Advisory Board

Adam Goldberg

Founded EnCompass Education to democratize access to critical education guidance
Co-founded and directed the Goldberg Center for Education Planning, an international provider of direct services to families
Specialist in intervention planning for teens at risk
Board Member of Learning Disabilities Worldwide
My personal and professional mission is to “democratize” access to expert education advising, and SavingTeens does just that.”

Founder and President of The Goldberg Center for Educational Planning™
Leslie is a certified guidance counselor, a Certified Educational Planner (CEP), as well as certified to administer and interpret the Wechsler Intelligence Scales and the Stanford-Binet tests
Provider of therapeutic and educational placement advice for over twenty years

Educational Consultant since 1998, Founder/Owner TAG Counseling, Inc.
Tamara helps families across the United States navigate through the complex processes of finding distinct educational options or therapeutic alternatives for their struggling teen or young adult children. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia, she has well-rounded clinical experience with comprehensive assessment, with working in the acute care and private practice settings, as well as with facilitating therapeutic, educational and experiential groups.
For many years now I have had the privilege of being a part of such a dynamic team serving a greater cause. We all share the passion to want to help in ways bigger and better than ourselves. The sound and proven methodology of SavingTeens, the collective commitment of our foundation’s leadership and its founding principles all contribute to the success we’ve witnessed through those we’ve served. Helping families access premier treatment, who otherwise could not afford to do so on their own, explains a portion of why I am involved with SavingTeens. Knowing that we are contributing to lives that are forever changed remains above all though the most compelling reason why I stay involved!

Chief Executive Officer of The Meadows of Wickenburg
Former President and Chief Operating Officer of Aspen Education Group
Prior to Aspen, spent most of his career building and operating education software companies, and served as president and CEO for Academic Systems

Family Services Director, Pacific Quest
Advisory Board Member, Co-Chair SavingTeens Charity Golf Scramble
As a mother of a child who has attended a therapeutic wilderness program, I so believe in the mission of Saving Teens. I know so many simply don’t have the resources to make treatment possible. It is so important to do all we can to help these families. All kids deserve these opportunities, whether their families can afford them or not.

Senior VP and wealth advisor at Morgan Stanley Global Wealth Management.
Parent of a special needs child and founder of Guardian Angel MotorSports, a 501c3 charity which uses MotorSports to raise money for kids in need.
Our mission as a charity is to raise awareness about deserving programs and to raise funds to help support those programs. SavingTeens is one such program, where disadvantaged children are given tools and access to critical support programs which they need in order to have a chance in society. We race, kids win.

Has worked with at-risk children for most of her career. She is active in service organizations in her community and has served at many levels for the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs (NATSAP), including holding a board seat.
Her career includes educational and leadership roles at Elkins Mountain School, Alldredge Academy, and Eckerd Youth Alternatives.
Holds a Master of Arts degree in Educational Leadership from West Virginia University.

Assistant Director of Development at The Cambridge School of Weston
Former Director of Operations for SavingTeens
Over twenty years of experience in higher education
Supports SavingTeens as a witness to lives altered and cut short, who might have otherwise been saved through treatment

Owner/Founder of One Pearl. Started in 2005.
Parent of a child who spent close to 3 years in wilderness therapy/therapeutic boarding school.
Supports Saving Teens In Crisis Collaborative because she believes every child/family should be able to receive therapy/treatment/help, regardless of their income.