We would like to introduce our Board of Directors, Officers & Staff!
Larry Brendtro
Past President, Founder & Board Member Emeritus
Past President of Starr Commonwealth
Co-Editor of Reclaiming Children and Youth journal; www.reclaimingjournal.com
President of Circle of Courage Institute; www.circleofcourageinstitute.org
Nemo, South Dakota
Steve Van Bockern
Dean & Co-Founder of Reclaiming Youth International
Professor of Education, Augustana College
Dean of the Reclaiming Youth Institute
Co-author of "Reclaiming Youth at Risk"
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Martin Brokenleg
Dean of the Black Hills Seminars/ Co-Founder and Vice President of RYI
Internationally-acclaimed Speaker to Youth Professionals
Co-author of "Reclaiming Youth at Risk"
Former Professor of Theology, Vancouver School of Theology
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Mark Freado
President & CFO of Reclaiming Youth International
Trainer & Consultant with Cal Farley's
Senior Trainer of LSCI, RAP & Situational Leadership II
Westerville, Ohio
Jamie "
JC" Chambers
Board Chair
Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor, Level III
Founding Partner, Stronghold Counseling Services
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
John "Jack" Calhoun
Board Vice Chair
Founder & Former President, National Crime Prevention Council
Author of "Hope Matters" ; www.hopematters.org
Former U.S. Commissioner, Admin. for Children, Youth & Families
Falls Church, Virginia
Edna Olive
Board Secretary
Executive Director, ROCKET, Inc.
Author of "Positive Behavior Facilitation"
www.rocketinc.net
Silver Spring, Maryland
Azim N. Khamisa
Board Treasurer
Founder, Tariq Khamisa Foundation; www.tkf.org
International Inspirational Speaker - Author - Peace Activist; www.azimkhamisa.com
Founder & National Director, CANEI Program; www.canei.org
La Jolla, California
Franky D'Oosterlinck
Board Member
Pedigogical Director, Othopedagogical Observation & Treatment Centre, Nieuve Vaart; www.oobc-nieuwevaart.be
Academic Consultant, Dept. of Orthopedagogics, Ghent University; http://ugent.be
Chairman of the "European Fed. of Conflict Management & Treatment in Education & Care' EFECT; www.efect.be
Ghent, Belguim
Judge 
Ernestine Steward Gray
Board Member
Judge, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court
President, National Court Appointed Special Advocate Assoc. Board of Trustees
57th President of the National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges
New Orleans, Louisiana
Beate Kreisle
Board Member
Executive Director, Jugend-Kolleg am See, Moos, Germany
Licensed Psychologist with therpeutical expertise
www.jugend-kolleg-am-see.de
Moos, Germany
Linda Lantieri
Board Member
Director, The Inner Resilience Program; www.innerresilience-tidescenter.org
Keynote Speaker; www.lindalantieri.org
Co-Founder, Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP)
New York, New York
Scott Larson
Board Member
President & Founder, Straight Ahead Ministries
Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary & Gordon College
www.straightahead.org
Worcester, Massachusetts
Reggie Newkirk
Board Member
Private Consultant, Parity Consulting
Institute for Healing Racism
Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Frederick "Fred" Tully
Board Member
Founder, Black Hills Seminars
Retired Clinical Director, South Dakota Children's Home Society
Former Development Director, Crazy Horse Memorial
Hill City, South Dakota
Erik K. Laursen
Board Member
Vice President, Learning & Program Dev. at UMFS, Richmond, VA
Fellow, Academy of Positive Peer Culture
Master Trainer in LSCI, RAP and a Qualified Myers-Briggs Type Practitioner
Richmond, Virginia
Cynthia "Cindy" Crabtree
Seminars & Training Coordinator
RYI satellite office, Rapid City, South Dakota
Wendy Beukelman
Bookstore Manager / Bookkeeper
RYI Headquarters, Lennox, South Dakota
Dena
Director of Staff Morale
Works for Cheerios, carrots & fortune cookies
RYI satellite office, Rapid City, South Dakota
