BOOST ADVISORY BOARD

We are pleased to announce the 2008 Advisory Board for the BOOST (Best of Out-of-School Time) Conference members.  The Advisory Board members share a passion and commitment to meet the needs of the constituencies we serve.  The goal for this meaningful and all-inclusive conference is to bring together key stakeholders in the field to share promising practices for the encouragement and development of quality programs and to create change in the communities we serve.  While our Board guides the strategic planning process, they bring their own particular skill set and expertise to provide leadership to the overall event.   

Advisory Board Chairs
(Additional members will be listed soon)

Jeff Jordan, President
Rescue Social Change Group, San Diego, CA

Tia Quinn, Out-of-School Time Strategies Director 
Rescue Social Change Group, San Diego, CA

Advisory Board

Steven Amick, Executive Director
League of California Afterschool Providers, San Diego, CA

Tracey C. Ballas, President and CEO
School-Age Notes, New Albany, OH

Anthony Bannon, Director of Special Events and Corporate Sponsorships
Boys & Girls Club, San Francisco, CA

Julie Berkhouse, Manager & Vice President
JCPenney Afterschool & JCPenney Afterschool Fund, Plano, TX

Jennifer Brady, Director of Professional Development
Center for Summer Learning, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Mary Ellen Caron, Commissioner
Department of Children and Youth Services, Chicago, IL

Douglas Fisher, PH.D., Professor
San Diego State University, San Diego, CA

Dr. Andria (Andi) Fletcher, Chief Consultant
Center for Collaborative Solutions, Sacramento, CA

Todd Flora, Manager, IBM Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs
IBM Corporation, Glendale, CA

Ellen S. Gannett, M. Ed., Director
National Institute of Out-of-School Time (NIOST), Wellesley Centers for Women, Wellesley, MA

Jodi Grant, Executive Director
Afterschool Alliance, Washington, D.C.

Marti Hess, Executive Director
After-School All-Stars, San Diego, CA

Arron Jiron, Program Officer
David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA

Andee Press-Dawson, Executive Director 
California After School Network, UC Davis, Davis, CA 

David Sinski, Executive Director
After School Matters, Chicago, IL

BOOST LEADERSHIP TEAM 2008

The BOOST Leadership Team is critically important to the success of our event.  This Team is guided by the National BOOST Advisory Board and provides big ideas, new connections, practical strategies and adds credibility to the planning process.  This comprehensive Leadership Team represents the diversity of after school and out-of-school time programs and includes representatives serving at all levels of the field.   We are a quality conference truly planned by after school professionals, adding voice and value to the needs of the field.

Diego Arancibia, Director of Staff and Program Development
After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, CA

Bob Cabeza, Executive Director
Downtown Community Development YMCA, Long Beach, CA

Ginger Crutchfield, Director of Children’s Services
Harmonium, Inc., San Diego, CA

Tia Dwyer, Director Extended Day
Lawndale Elementary School District, Lawndale,, CA

Julia Gabor, Program Manager
Tiger Woods Foundation, Irvine, CA

Thierry Gonzalez, Director of Community Affairs
After-School All-Stars, Los Angeles, CA

Steve Hensel, Out-of-School Time Strategies Coordinator
Rescue Social Change Group, San Diego, CA

Kristie Joiner, Coordinator Extended Learning
South Bay Union School District, Imperial Beach, CA

Christine McKenna, Site Supervisor
Social Advocates for Youth (SAY), San Diego, CA

Deb Pint, Project Coordinator
San Diego County Office of Education, San Diego, CA

Tia Quinn, Out-of-School Time Strategies Director
Rescue Social Change Group, San Diego, CA  

Jamie Ross, Out-of-School Time Engineer Intern
High Tech High- Media Arts High School, San Diego, CA

Norma Ruiz, Volunteer Service Director
Anaheim Family YMCA, Anaheim, CA

Carola Secada, After School Operations Director
Downtown Community Development YMCA Long Beach, CA

Jim Stephens, Program Director
Orange Unified School District, Orange, CA

Sidd Vivek
Afterschool Alliance, San Diego, CA