Practice Advisors

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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
Marcia Quintino
President
Methodist Association for Social Action
Sao Paulo
Brazil
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