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Mark Courtney Photo Professor, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration Chicago, IL Mark E. Courtney is a professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. His research has focused on outcomes of out-of-home care placement, including family reunification, adoption, and the well-being of youth who age out of foster care. His current studies include the adult functioning of former foster children, the impact of welfare reform on child and family welfare, and a comprehensive evaluation of the Milwaukee County child welfare system. Dr. Courtney previously served as faculty at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Before academia, he worked for several years providing group home care to abused and neglected adolescents. He has served as a consultant to the federal government, state departments of social services, and local public and private child welfare agencies around the country. Dr. Courtney has an M.S.W. in Management and Planning and a Ph.D. from the School of Social Welfare at UC Berkeley. News Contact: Ms. Lisa McGill
Patrick McCarthy Photo Vice President - System & Service Reform, The Annie E. Casey Foundation YTFG Steering Committee Member Baltimore, MD McCarthy oversees the foundation's work in general, reproductive and mental health; substance abuse; juvenile justice; education; early childhood and youth development; child welfare; and income security. News Contact: Ms. Lisa McGill
Doug Nelson Photo President, The Annie E. Casey Foundation Baltimore, MD
Doug Nelson is the President of The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF), which has worked to build better futures for disadvantaged children and their families in the United States since 1948. AECF's primary mission is to foster public policies, human service reforms and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families. Prior to joining AECF in late 1990, Nelson was deputy director of the Center for the Study of Social Policy, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit specializing in policy research and analysis across a range of domestic issues. He has written widely on social policy issues impacting children, youth, housing, aging and long-term care.
News Contact: Ms. Lisa McGill
Robin Nixon Director, National Foster Care Coalition Washington, DC Robin Nixon has worked with young people for nearly twenty years as a counselor for abused and neglected youth in residential group care facilities, a live-in houseparent to teenage girls in foster care, and more recently as a manager of a transitional living program for homeless youth. She has also worked as the Director of Youth Services at the Child Welfare League of America. She currently directs the National Foster Care Coalition, a coalition of national partners dedicated to supporting the positive development of children, youth, and families as the collective responsibility of the community. News Contact: Ms. Lisa McGill
Gary Stangler Photo Executive Director, Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative YTFG Steering Committee Co-Chair St. Louis, MO Mr. Stangler is executive director of the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, a major national effort launched in May 2001 by The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Casey Family Programs to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to the adult world. Prior to this position, Mr. Stangler was the director of the Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) appointed by Governor John Ashcroft (R) in May 1989, and re-appointed by Governor Mel Carnahan (D) in February 1993. Active in international, national and state organizations, he has served on the board of directors of the American Public Human Services Association and the American Public Welfare Association, and chaired its National Council of State Human Services Administrators from 1994-1998. He is a graduate of the Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government; Strategic Public-Sector Negotiation; and Leadership for the 21st Century at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. News Contact: Ms. Lisa McGill
Christine Sturgis MetisNet, LLC Strategic Advisor to YTFG San Francisco, CA Christine Sturgis, founder of MetisNet consulting group, brings a breadth of professional and personal experience in the trenches at grassroots organizations, in capitol buildings with state agencies and in the national spotlight with large philanthropic foundations. As a 16-year-old at Manual High School in 1976, she testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights as a student leader during the early stages of desegregation in Denver schools. Over the course of seven years, Chris managed program efforts at the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and the Omidyar Foundation. Prior to that, she directed initiatives at the MassJobs Council and the Greater Boston Rehabilitation Services. Since 1999, she has served as co-chair of the Youth Transition Funders Group, facilitating the collaborative efforts of 40 foundations all dedicated to improving outcomes for vulnerable youth. Chris received her M.A. in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. News Contact: Ms. Lisa McGill
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