Afterschool Ambassadors

The Afterschool Alliance's Afterschool Ambassador program identifies afterschool providers and advocates of special achievement and helps them raise their voices in support of afterschool.

Selected from some of most effective afterschool programs and advocacy organizations in the nation, Ambassadors work every day to help keep kids safe, inspire children to learn and help working families. They know firsthand the barriers and benefits that communities face in making afterschool available to all children. The Alliance selects 15 to 25 Ambassadors from around the country each year, and then provides training, technical support, and modest funding for their Ambassadorial activities throughout the school year. Those activities include: coordinating a major Lights On Afterschool community event; working in concert with other local providers, advocates and business and community leaders to promote afterschool; reaching out to policy makers and the media on afterschool issues; and more.

The 2009-10 Afterschool Ambassadors are listed below.  Click here to read associated news releases for ambassador announcements. To see previous years' participants, see our Ambassador Emeritus page.  Ambassadors are chosen by application in the spring. For information on how to apply to become an Ambassador, contact the Afterschool Alliance, or call (202) 347-2030.

Afterschool Ambassadors 2009-2010

FLO TRUJILLO
Farmington Public Library
2101 Farmington Avenue
Farmington, NM 87401
505-599-1261
ftrujill@infoway.org

RONDA CHARPING
Vestavia Hills City Schools Extended Day
1281 Montgomery Highway
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216
205-823-7593
charpingrl@vestavia.k12.al.us

SANDRA GOLDSTEIN
Southern Sierra Boys & Girls Club
131 South Warner Street
Ridgecrest, CA 93555
760-375-8870
unitdirector1@verizon.net

LIZ HOPFAN
Free Arts NYC
1431 Broadway
7th Floor
New York, NY 10018
212-974-9092, x206
liz@freeartsnyc.org

PATRICIA HOUSTON
Community Education
City of Wichita
2755 East 19th Street
Wichita, KS 67214
316-303-8017
phouston@wichita.gov

TANYA MCDONALD
Dallas AfterSchool Network
6260 E. Mockingbird Lane
Dallas, TX 75214
214-306-8400, x802
tmcdonald@dasn.org

DANNY PERALTA
THE POINT CDC
940 Garrison Avenue
Bronx, NY 10474
718-542-4139, x138
dannythepoint@gmail.com

MARGARET PETERSON
Community Education Partnership of West Valley City, Inc.
3600 Constitution Blvd.
West Valley City, UT 84119
801-949-9812
cep4kids@comcast.net

DANIEL ROSEN
Citizen Schools
308 Congress Street
5th Floor
Boston, MA 2210
617-695-2300, x150
danielrosen@citizenschools.org

JUDY SCHROEDER
Safekey Program
City of Las Vegas, Department of Leisure Services
749 Veterans Memorial Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89101
702-229-3399
jschroeder@lasvegasnevada.gov

DENISE SELLERS
Haddonfield Child Care
P.O. Box 107
Haddonfield, NJ 8033
856-429-1603
dsellers@attglobal.net

GARRETT SHIPES
Greenfield Success After School Program
Greenfield Union School District
1624 Fairview Road
Bakersfield, CA 93304
661-837-6070
shipesg@gfusd.k12.ca.us

LESLIE SPEARS
Promise Program
Paris Independent Schools
310 West Seventh Street
Paris, KY 40361
859-987-2160
leslie.spears@paris.kyschools.us

TERESA (TERRY) SPURLOCK
Catlettsburg Elementary WOW Afterschool Program
Boyd County Public Schools
3348 Court Street
Catlettsburg, KY 41129
606-739-5515, x258
terry.spurlock@boyd.kyschools.us

PETER TEDTAOTAO
Ft. Shafter Youth Center SAS Program
Bldg 505
Bonny Loop
Fort Shafter, HI 96858
808-438-1487
peter.tedtaotao@us.army.mil

GAIL VESSELS
YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas
1621 West Walnut Hill
Irving, TX 75038
972-560-3807
gvessels@ymcadallas.org

DR. CHARLES WARNER
Gateway Center
New Haven Public Schools
54 Meadow Street
5th Floor
New Haven, CT 6519
203-946-7478
charles.warner@new-haven.k12.ct.us

GAZELL WATKINS-MITCHELL
Before and After School Programs
Communities In Schools of Detroit
5830 Field Street
Detroit, MI 48213
313-571-3400, x216
gazellemitchell@cisdetroit.org

KENDRA WELLS
4-H Youth Development Extension
University of Maryland
8020 Greenmead Drive
College Park, MD 20740
301-314-7317
klwells@umd.edu