The NAA Top 25 Most Influential People in Afterschool honored by NAA, 2014
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
LUCY N. FRIEDMAN | Founding President, TASC (The After-School Corporation)
AYEOLA FORTUNE | Director, Education Team, United Way Worldwide
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
NAA is the membership association for professionals who work with children and youth in diverse school and community-based settings to provide a wide variety of extended learning opportunities and care during out-of-school hours. Members include afterschool program directors, coordinators, sponsors, front-line staff, school leaders, principals, teachers, paraprofessionals, board of education members, nonprofit leaders, advocates, community leaders, policymakers, researchers, and more. AfterSchool Today is the official publication of NAA.
