Our Board
Kelly Stone
Board President
Kelly recently retired as CEO of Families Canada. As CEO, she undertook a complete organizational rebuild and rebrand aimed at sustaining a 50-year legacy of supporting half a million+ families living in challenging circumstances across Canada.
Juan Muñoz
Vice President
Juan Munoz is currently Vice President of Business Development at Kribi Coffee. He has over a decade of strategic international and national business experience across diverse industries. As well as a strong track record in non-profit service, having previously served on the board of Centro Campesino (Owatonna, MN), Donaldson Corporation DEI council, and as a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters. As a Great Kids, Inc. board member, Juan has served on the Finance and Audit Committee and led as Chair of the Strategy Committee.
Tessa K. H. Marks
Secretary
Tessa has a Bachelor of Commerce and Business Administration at the University of British Columbia and was a CPA and CPA/CA (Canada). She is a retired tax partner of KPMG in Milwaukee, WI, and Vancouver, Canada.
Russ Crawford
Treasurer
Russ Crawford is a retired Partner of KPMG with 30 years of experience with KPMG US and 10 years with KPMG Canada, specializing in Corporate International taxation. He is previously the Partner in Charge of KPMG’s US Corporate Tax Practices in Canada and the Netherlands, as well as the former Managing Partner of the Seattle office of KPMG US. Russ has 40 years of volunteer and board service with Junior Achievement in both the US and Canada. Russ is also a past board member of the Seattle Alliance for Education.
Michael Reina
Michael A. Reina is a highly accomplished marcom leader and content creator, recognized for his ability to drive impactful results and transform brands. Throughout his career, he has spearheaded successful marketing campaigns and brand expansions for renowned institutions such as Texas Children’s Hospital, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas System, IDEA Public Schools, and The Houston Zoo. Michael is now an independent marketing and communications consultant with a primary focus in the education and healthcare sectors.
Rodel Doria
Rodel, a graduate of Seattle Pacific University, is an experienced Technical Program Manager at Salesforce with over 13 years in the field, focusing on technical process design and architecture. He excels in M&A enablement, IT process redesign, and product roadmap development, skillfully utilizing Scrum and Kanban methodologies. His leadership impacts cross-functional teams positively, bolstered by his solid expertise in business and requirements analysis, and process improvement. Currently, Rodel’s contributions to Salesforce include ITSM M&A integration, employee success initiatives, and product roadmap development.
Gian-Pierre Quinones
Gian-Pierre Quinones is a Certified Management Accountant professional, who has spent 8 years in the Education industry at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) in Orlando, FL specializing in Financial Planning and Analysis. This experience includes long-term strategic planning, M&A integrations, and implementations of financial reporting and consolidation systems. Gian received his MBA from the University of Central Florida and a bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from Florida Gulf Coast University.
Elizabeth Cuccinello
Liz has over 15 years of experience working with growth stage and start-up companies as both a General Counsel and through her firm. She is active in her community, supporting the PTA, local sports teams, and her parish, as well as various nonprofits and her law school alumni board. Liz has been married to her husband, Pete, for over 20 years, and they have four children.
Douglas Smith
Douglas Smith is a seasoned professional specializing in applying data science to business strategy, predictive analytics, and technology product development. With over fourteen years of cross-functional experience in digital education, post-secondary education, and B2B SaaS, he has led transformative new product, AI, and data science initiatives. Douglas has spearheaded the development of predictive models, innovative technology products, and new academic programs. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Eckerd College and a Master’s degree in Entrepreneurship and Applied Technologies from the University of South Florida.
Great Kids International
The future of our world community depends on all of us. Children must have the opportunity to reach their optimal growth and development in all childhood domains. Families must be supported to develop the Protective Factors, giving their family resiliency while receiving supportive guidance on child development and nurturing care. Research has established the relationship between parenting/caregiving practices, early learning experiences, and positive outcomes for children.
It is only with responsive care and support for their healthy development that children will grow into resourceful, compassionate individuals who will contribute positively to our global community as adults.
Great Kids (GK) is an international non-profit training, curricula, and consulting organization specializing in improving the quality of care and developmental stimulation infants and young children receive from their parents and other caregivers.
During the past 20 years, GK has developed training programs and curricula focused on growing nurturing relationships between parents/caregivers and young children that support their early development.
Our curricula and training programs have been successfully contextualized for use in developing countries. By mentoring a team of trainers and project officers in the use of our Growing Great Kids curricula and staff development programs, our goal is to build in-country capacity and reliance on local professionals by giving them the tools to implement and replicate the Growing Great Kids programs.
For more information on how to partner with GK, contact us today!
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In this 30-minute consultation, we will learn more about how you support healthy relationships and successful outcomes for children, families, and your community.
Looking forward to connecting and joining you in the journey of discovery to determine if Great Kids is a fit for you.
Testimonials
What home visitors and parents are saying about Great Kids.
"We have really loved the whole curriculum! We do home visits, and we see these families in their homes, or in our offices interacting with their kids and planning activities that they can do to build their self-esteem and work together and strengthen their family as a whole."
"We came across Great Kids, Growing Great Kids and it didn’t take us very long at all to read and understand that Great Kids had a curriculum that aligns perfectly with everything that we need here for our early home-based programs."
Connect With Great Kids
Phone:
1-800-906-5581
Email:
info@greatkidsinc.net
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Since 1996, over 26,000 staff from home visiting, preschool and residential care programs have been trained to use the Great Kids®, Inc. approach and materials.s.
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