Who We Are | Board of Directors

Board of Directors:

Joanne King Herring, Honorary Chair

Candace Burns, President and Board Chairman

Mary M. Boyles, Secretary/Treasurer

Kelly Krohn

Karen Stall

Mary Yenik

Board of Directors, detail:

Candace Burns,, President and Board Chairman. Candace served two terms as President of the Advertising Club of New Orleans, and was a founder and charter member of American Women in Radio and Television, New Orleans Chapter. While in New Orleans, she served on the Board of two nonprofits -- Each One Save One, and Dress for Success.

Mary M. Boyles, Secretary/Treasurer. Educator, teacher and IT professional in business and education. Initiated and taught in first On-the-Job Office Education Training Program, Boulder, Colorado. Also taught many computer classes for IBM and Rawson & Company, Houston, Texas. Has also taught classes at St. Agnes Academy and St. Pius X High School, Houston, Texas, Houston Community College and DBM, a job consulting firm. Currently Marketing Consultant, Artisan Field Visual Communications, Houston, Texas. Owner and President of Computer Technology Support.

Karen Stall. Karen is President/CEO of Triton Diving Services, the third largest woman-owned company in the New Orleans area. Prior to owning Triton Diving, Karen owned a retail store in New Orleans and taught school for seven years. Karen and husband Charlie Stall have two sons, Chuck and Will.

Mary Stallings Yenik. Educational consultant and specialist in communication skills. Co-Founder of Knowledge Arts Foundation. Coordinator of current project to train and coach teachers in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana.

Additional

Kelly Krohn

Board of Directors Emeritus:

Elisabeth Johnston Coe, Ph.D. Program designer and principal of Woods High School and School of the Woods Middle School, Houston, Texas. Executive director of the Houston Montessori Teacher Education Center, past president of American Montessori Society. Numerous articles in Montessori Life, M Magazine, North American Montessori Teachers Journal, and chapter in book, Montessori in Contemporary American Culture. Featured in Whoís Who Among American Teachers 2000, 2005, 2006, Whoís Who in Montessori Method International, first edition; International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, Whoís Who in American Education, first edition. International keynote speaker and presenter on secondary education, peace education and Montessori philosophy.

Mary Czarnik. First Executive Director of Knowledge Arts Foundation. Mary now serves on the Advisory Committee of Knowledge Arts Foundation.

Margaret K. (Peg) Dudar, L.M.S.W. Past chairperson of the Board of the Homeless Coalition of Houston Harris County and presently on the Quality Control Committee of Catholic Charities, Houston, Texas. Also, charter member and past vice president of the Texas Association of Social Ministries Coalition and National Association of Social Workers (NASW). Prepared many handbooks for various organizations including Hope Center for Youth, Harris County Juvenile Probation and presented the TV film, The Second Door, at the National Association of Foster Parents Convention. Was also named Social Worker of the Year in 1989 by NASW and currently is Field and Classroom Adjunct faculty, School of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.