The National AfterSchool Association (NAA) has announced its list of the twenty-five most influential people in the afterschool community. Ayeola Fortune, Director, Education Team, United Way Worldwide, is among those recognized. The award recipients will be introduced in a special edition of AfterSchool Today magazine, this spring. “As nominations poured in from NAA members around the country, we focused our selection on those leaders whose service, research, and action influence and impact large numbers of children and families,” said Gina Warner, National AfterSchool Association executive director. “In so doing, these leaders bring positive attention and investment to the field of afterschool.” Click here to read more.
The NAA Top 25 Most Influential People in Afterschool honored by NAA
MATTHEW BOULAY | Founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Summer Learning Association
JIM CLARK | President and CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of America
JESSICA DONNER | Director, Every Hour Counts
TERRI FERINDE DUNHAM |Partner, Collaborative Communications / Lead, National Network of Statewide Afterschool Networks
AYEOLA FORTUNE | Director, Education Team, United Way Worldwide
LUCY N. FRIEDMAN | Founding President, TASC (The After-School Corporation)
ELLEN S. GANNETT, M.ED. | Director, National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST), Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College
JODI GRANT | Executive Director, Afterschool Alliance
ROBERT HALPERN | Professor and Chair of Research Council, Erikson Institute
CLIFF JOHNSON | Executive Director, Institute for Youth, Education and Families, National League of Cities
SYLVIA LYLES, PhD | Director, Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs, U.S. Department of Education
JIM MURPHY | Senior Manager, Child and Youth Development Program, Council on Accreditation
JUDY NEE | Executive Vice President and General Manager, AlphaBEST Education, Inc.
NEIL NICOLL | President and CEO, YMCA of the USA
GIL NOAM, Ed.D, PhD | Founder and Director, Program in Education, Afterschool and Resiliency, Harvard University
BEN PAUL | President and CEO, After-School All-Stars
TERRY PETERSON, PhD | Director, Afterschool and Community Learning Network
SAM PIHA | Founder and Principal, Director, Temescal Associates, Learning in Afterschool & Summer Project
KAREN J. PITTMAN | President and CEO, The Forum for Youth Investment
SHANNON RUDISILL | Director, Office of Child Care, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
CARLA SANGER, M.ED. | President and CEO, LA’s BEST After School Enrichment Program
JENNIFER SIRANGELO | President and CEO, National 4-H Council
CHARLES SMITH, PhD | Executive Director, David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality
DEBORAH LOWE VANDELL | Founding Dean, School of Education, University of California Irvine
TOM WYATT | Chief Executive Officer, Knowledge Universe-United States
