President and Founder

Bryan McGlothin

Bryan was kidnapped at two years old and endured decades of parental alienation by his father and finally found his mother 31 years later. Bryan speaks publicly about his ordeal and how it has affected his life today. He has dedicated his life to educating others about the children and adults suffering in silence due to parental abduction.
Bryan does not have a voting position in the organization.

Directors

Mary Beckman

Mary Beckman has been a science writer for more than ten years, leaving scientific research almost as soon as she earned her doctorate in molecular biology. She has worked in both science journalism and public affairs, as a writer and editor. As a science journalist, she covered a wide variety of topics in life sciences, including adolescent brain development, other neuroscience, and basic research on aging. She currently works in media relations at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

Lynn Crook

Lynn Crook has a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology. She served as the Executive Director of the Sexual Assault Response Center in Washington State, and is an Editor Emeritus of Treating Abuse Today. Lynn has spoken at conferences sponsored by the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, the United Kingdom Society for the Study of Dissociation, the American Psychological Association and the United Nations Conference on the Status of Women.

Betty Harris

Betty Harris is a homemaker and a home school parent. She has a deep desire to ensure that each generation grows up knowing they are loved. Having been raised in a family that stayed together through some very hard times, taught her to appreciate even the smallest things in life. The greatest of which is love. It is essential to life itself. She believes we need to listen to our children, they are our future, our legacy, and they need a voice.

Ryan Slaugh

Ryan Slaugh is an engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He travels internationally to instruct Customs Officers in China, Panama, and Africa on Radiation Detection. Ryan serves as a mentor to students at the Lab, instructs local high school students on public speaking, and has volunteered as a Cub Scout leader. Ryan says his most important job is being a husband to his wife and father to his three children.

Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth is the Public Information Officer for Benton County Emergency Services. She joined the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program organization in July 2009. Elizabeth was a stay at home mom until 2003 when she became a weather fill-in for a KIMO TV in Anchorage, Alaska. Elizabeth quickly moved into the Chief Weather Forecaster position. She has been featured on The Weather Channel reporting on floods in Seward, Alaska in 2006. She was recruited by KEPR TV to be their Chief Weather Forecaster in 2006. After moving out of television, Elizabeth was the Public Information Officer for ESD 123. Moving back into television, she immersed herself in television advertising. She wrote and produced the last two CSEPP commercials. Elizabeth has participated in 4 CSEPP exercises and was the Public Information Officer for the recent Dry Creek Complex fires in August, 2009. She just completed the Broadcast Meteorology Program from Mississippi State University and will graduate with her Bachelors degree on April 30, 2010. She is married to her husband Chris and they have 5 children.