools in 35 states. The First Day of School Holiday is a simple and effective way
to encourage greater parental involvement in education, starting on day one each year. Through
her newsletter stories, group presentations and workshops, Ms. Swisher shares the First Day
Firsthand accounts she has gathered from participating schools to illustrate the positive impact
this "holiday" on the relationships among parents, teachers, schools and communities.
In addition to her work with First Day, Ms. Swisher is an experienced group facilitator who leads
a self-advocacy course for teens at the high school in Bennington. She writes a monthly teen-
issues column for the local newspaper in which she integrates the perspectives and insights of
her students.
KATHLEEN SYLVESTER
Director
Social Policy Action Network
Kathleen Sylvester is director of the Social Policy Action Network (SPAN), a non-profit
intermediary that promotes effective social policy by transforming the findings of research and
the insights of front-line practitioners into concrete action agendas for policymakers. SPAN
builds public support for ideas through clear messages for the public and the news media.
Previously, Ms. Sylvester was vice president for domestic policy of the Progressive Policy
Institute, where she directed the institute's work in a variety of domestic policy areas, including
family policy, education, and governance. Ms. Sylvester served as a consultant to Vice President
Gore's National Performance Review and she advises federal, state and local officials on a
variety of domestic social issues. She serves on the Board of Visitors of Georgetown
University's Graduate Public Policy Institute and is a founder and past president of Jobs for
Homeless People of Washington, D.C.
Ms. Sylvester began her professional career teaching in New Haven, Connecticut and also
worked as a community organizer on a South Dakota Indian reservation. She spent the next two
decades as an award-winning journalist and was a senior writer at Governing, the leading
national magazine of state and local public policy, which she helped found in 1987. She also
reported for NBC News, National Public Radio and The Washington Star and has contributed to
numerous publications including The Washington Post, USA Today, Newsday and Policy and
Practice.
She is the author of Preventable Calamity: Rolling Back Teen Pregnancy (1994), Second Chance
Homes: Breaking the Cycle of Teen Pregnancy and Reducing Teen Pregnancy, A Handbook for
Action. Most recently, she wrote Seeking Supervision: Second Chance Homes and the TANF
Minor Teen Parent Living Arrangement Rule.
Ms. Sylvester earned an undergraduate degree from the Georgetown University School of
Foreign Service and a master's degree from Wesleyan University. She also studied at the Yale
Law School and spent a year at Stanford University as the recipient of a John S. Knight
Fellowship.
GARY WALKER
President
Public/Private Ventures
Gary Walker is president of Public/Private Ventures, a national non-profit organization whose
mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies and programs, especially in the areas of
youth development, violence prevention and workforce development. Public/Private Ventures
carries out its mission through national demonstrations, program evaluations and technical
assistance.
In the 1970's, Mr. Walker began his social policy work by setting up a New York firm that hired
recovering addicts, ex-convicts and welfare recipients. The success of this business led to the
creation of the National Supported Work Research Demonstration, a multi-site experiment
supported by various federal departments. In the 1980's, Mr. Walker conducted a study of the
Job Training Partnership Act which led to his conviction that more effective policies for youth
and young adults were greatly needed.
Currently, Mr. Walker serves as a member of the boards of the William Penn Foundation, The
Reinvestment Fund, Civic Ventures and Replication and Program Services, Inc. He serves on
advisory boards to The Aspen Institute's Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives,
Harvard University's Future of Philanthropy Executive Session, the Ford Foundation's
International Learning Groups on Youth Development and the National Institute of Science's
Forum on Adolescent Health.
Mr. Walker is a graduate of the University of Kansas and Yale Law School.