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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

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Matthew Jackman

Youth Advisory Board

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Chantelle Booysen

Youth Advisory Board

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John Boyd

CEO, Mental Health Services, Sutter Health

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Barbara Van Dahlen

Founder and President, Give an Hour™

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Dr. Gabriel Ivbijaro

Founder and Chair, The World Dignity Project

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Moitreyee Sinha

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Cities Rise

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Myron L. Belfer

MD, MPA – Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School and a Senior Associate in Psychiatry at Boston Children’s Hospital

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Nigel Frith

Principal, Drumragh Integrated College

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Guy Winch

Ph.D. – Licensed Psychologist

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Dr. Karen Kirby

Senior Lecturer of Psychology, Ulster University

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Delaney Ruston

M.D. – Documentary Filmmaker Stanford Trained Physician

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Dr Elizabeth Lombardo

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, ElizabethLombardo.com

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Jim Link

President, Idea-Link, Inc.

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Kathryn Goetzke, MBA

Founder, iFred

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Kimberley Blaine

MA, MFT, Family Mental Health Advocate and Digital Media Pioneer, TheGoToMom.TV

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Kirsten Straughan

Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Illinois

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Kristy L. Stark

MA, Ed.M., BCBA – Behavioral Scientist, licensed K-12 Administrator, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Consultant, and Entrepreneur

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Dave Opalewski

President, Grief Recovery Inc.

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Marie Dunne

Registered Mental Health Nurse

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Nancy Tamosaitis

President, Vorticom Inc.

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John Blake

Director – Retired, McNeil Consumer Healthcare Division, Johnson & Johnson

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John White

Chairman and CEO, Compass Marketing, Inc.

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Susan Minamyer

Senior Consultant, Innovative Analysis, Inc.

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Ulrika Eriksson Hjelm

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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.

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Paul R. Carter

Former President Wal-Mart Realty Company

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