Board of Directors
John Reuben, Founder & President
- Parent of 2 troubled teens who have been in therapeutic programs
- Executive in Software Sales and Marketing for over 25 years, including the founding of a significant software enterprise
Alexander Steffan, JD, MBA; Secretary & Treasurer
- Vice President and Senior Counsel at Haemonetics
James M. Dredge
- Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Aspen Education Group, the largest company in the US delivering education and therapeutic services to
struggling teens - Prior to Aspen, spent most of his career building and operating education software companies, and served as president and CEO for Academic Systems
Marilyn Engelman, PhD
- Certified Educational Planner, Founder of Educational Directions
- Specializes in comprehensive educational assessments, college and secondary placement, and therapeutic placement
Corey Hicks, BA
- Chief Executive Officer of Longevity Music, LLC
- Pastor and Founder of Philips International Outreach
- Former addict and alcoholic who has been clean and sober for over 14 years
Theresa Wing Hines
- Parent of a troubled teen who is currently in a therapeutic program
- President and Owner of One Pearl, a jewelry and textile design and import company
Paul Lavallee
- Married parent of a troubled teen who completed wilderness and emotional growth programs, completed college, married and has a child; and a daughter who is a married child development psychologist
- Non-profit Boards: Webster Place Recovery Center & RiverzEdge Arts Project for at risk teens; Advisory board of RWU Gabelli School of Business
- Former software company founder
- Paul Lavallee on LinkedIn.com
Les Mann
- Sales and marketing executive; Co-founder Alldredge Family Foundation supporting families with struggling teens
- Parent of now sober adult son who attended wilderness program and residential drug rehab
- Board member Zeta Psi Educational Foundation providing leadership training and scholarships to college undergraduates
Richard T. McKinless, CPA
- Financial advisor and volunteer to charitable organizations
- Partner at KPMG LLP. Partner-in-charge of KPMG's Washington DC exempt organization practice from 1994-2008
- Not-for-profit boards served: Boy and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, Corcoran Gallery, National Kidney Foundation, Orphan Foundation, Alldredge Family Foundation
Marie Sigman, MS
- Educational Psychologist specializing in advocacy for students with learning challenges and in transition management of young adults from high school, including college placement
- Guidance Counselor and Teacher in Sudbury Massachusetts School System for more than 30 years
