Board of Directors
John Reuben, President and Founder
- Founder & President of SAVING TEENS® In Crisis Collaborative
- Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Correlsense
- Executive in Software Sales and Marketing for over 25 years, including the founding of a significant software enterprise
- Parent of 2 troubled teens who have been in therapeutic programs
Rich McKinless, Treasurer and Chair, Finance Administration
- Certified Public Accountant, Retired Partner, KPMG LLP
- Served as Partner in-charge of KPMG’s Washington, DC Not-for-Profit Practice
- Leadership positions on the boards of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington, National Kidney Foundation of the National Capital Area, Alldredge Family Foundation, and the Orphan Foundation
- Family experience with a struggling teen who benefited greatly from access to a qualified therapeutic program
Marilyn F. Engelman, Ph.D.
- Certified Educational Planner, Founder of Educational Directions
- Past special needs chair of IECA
- Conducts educational evaluations, therapeutic, boarding, and college placements
- School consultations and prior director of disability services at a four year liberal arts college
- First board member of Saving Teens
Les Mann, Chair, Program
- Sales and marketing executive; Co-founder Alldredge Family Foundation supporting families with struggling teens
- Board member Zeta Psi Educational Foundation providing leadership training and scholarships to college undergraduates
- Parent of now sober adult son who attended wilderness program and residential drug rehab
Grant Leibersberger, MEd, MBA, Chair, Program Committee Executive Director, Mansfield Hall
- 20 years of experience in therapeutic industry
- Extensive background in intervention, wilderness, residential treatment and aftercare programs
- History of working in financial services assisting families in affording private programs
- Believes in creating access for everyone to the highest quality of care available
Lon Woodbury, MA, CEP, Member IECA
- Independent Educational Consultant for 23 years, and publisher of the following: Parent Empowerment Handbook (working on the 23rdedition); The Woodbury Report newsletter (for 23 years); and the www.strugglingteens.com website for 17 years.
- MA degree, Certified Educational Planner (CEP), and a member of the Independent Educational Consultants Association; previously a classroom teacher in public schools, and worked with the U.S. Senate and the Executive Office of the President on public policy.
- Many parents call my office desperately needing help for their child, but they lack the funds to access the quality resources which would help them and their children. I’m involved with Saving Teens to help develop resources so these deserving families can get the financial help they need in addressing their children's needs.
Theresa Wing Hines
- 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.
Ann Tomassini
- Associate Director of Annual Giving at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
- Former Director of Operations for Saving Teens
- Over twenty years of experience in higher education
- Supports Saving Teens as a witness to lives altered and cut short, who might have otherwise been saved through treatment
Jodi Liston
