Board of Directors

• Jamie Ratner – President | Professor Emeritus of Law, University of Arizona
• Penelope Jacks, J.D. – Vice-President | Children’s Advocate (Ret.)
• Christopher Ahearn – Secretary | School Principal (Ret.)
• Lowell Jones – Treasurer | Founding Board Member; Principal Engineer, ThorCon US, Inc.
• Kimberley Braxton Anekwe, J.D. – Chair, Child & Family Resources Board of Directors
• Keith Bagwell – Journalist (Ret.), Former Chief of Staff to Pima County Supervisors
• Jim Kiser – Journalist (retired), AZ Daily Star, Editorial Page Editor
• Patricia Monteil-Overall – Professor of Diversity & Language Issues, University of Arizona
• Catherine Nichols – Public policy, legislature, early childhood education
• Mary Judge Ryan – PC Civil Practice, Civil Rights Law, Government Law (Ret.)

Former Boardmembers

• Elsa Peterson retired from the board in April 2026.
• Russ Miller – past Secretary, Founder and Treasurer, Ohio Children’s Foundation, retired from the board in January 2025.
• Liz Rabago, retired from the board in January 2024.
• Becky Duncan, retired from the board in late 2023.
• Peggy Goulding, past Vice-President, retired from the board in early 2023.
• Laura Jasso, Co-founder, Southern AZ Grandparent Ambassadors, retired from the board in 2022.

Staff

• Kelly Griffith – Executive Director
• Stephanie Miller – Director of Policy Projects
• Stefany Paredes – Community Engagement Coordinator
• Rob Stansfield – Chief Operating Officer