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

Elsa Peterson – SAZAEYC Member at Large, Tohono O’odham First Things First Regional Partnership Council

Mary Judge Ryan – PC Civil Practice, Civil Rights Law, Government Law (Ret.)

Former Boardmembers

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