Directors, Advisors and Staff
DADs Board of Directors
Rev. Steve Emmett, Ph.D., (Chair) Unitarian minister and private practice
therapist in Scituate, MA and Providence, RI and head of the Anorexia & Bulimia
Association of Rhode Island. Has been a board member of the National Eating Disorders
Association, co-founded the Renfrew Center, and edited the book Theory and Treatment
of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Biomedical, Sociocultural, and Psychological Perspectives.
Margo Maine, Ph.D. (Vice Chair),clinical psychologist
specializing in eating disorders for over 25 years who serves as the
Consulting Director of eating disorders treatment at the Institute of
Living in Hartford, CT. Author of The Body Myth,
Body Wars and Father Hunger. Senior Editor of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention,
past President of the National Eating Disorder Association, and Trustee of the Eating
Disorder Coalition for Research, Policy and Action.
Courtney Carter, Manager of Business Development for Soccer United
Marketing/Major League Soccer.
Carolyn Costin, M.A., M.Ed., MFT, Carolyn is the founder and
Executive Director of The Monte Nido Treatment Center for eating
disorders. She is also a marriage and family therapist and the author of
The Eating Disorder Sourcebook and Your Dieting Daughter.
Laurie Harbert is a full-time mother of three daughters. She is a former
Board member of P.S. Arts, former Vice Chair of the United Jewish Fund, and is an
active volunteer for the Girl Scouts, Phase One, and the Ronald McDonald House.
Kelly Parisi, Vice President of Communications for the American
Federation for the Blind in NY. She provides leadership and
direction in the development, implementation and monitoring of
communication strategies in support of AFB's strategic plan.
Currently chairs the Communications & Marketing Committee of the
National Assembly and sits on the Communications Advisory Committee of
the NY Regional Assn. of Grantmakers.
Bob Stien, Long-time volunteer fathering and environmental educator for the
92nd Street YMHA and EPIC (Every Person Influences Children) in New York City. Runs
summer outdoor education programs for the Hudson River Explorers. A divorced dad
and business owner, Bob is also organizer of the New York Fathers Conference.
Michael Kieschnick, Ph.D. (Honorary Member), Founder of Dads and Daughters
and Co-Founder and President of Working Assets, a long distance, wireless and credit
card company that donates a portion of its revenues to progressive nonprofits. Former
economist for the EPA and Governor of California, Michael is also author of
Venture
Capital and Urban Development and Credit Where It's Due: Development Banking for
Communities.
DADs Advisory Board
Will Glennon, Founder and Executive Director of Global
Classroom Connection. Attorney, fathering advocate, former Director of
Dads & Daughters, and author of Fathering, The Collected Wisdom of
Fathers, 200 Ways to Raise a Girl's Self Esteem and 200 Ways to
Raise Boy's Emotional Intelligence and editor of the Random
Acts of Kindness books.
Kathy Kater, LICSW (St. Paul, MN), psychotherapist and eating disorders specialist.
Author of Real Kids Come in All Sizes: 10 Essential Lessons to Build Your Child’s
Body Esteem and Healthy Body Image: Teaching Kids to Eat and Love Their Bodies,
Too!
Jackson Katz, Ed.M. (Long Beach, CA), Director of the US Marine Corps Gender
Violence Prevention Program, Co-Founder of Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP),
host of the videos Tough Guise: Media Images and the Crisis on Masculinity and
Wrestling
with Manhood, and author of The Macho Paradox.
Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. (Boston), Wellesley College Visiting Scholar. Known
for documentaries, including Killing Us Softly and Slim Hopes.
She is a former Board Member of
Dads & Daughters, and served on the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse
and Alcoholism.
Michael Kimmel, Ph.D. (Brooklyn), Professor of Sociology, SUNY-Stony Brook
and author/editor of numerous books on men and masculinity including The Gendered
Society and Manhood in America.
William C. Klatte, MSW (Milwaukee), Therapist and author of Live Away Dads:
Staying Part of Your Children's Lives When They Aren't a Part of Your Home.
William Klein (Silver Spring, MD), Marketing, public relations, and political
consultant.
David J. Pate, Ph.D. (Madison, WI), Executive Director and Founder of the
Center for Family Policy and Practice. Leading public policy advocate for minority
and low-income fathers.
Sally Ride, Ph.D. (San Diego), Professor of Physics at the University of
California-San Diego and member of National Women’s Hall of Fame. First US woman
in space, and Founder of Imaginary Lines and Sally Ride Space Camps, which encourage
girls’ interest in technology.
David Sadker, Ed.D., (Bethesda, MD), Professor of Education at American University,
Washington, DC. Pioneered much of the research documenting gender bias in America's
schools with his late wife, Dr. Myra Pollack Sadker. They wrote the best-selling
book, Failing at Fairness: How America's Schools Shortchange Girls and the widely
used introductory teacher education textbook, Teachers, Schools and Society.
Don Streufert, Ph.D. (Duluth, MN), Founder, Center for Reducing Rural Violence,
and psychotherapist in private practice. Became a leader of the restorative justice
movement after one of his daughters was abducted, raped and murdered.
DADs Staff:
Julian Palmer, Executive Director
Joe Kelly, President
Ann Miller, Assistant Director