Advisory Committee

Members of the advisory committee are leaders in the child and youth care field who support the goals of the Child and Youth Care Certification Board and provide guidance, resources, and support to promote higher practice standards.

Sherry Allen, NCC, LPC, GPC
Chief Executive Officer
Southeast Network for Youth and Family Services (Bonita Springs, Florida)

Sibylle Artz, Ph.D.
Professor
University of Victoria (Victoria, British Columbia)

Chip Bonsutto, Ed.D.
Director of Operations
The Mentor Network/Ohio Region (Valley View, Ohio)

Elizabeth Anne Brown
Board Member
Association for Child and Youth Care Practice (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Lloyd Bullard, M.Ed.
Vice President of Internal Operations
Youth for Tomorrow (Bristow, Virginia)

Deborah Craig
Director, Forum for Youth Investment (Kansas City, Missouri)

Carol Brunson Day, Ph.D.
President
Brunson, Phillips & Day, Inc. (Washington, D.C.)

Frank Delano, LMSW
President
Professional Package Consulting, Inc. (Piermont, New York)

Kelly Frank
Co-Founder
Social Legends (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Leon Fulcher, Ph.D.
Chair of The Board of Governors
International Child & Youth Care Network | www.cyc-net.org

Peter Gabor, Ph.D.
University of Calgary (Calgary, Ontario)

Michael Gaffley, Ed.D.
Professor
Fishler School of Education (North Miami Beach, Florida)

Linda Garding
Executive Director
Mountain Plains Network for Youth (Bismarck, North Dakota)

Melanie Goodman, MA
Executive Director
New England Network for Child, Youth and Family Services (Charlotte, Vermont)

Martha Holden, MS
Senior Extension Associate/Project Director
Cornell University (Ithaca, New York)

Carol Johnson, M.Ed.
Program Director, Center for Teaching and Professional Growth
Carlow University (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Carol Kelly, Ed.D.
Professor Emeriti, California State University Northridge
United States Representative, International Federation of Educative Communities

Theresa Kingma, M.Ed.
Instructor
Western Washington University (Bellingham, Washington)

Jeff Kreeb
Chair, Outreach Committee
Association for Child and Youth Care Practice (Maukwanago, Wisconsin)

Mark Krueger, Ph.D.
Director, Youth Work Learning Center
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

John Korsmo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Western Washington University (Bellingham, Washington)

Natalie Landry, BASW, CYC-P
Caseworker
Acadiana Youth, Inc. (Lafayette, Louisiana)

Varda Mann-Feder, Ed.D. 
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Human Sciences
Concordia University (Montreal, Quebec)

Lew Meckley
Clinical Director, Gustavus Adolphus Family Services
Lutheran Social Services (Jamestown, New York)

Michael Mitchell, MAT, CYC-P
Program Coordinator
Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin (Deforest, Wisconsin)

Jack Phelan, MS
Instructor, Child and Youth Care Program
MacEwan University (Edmonton, Alberta)

Bonnie Politz, MPA
Vice-President and Senior Technical Expert, Social Change Group
Academy for Educational Development (Washington, D.C.)

Cynthia Popovitch
Professor
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Norman Powell, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Director, Diversity Initiatives and Programs
Eastern Kentucky University (Richmond, Kentucky) 

Jeff Reid
Professor
Nova Scotia Community College (Truro, Nova Scotia)

Jody Rhodes
Board Member
Wisconsin Association for Child and Youth Care Practice (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Anthony Rodgers, MPA, CMC, LSW, CYC-P
Past President/Current Board Member, Ohio Association of Child and Youth Care Professionals (Dayton, Ohio)
Past Treasurer/Board Member, Child and Youth Care Certification Board

Peter Rosenblatt

Executive Director
The Link (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Carol Stuart
Dean, Health and Human Services
Vancouver Island University (Nanaimo, British Columbia)

David Thomas
Executive Director
Bryan’s House (Dallas, Texas)

Karen VanderVen, Ph.D., CYC-P
Emeritus Professor
University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Quinn Wilder, MSW
Director, Youth Work Learning Center
University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Jessica Wilhelmsen
President
Wyoming Association of Child and Youth Care Professionals (Laramie, Wyoming)