Practice Advisors


 

Practice Advisors are leaders who focus on equipping practitioners in their work with children and youth. Their perspective will ensure that the research is connected to the issues they face.

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Iyad Alnachef
Department Director
Youth Programming and Services Department
Islamic Society of North America
Indianapolis, Indiana
USA

David G. Blumenkrantz, Ph.D.
Executive Director
The Center for the Advancement of Youth, Family & Community Services
Glastonbury, Connecticut
USA

Rev. Dean Borgman
Director, Center for Youth Studies
Charles E. Culpeper Professor of Youth Ministries
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
South Hamilton, Massachusetts
USA

John A. Calhoun
President and CEO (retired)
National Crime Prevention Council
Washington, DC, USA

Kathy Cloninger
Chief Executive Officer
Girl Scouts of the USA
New York, New York
USA

Jonathan "J.C." Cohen, MAJCS/MSW
Director
Henry S. Jacobs Camp - Union for Reform Judaism
Utica, Mississippi
USA

Don Floyd
President and CEO
National 4-H Council
Chevy Chase, Maryland
USA

Diana Garland, Ph.D., LCSW
Dean, School of Social Work
Baylor University
Waco, Texas
USA

Jules Gutin
Director, United Synagogue Youth
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
New York, New York
USA

Rev. Dick Hardel, D.Min.
Executive Director
The Youth and Family Institute
Bloomington, Minnesota
USA

Sean Hassan
Director, International Adolescent Education Program
Shia Imami Ismaili Council for the USA
Sugar Land, Texas
USA

Rev. Susan H. Hay
Director, Ministries with Youth
General Board of Discipleship
United Methodist Church
Nashville, Tennessee
USA

H. Jurgens Hendriks, D.Litt.
Chair, Department of Practical Theology and Missiology
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch
South Africa

Emmanuel Ande Ivorgba
Executive Director
African Christian Youths Development Foundation
Jos-Nigeria
Nigeria

Patricia A. Jennings, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Director, Initiative on Contemplation and Education
Garrison Institute
Garrison, New York
USA

Irv Katz
President
National Human Services Assembly
Washington, D.C.
USA

Alexei Krindatch
Research Director
Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute
Berkeley, California
USA

John Lewis
Executive Director, Transformational Relationships and Training
Urban Youth Workers Institute
Buena Park, California
USA

Norris D. Lineweaver
Director General
Jerusalem International YMCA
Jerusalem
Israel

Patrick MacDonald
International Director and Founder
Viva
Oxford
UK

Rev. Saneta Maiko, Ph.D. (candidate)
Adjunct Professor of African History and Islamic Studies
Concordia University
Wisconsin – Fort Wayne Center
Fort Wayne, Indiana
USA

Robert J. McCarty, D.Min.
Executive Director
National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry
Washington, D.C.
USA

Shiferaw W. Michael
Director
Child Development Training and Research Center
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia

Neil Nicoll
President and CEO
YMCA of the USA
Chicago, Illinois
USA

Eboo Patel, Ph.D.
Founder and Executive Director
Interfaith Youth Core
Chicago, Illinois
USA

Curtis N. Rhodes Jr., Ph.D.
General Director
Questscope for Social Development in the Middle East
Aman
Jordan

John Roberto
Founder
Center for Ministry Development
Naugatuck, Connecticut
USA

Rev. Susan Savell
Executive Director
Communities for Children and Youth
Augusta, Maine
USA

Peg Smith
Executive Director
American Camp Association
Martinsville, Indiana
USA

Paul Stephenson
Director, Children in Development, Children in Ministry
World Vision International
Federal Way, Washington
USA

David Streight
Executive Director
Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education
Portland, Oregon
USA

Janet R. Wakefield
Chief Exploration Officer and Journey Leader
Leadership & Renewal Outfitters
Indianapolis, Indiana
USA

Melanie Wilson, MSW
Director, Research and Public Policy
New England Network for Child, Youth, and Family Services
Burlington, Vermont
USA

Mark Yaconelli
Director
Youth Ministry & Spirituality Project
Ashland, Oregon
USA