Ned Holstein, MD, MS, Massachusetts, Founder and Chairman of the Board

• Nationally recognized expert on the effects of the environment on human health
• Founded Fathers and Families, now National Parents Organization, in 1998 to reform the family courts
• Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

David Brasington, Massachusetts, Secretary of the Board

• Principal, Glickman Kovago& Company, a full-service commercial real estate company
• University of Massachusetts

Philip Dyk, Connecticut

• Partner, Alinda Capital Partners
• Claremont McKenna College

Ronald Lee Fleming, MA, FAICP, Massachusetts

• Principal, Townscape Institute, a public interest planning organization.
• An initiator of the national "Main Street" movement
• Pomona College, Harvard University

Robert A. Franklin, JD, Texas, Journalist for National Parenst Organization

• National Parents Organization's 'featured columnist'
• Formerly Executive Editor, Houston Law Review
• University of Houston

Matt Hale, MBA, Kentucky

• Architectural Sales, Spohn Associates
• Bradley University, University of Louisville

Benny Hau, MD, California

• Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program; Assistant Professor, School of Allied Health, Loma Linda University
• Yale University, Loma Linda University

Donald C. Hubin, PhD, Ohio

• Director, Center for Ethics and Human Values, The Ohio State University
• University of California, Davis, University of Arizona

Samuel D. Perry, MBA, Massachusetts

• Vice President, Eaton Vance Private Investment Counsel
• Harvard College, Boston University

Linda Reutzel, Missouri

• Owner/CFO FGR Mechanical, Inc.
• Southeast Missouri State University

Bruce Rogers, Massachusetts

• Founder and President, Virtual, Inc., managing operations for global industry associations
• Colby College, Boston University

Management

Petra Maxwell, JD, New York, National Executive Director

• 25 years of experience serving non-profits in the capacity of senior executive, general counsel or consultant
• Created award-winning programs for children and single parents in both Chicago and New York City
• Served on NY State Governor Cuomo’s executive team to help refine the state’s processes for contracting with and funding non-profit organizations state-wide
• B.A., University of New Hampshire; M.A., Northwestern University; J.D., Harvard Law School

Steven Sweely, Ohio, Project Manager

• Manages National Parents Organization's files, database, and general office
• Twenty years' experience in nonprofit administration

Executive Directors Emeriti

Ned Holstein, MD, MS
Executive Director, February 1998 to April 2018 Intermittently

• Nationally recognized expert on the effects of the environment on human health
• Founded Fathers and Families, now National Parents Organization, in 1998 to reform the family courts
• Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Daniel B. Hogan, JD, PhD
Executive Director, 2006-2007

• Management consultant and author of four books on the regulation of psychotherapists
• Yale University, Harvard Law School and Department of Psychology

Glenn Sacks, MA
Executive Director 2009-2012

• Leading voice for family court reform
• University of California, Los Angeles

Rita Fuerst Adams, MBA
National Executive Director, 2012-2015

• More than thirty years' experience in not-for-profit management, organizational development, and fundraising
• Capital University, Ohio University