John Clark –has over twenty-five years of experience in Human Resources at the professional and management level, in both public and private organizations. Has been an active advocate for business and education partnerships, and served as Chair of Pima County High Tech Education Council. Has been involved in Marge Christensen Gould’s classroom as a guest speaker, Mock Job Interviewer, and panel participant in the Educational ReadSources Teacher Training workshops.

Lt. Col. Carlos Garcia, Jr., Treasurer - veteran in the USAF, - fighter pilot, and instructor pilot. Motivational speaker for students in grades K-12. Has been involved with Marge Christensen’s program as a guest speaker , and participant in Mock Job Interviews for 17 years. Mentored several students, and presented with other mentors at educational conferences throughout the U.S.

Herman Gould , O.D. -Doctor of Optometry with 40 years of experience working with children and their vision. Served on faculty at Illinois College of Optometry. He served as Vision Consultant to the Arizona State School for the Mentally Retarded and Physically Handicapped, and the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf. Has lectured at schools, written articles for optometric and educational magazines, newsletters and newspapers on vision and reading. Also presented for the Educational ReadSources 3-day Teacher Training Workshop. Volunteers in Marge C. Gould’s classes. Selected as one of four outstanding volunteers presented with the It Takes a Village Award by the University of Arizona College of Education, in 2001. Dr. Gould has lectured at schools, written articles for optometric and educational magazines, newsletters and newspapers on vision and reading.

Michael A. Halle has been a Health Care Informatics System Integrator for  twelve years.  Has been involved with many civic and community projects and organizations.   For 12 years, has been very involved with the Mentors Program for  Marge’s students.  Also, served as Coordinator for 25 Mentors for Intergroup Health Care Corporation who participated in the Mentors Program.  Mike has also presented with Marge Christensen Gould and other mentors at numerous education conferences throughout the U. S.

Mark Hanna is a retired  retail manager, having spent the last twenty years as a general manager for Costco Wholesale in various places such as Phoenix, Albuquerque, New Jersey, and Brooklyn, NY. Completing degree at University of Arizona College of Education to pursue a new career in teaching. Mark works as Marge's Teacher Aide in her English for the 21st Century Workplace classroom .

Kathleen D. Benedict - teacher/coordinator, at Learn Center, Anderson County, Tennessee Schools, for the 21^st Century Workplace Program, an alternative learning program for high school students, emphasizing literacy, mentoring, and career preparation. Presenter for Educational ReadSources 3-day Teacher Training Workshop, 1999, 2001, and 2003. Presented with panel of Educational ReadSources board members at 2001 ASCD Conference in Boston, MA.

Ann Mangold - Director of Instructional Technology, Valley View School District, Chicago, IL. Experienced in classroom teaching university teaching, serving as district level instructional technology director, and staff development. Primary focus is on the implementation of instructional technology resources in the classroom. Serves as a Plan Peer Review facilitator for the state of Illinois, and has presented at numerous national conferences.

John Meyer -President and founder of The Young Authors Foundation, Inc, Boston, MA, which publishes Teen Ink, a large national monthly magazine written entirely by teens and for teens. The magazine publishes fiction, nonfiction, poetry, opinions, book, movie, and college reviews, and much more for its 250,000 monthly readers. John and his wife, Stephanie compiled Teen Ink, a book written by teens, and published by HCI, publisher of the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. ( B.S. and MBA. )

Steve Santa Cruz - President of S C Design, San Diego, California. Strong advocate of education and of the importance of preparing today’s students to succeed as tomorrow’s workforce. Participant in a San Diego Chamber of Commerce Round Table group focusing on improving education in that community. Strongly committed to Marge’s program in Tucson since 1987, when he donated the carpeting for her office classroom, and regularly served as a guest speaker for her classes. He arranged for field trips, mock job interviews, mentors, and career shadowing opportunities established a scholarship fund for her students who attend the University of Arizona. Serves as presenter at the 3-day teacher training offered by Educational ReadSources.

Russell Watson, PhD - Dean, Initial Entry Training, of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center- Fort Huachuca. Prior to his current position, he served as Chief of Staff and Faculty Training for the Intelligence School, and then as Deputy Director for Operations, Training and Doctrine of the Intelligence Center and Fort Huachuca., AZ.