Advisory Board
We are honored and delighted to have the following people serve as Beacons for Hope in this new initiative. Please take some time to get to know the amazing work these individuals are doing in the world.
Sophie Straughan, Youth Advisory Board
Matthew Jackman, Youth Advisory Board
Chantelle Booysen, Youth Advisory Board
John Boyd, CEO, Mental Health Services, Sutter Health
Barbara Van Dahlen, Founder and President, Give an Hour™
Dr. Gabriel Ivbijaro, Founder and Chair, The World Dignity Project
Moitreyee Sinha, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cities Rise
Dr. Myron Belfer, MD, MPA, Professor of Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, and Senior Associate in Psychiatry at the Children’s Hospital of Boston
Nigel Frith, Principal, Drumragh Integrated College
Guy Winch Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Dr. Karen Kirby, Senior Lecturer of Psychology, Ulster University
Delaney Ruston M.D., Documentary Filmmaker Stanford Trained Physician
Dr Elizabeth Lombardo, Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, ElizabethLombardo.com
Jim Link, President, Idea-Link, Inc.
Kathryn Goetzke, MBA, Chief Hope Officer of The Shine Hope Company, Founder, iFred
Kimberley Blaine MA, MFT, Family Mental Health Advocate and Digital Media Pioneer,TheGoToMom.TV
Kirsten Straughan, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Kristy L. Stark MA, Ed.M., BCBA, Behavioral Scientist, licensed K-12 Administrator, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Consultant, and Entrepreneur
Dave Opalewski, President, Grief Recovery Inc.
Marie Dunne, Registered Mental Health Nurse
Nancy Tamosaitis, President, Vorticom Inc.
John Blake, Director, Retired, McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division, Johnson & Johnson
John White, Chairman and CEO, Compass Marketing, Inc.
Susan Minamyer, Senior Consultant, Innovative Analysis, Inc.
In Memoriam
We were delighted and gifted to have these individuals support of our efforts, who have left this plane yet stay deeply embedded in our work. Their generosity and contributions are forever with us, and memories live on through Hope.
Anna Unkovich, M.A.
Paul R. Carter, Former President Wal-Mart Realty Company