25th Anniversary Celebration Founder’s Circle Recognized
October 2015
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership (MENTOR) is thrilled to be celebrating 25 years of the youth mentoring movement, along with our network of affiliate Mentoring Partnerships. Our Mentoring Partnerships serve a unique role as local movement builders and hubs of expertise, providing the critical link between MENTOR’s national efforts and local organizations and programs that foster and support quality mentoring relationships.
As part of this celebratory year, we are recognizing a special group of individuals who pioneered the creation of the mentoring movement, MENTOR and our affiliates and helped expand our reach across the nation through critical support. With input from national nonprofit leaders, MENTOR board members, Mentoring Partnerships and other mentoring stakeholders, we bring you the “Mentoring Founder’s Circle”. Any list like this is simply representative of thousands of mentors, mentoring professionals, policy makers, elected officials, media champions, funders, private sector leaders, community leaders, and young people and their families who make the mentoring movement a reality.
We have deep appreciation for their vision, continued leadership and passion for building the critical backbone of mentoring’s infrastructure in support of our ongoing efforts to close the mentoring gap.
25th Anniversary Founder’s Circle
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership
- Willem (Wim) Kooyker
- Marian Heard
- J. Douglas Holladay
- Robin Melvin
- Tom Mendell
- Goldman Sachs
- Alan Schwartz
- Dr. Susan Weinberger
Affiliate Network of Mentoring Partnerships
California
California Mentoring Partnership
- Dr. Andy Mecca
- Governor Pete Wilson
Colorado
Colorado Mentoring Partnership
- Joan S. Brennan
Connecticut
The Governors Prevention Partnership
- Susan Patrick
- Dr. Susan Weinberger
Florida
Mentor Center of Palm Beach County
- Leslie Langbert
- Liz Vanmeek
Illinois
Illinois Mentoring Partnership
- Sheila Merry
- Glenn Tilton
Indiana
Indiana Mentoring Partnership
- Jim Morris
Iowa
Iowa Mentoring Partnership
- Adam Lounsbury
- Karen Nussle
- Sally Pederson
Kansas
Kansas Mentors
- Governor Kathleen Sebelius
- Coach Bill Snyder
Maryland
Maryland Mentoring Resource Center
- Bishop A. Bryan Claxton
- Robert Embry
- Kalman R. Hettleman
- James Piper
- Richard Rowe
- Stuart Simms
Massachusetts
Mass Mentoring Partnership
- Rev. J. Donald Monan, S.J.
- Paul O’Brien
- Ted Kelly
Michigan
Mentor Michigan
- Governor Jennifer Granholm
Minnesota
Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota
- Bob Dayton
- Joanie Dayton
- Joellen Gonder-Spacek
Nebraska
Midlands Mentoring Partnership
- Julie Hefflinger
- Suzanne Hince
- Dr. Tom Osborne
- Mike Yanney
New Jersey
Newark Mentoring Movement
- Senator Cory Booker
New York
Mentoring Partnership of New York and Long Island
- James O. Boisi (in memoriam)
- Joan S. Brennan
North Carolina
Mentoring Partnership of North Carolina
- Linda Harrill
- The Honorable James B. Hunt Jr.
- Representative Graig Meyer
Ohio
Mentoring Center of Central Ohio
- Janet Jackson
- Doug Kridler
- Steve Moore
Oregon
Institute for Youth Success at Education Northwest (formerly Oregon Mentors)
- Ken Thrasher
Pennsylvania
Mentoring Partnership & Resource Center (Southeast Pennsylvania)
- William Gray III (in memoriam)
- George M. Ross (in memoriam)
- Lynda Terrell
Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern Pennsylvania
- Diana Bucco
- Charles (Chip) Burke, Jr.
- George Miles, Jr.
- Dan Rooney
Rhode Island
Rhode Island Mentoring Partnership
- Alan Shawn Feinstein
- John Howell
- James McCormick
- Arlene McNulty
Tennessee
Grizzlies TEAM Up Youth Mentoring Partnership
- Jenny Koltnow
- Elliot Perry
- Alayne Shoenfeld
Vermont
Mobius, Vermont Mentoring Partnership
- Theresa Alberghini DiPalma
- Rick Davis
- Sascha Mayer
- Dan Smith
- Larry Williams
Virginia
Virginia Mentoring Partnership
- Dr. Cathy Howard
- S. Buford Scott
- Dr. Jennifer Smith-Slabaugh
Washington
Mentoring Works Washington
- Bob Craves (in memoriam)
- Jim Marsh
- Lt. Governor Brad Owen
- Tom Pennella
- Jim Sinegal