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Staff
Moisés Barón, Ph.D. - Founder and Executive Director
Traci Van Wyk - Administrative Manager
Jennifer Johnston, M.A., MFT Intern - Counselor
Erin Kenney - Special Education Advocate and Advocacy Services Coordinator
Counseling Services
Jennifer Johnston, M.A., M.F.T.  - Counselor
Shannon Sampson, M.A., M.F.T. Intern - Counselor for UCSD Pediatrics project
Advocacy Services
Erin Kenney - Special Education Advocate and Advocacy Services Coordinator
Nicole Sanchez - Advocate
Debra Margolin - Advocate
Maggie Keller - Advocate
Kelli Sandman-Hurley - Advocate
Gillian Schulman - Advocate
Consultants
Margaret Dalton, Esq. - Director of Legal Clinics, USD
Summer Stech, Esq. - Special Education Attorney
Robin Champlin, Esq. - Special Education Attorney
Board of Directors
Kristin McCarthy, Esq., Board President - Attorney at Law Jeanette Amen - Realtor, Prudential California Realty
Mimi Adams, Esq. - Special Education Attorney
Victoria Arthur Barón, MFT, Secretary - Marriage and Family Therapist
Lauren Giardina, Esq. - Special Education Attorney, Disability Rights California
Harriet Herman - Former Principle, Soille San Diego Hebrew School
Susan Kalish, Community Volunteer - Retired; Parent Services Coordinator, University of San Diego
Michelle Laseman - Business Development Officer, Assistant Vice President, Southern California Business Banking, Wells Fargo
Rudy Spano, Treasurer - Retired; AVP of Student Services for Finance and Administration, University of San Diego
Marketing Committee
Jeanette Amen - Realtor, Prudential California Realty
Krystina Feucht - Marketing Director, Life Force International
Lauren Giardina - Special Education Attorney, Disability Rights California
Rich Hallabrin - Retired, Corporate Communication, UPS
Harriet Herman - Former Principal Soille San Diego Hebrew Day School
Melissa Lernhardt - Parent

Ambassadors
Darcy Bingham, Co-founder - San Diego Venture Partners
Mary Curran-Downey, Non-profit Consultant
Heather Dierolf, Pupil Services Coordinator - Springall Academy
Laurel Ferson - Infant Development Association
Gay Grossman - Parent and Community Leader
Rich Hallabrin, Retired, Corporate Communication - UPS
Carol Jensen, Director of Community Programs - Francis Parker Elementary
David Leatherberry, Attorney - Gordon & Rees
Stacy Matseas, Leading Fundraiser - "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer"
Marie Millard (USD Alumni ‘95), MFT
Mike Peterson, Headmaster - The Winston School
Gayle Slate, Founder - KIT