Staff

Our Staff & Board

We are educators and creators. Planners and do-ers. Always willing to listen and ready to help. And we’re passionate about what we do. We take it pretty seriously when we say that every young person has the right to live their authentic sexuality. We believe in our work, and in you, and we love what we do.

We are a small but mighty staff of 26, and like any small nonprofit, we count on the strengths of our staff to get the job done. That means that day-to-day, many of us wear many hats and work across many projects. It also means we get a ton of opportunities to always be learning and growing.

That’s probably just one of the reasons why our staff tend to stick around. Eight of our staff members have been with us for over 14 years! (What’s more…Janet is finishing out year 20…And we have several new hires! Hello Megan and Celease!) So yeah, we love what we do and we love Healthy Teen Network. Our experience is a major strength for us, and it makes us even more ready and able to help you.

Our Staff

Our Board

Interested in joining our Board? We’re not currently recruiting, but if you’re interested in future opportunities, please let us know.

Chair

Monica Faulkner, PhD, LMSW

Director, Research Associate Professor, Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, Steve Hicks School of Social Work

Vice Chair

Donna Elliston, DrPH, MSPH

Principal Research Associate, Westat

Treasurer

Anthony D. Motyl, LICSW

Secretary

Patti Flowers-Coulson

Director of Finance & IT, Turnaround Tuesday, Inc.  

Ex-Officio

Shannon Rauh, MEd, CSE

Senior Consultant, JSI Research and Training Institute 

April J. Bell, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco, Family & Community Medicine

Brina Bolden, JD

Senior Acquisitions Officer, CRG, Inc.

Mackenzie Flynn

Policy & Annual Conference Manager, AIDS United

Aisha Mays, MD

CEO & Founder, Dream Youth Clinic
Clinical Researcher, University of California, San Fransisco Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Valerie J. Parker, MA, LMFT, LCSW

Executive Director, Young Families of Indiana Network, Future Promises

Marilyn Preston, PhD

Associate Professor of Human Services, Metropolitan State University

Preston Shatwell

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Tony Vela

Program Manager, US Department of Labor

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