Elizabeth Nyang, M.A., LCPC, is President of the Today’s Family board of directors and a licensed mental health counselor. She received her MA in Counseling from Seton Hall University and is currently working on a doctorate degree in Counseling Psychology at the American School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University. She leads workshops on self-exploration, self-esteem, journaling and other issues related to women with a special interest in leading spiritual workshops for women.  She also teaches life and job skills to at-risk youth for nonprofit organizations.  She has traveled to Costa Rica 5 times to study Spanish and is interested in developing workshops for minority women. She is a counselor in Rockville, Maryland.

Teresa Gilius Campbell, Ph.D., Board Member, Today’s Family, has over 25 years experience developing, assessing, and guiding health and human services for the benefit of individuals and communities. With a doctorate in community psychology, Dr. Campbell has a solid foundation in research methodology, as well as community theory. She has designed and conducted numerous research and evaluation projects for state and federal agencies. She has also provided technical assistance to state agencies and local organizations to promote program improvements. Dr. Campbell is experienced with quantitative and qualitative data analysis, including content analysis. She brings excellent skills in writing reports and presentations and has extensive experience managing research projects.

Dr. Campbell has been a Senior Research Analyst with REDA International, Inc. since 2001 and has participated in a variety of evaluation and research projects for federal and state agencies. She has conducted key informant interviews and focus groups, incorporating input from a variety of stakeholders.

From 2003 – 2005 she conducted a needs assessment of Title I and Title II grantees under the Ryan White CARE Act by means of web-based consultation information forms and consultation meetings with selected grantees and project officers. Her responsibilities included planning and facilitating the two consultation meetings. She consolidated the grantees’ input regarding subgrantee monitoring and provided HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) with consultation to develop an appropriate plan for training and technical assistance. During the second phase of the project she assessed the outcomes for the grantees following implementation of the response plan.

In 2002 - 2003 Dr. Campbell contributed to a cross-site evaluation of OWH’s HIV/AIDS/STD programs. Her contributions included helping to design the evaluation instruments, conduct site visits, review documents, and facilitate focus groups with program staff and community partners.

Dr. Campbell has planned, delivered, and evaluated technical assistance programs—including onsite, regional and national conferences, teleconferences, written materials, and initiatives that pair new grantees with more experienced ones. She has helped to establish public-private partnerships to inform policy and program development. In the area of adolescent health, Dr. Campbell has conducted research on school-based drug abuse prevention initiatives, including a demonstration project involving eight high schools. She has acquired a breadth of knowledge about a range of health and human service initiatives, but her primary focus has been to improve the lives of children, adolescents, and families.

Sara Mills Mazie, Board Member, Today’s Family. As a member of the Federal Government’s Senior Executive Service, Sara Mazie serves as the Budget Coordinator for the Research, Education, and Economics Mission Area (REE) in the Department of Agriculture.  In that capacity, she oversees development of the budgets for the four REE agencies, the Agricultural Research Service, the Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, the Economic Research Service, and the National Agricultural Statistics Service, totaling over $2.5 million.  She also leads REE implementation of the President’s Management Agenda, President Bush’s major initiative to improve the management and accountability of Federal programs.

Before becoming the Budget Coordinator in 1996, Sara served in several senior–level positions on the Economic Research Service (ERS) management team.  During that time, she was US delegate to the Rural Development Working Group of the Organization of Economic Development Cooperation, the international think tank of the developed nations.

Earlier in her career, Sara was a policy analyst in the Office of Rural Development Policy at USDA and co-edited a book on the status of rural America.   She has also served in research capacities at the National Urban Coalition, the Urban Institute, the RAND Corporation, and the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future, generally working on economic development issues.

Sara has a Bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Cornell University and a Master’s in urban and regional planning from Columbia University.

Mariana A. McNeill, MA, Independent contractor working as an employment counselor. For the past twenty odd years Mariana McNeill has been building up to her current career of employment counselor and executive coach. Beginning with a Master’s degree in economics from Georgetown, she started her career at Data Resources, Inc. (DRI) as a micro economist, modeling and forecasting prices and wages and using these to create escalation models for various private sector and government clients. This micro industry modeling and analytical work lead to a more strategic focus which culminated in a high level executive planning position at McGraw-Hill working on mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures. From there Mana branched out with a former DRI colleague to create M&R Associates, an economic analysis firm that focused primarily on small business research projects for government clients including: DHHS, DOD, SBA, and the Appalachian Regional Commission. The small business focus of this work led her to take a position with Inc. Magazine’s Eagles CEO Peer Group Program for small business CEOs and their executives. Here she combined individual coaching with peer group facilitation to help small business executives take their companies to the next level. The process of coaching and group facilitation led Mana to obtain a degree in counseling to enhance her capabilities and in 2003 she obtained an on-line Master’s degree in counseling from Seton Hall University. When Inc. decided to shut down the coaching and peer group business Mana started LeadersLearn where she continues to provide individual and group executive coaching, career coaching and counseling, workshop training, and strategic and economic analysis.

Ronnie Haber, Independent contractor working as an employment counselor. She spent more than 12 years with the Employment Initiative Program of the Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County (HOC).  Working side-by-side with the program founder, Ronnie was instrumental in the growth and development of an employment services program that offered HOC residents individualized assistance and support as they developed the skills and experience needed for successful employment.  In addition to the one-on-one rapport she developed with each client, Ronnie ran workshops and support groups, and developed a cost effective computer training program using the talents of area volunteers and the facilities of local organizations.  Representing the program in the local community, she established partnerships with local businesses and developed employment opportunities for clients.  Ronnie’s concern for underserved populations dates back to her experience as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Peru.  Utilizing her bilingual skills (Spanish), she was able to combine her business background with her artistic interests and organized the local indigenous population in a handicraft cooperative.  For many years Ronnie ran a fine arts photography business exhibiting nationally in various galleries and arts centers. Ms Haber is a graduate of New York University.