YouthAlert! (YA!) Program - About A Child and Youth Violence, Bullying, and Abuse, Prevention/Health Education Curriculum “Survive & Thrive Skills Training” YouthAlert! (YA!) U.S.A. Board Members and Officers Douglas A. Wain, Chief Executive Officer/Executive Director, YouthAlert! (YA!) U.S.A., 2711 Barbados Lane, Lexington, KY, 40509-9508, (859) 494-3677, [email protected] Elisa Wain, Educator, Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, KY, 2711 Barbados Lane, Lexington, KY, 40509-9508, (859) 494-3789, [email protected] _________________________________________________________________________________________ © YouthAlert! (YA!) U.S.A. 2018 859.494.3677 www.youthalert.us [email protected] Page 1 of 4 YouthAlert! (YA!) Program - About A Child and Youth Violence, Bullying, and Abuse, Prevention/Health Education Curriculum “Survive & Thrive Skills Training” Diane Turner Minnifield, Fayette County Attorney's Office, 110 W. Vine Street Lexington, KY, 40507, (859) 254-4941, [email protected] “YouthAlert! (YA!) allows us adults to figure out way to help kids stop this senseless and useless violence YouthAlert! (YA!) provides you with an opportunity raise your concerns and meet halfway, to figure out other ways of handing conflict that doesn’t require violence.” Stuart Silberman, Former Executive Director, Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, Former Superintendent, Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, Kentucky, (859) 229-8040, [email protected] “I am a founding board member of this organization and have watched it impact many, many students in preventing violence. The evaluations that come from the training are remarkably positive. The administrators and teachers at the schools where the program has been implemented agree that this makes a difference. The students also agree.” _________________________________________________________________________________________ © YouthAlert! (YA!) U.S.A. 2018 859.494.3677 www.youthalert.us [email protected] Page 2 of 4 YouthAlert! (YA!) Program - About A Child and Youth Violence, Bullying, and Abuse, Prevention/Health Education Curriculum “Survive & Thrive Skills Training” Tom Shelton PhD., Executive Director, Kentucky Association of School Superintendents, 260 Democrat Drive, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601. Former Superintendent, Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington, Kentucky, (502) 783-2719, [email protected] “YouthAlert! (YA!) is a great program which you can bring into you school that can help teach kids how to work with each other, so they are not focused on violence and bullying but instead are focused on their own learning, focused on how they can become successful and productive members of society.” Hatim Omar, MD, Professor, Pediatrics & Obstetrics/Gynecology, Division of Adolescent Medicine Chief, Children's Miracle Network Chair, UK Healthcare, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine and Young Parents Program, KY Clinic, Room 422, Lexington, Kentucky 40536-0284, (859) 323-5643, [email protected] “Youth violence in continues to be on the rise. This program is an outstanding step in the right direction to help our youth in the effort to reduce youth violence and I think it should be done in every school.” _________________________________________________________________________________________ © YouthAlert! (YA!) U.S.A. 2018 859.494.3677 www.youthalert.us [email protected] Page 3 of 4 YouthAlert! (YA!) Program - About A Child and Youth Violence, Bullying, and Abuse, Prevention/Health Education Curriculum “Survive & Thrive Skills Training” Rabbi Marc Aaron Kline J.D., Monmouth Reform Temple, 332 Hance Ave, Tinton Falls, New Jersey, 07724, 732-747-9365, [email protected] _________________________________________________________________________________________ © YouthAlert! (YA!) U.S.A. 2018 859.494.3677 www.youthalert.us [email protected] Page 4 of 4 Douglas A. Wain 2711 Barbados Lane Lexington, KY 40509-9508 [email protected] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * Development and grants management. Managed over $250,000 in grants for local and national school districts that impacted the lives of students in disadvantaged populations. * Developed comprehensive fundraising strategies for involving foundation grants, corporate contributions, and individual donor programs. * Strategic planning and facilitation. Developed health curriculum for social and emotional, and trauma- informed care for public schools for 10,000 students. Well-versed in translating missions and goals into operating plans with clear benchmarks and annual objectives. * Budget management. Extensive background in developing and monitoring program and organizational budgets. Designed financial protocols and procedures to control costs and monitor disbursements. * Policy development and analysis. Well-versed in assisting federal and state government agencies and national organizations to develop policy positions. * Advocacy work and constituency building. Extensive experience in articulating issues in health and public education as they relate to economic and social development. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2008 - Present Founder and CEO YouthAlert! (YA!), a nonprofit educational 501(c)(3) organization and public charity specializing in youth violence and bullying prevention. Campaigned for youth empowerment programs in schools resulting in over a ten percent decrease over ten-percent in in-school infractions. Instructed over ten thousand youth in-school in the area of violence and bully prevention. Assistance in student interventions during and after the program to great benefit of many students and schools. Conducted professional development seminars for teachers and instructors. Instituted and directed a series of one- day workshops on youth mental health, coordinating youth mental health experts and students for panels, local businesses and educational policymakers. Teambuilding among school administrators, educators, students, state and local government bodies and other nonprofits. Coordinated and presented several live violence prevention public events. 1995 - 2010 President. Douglas Safety Corporation., industrial personal protection safety apparel, importer and distributor; Managed the organizations' core functions finance, purchasing and sales over $2,000,000 annual sales. Established strategic partnerships with overseas factories, shipping lines, and domestic trucking operations. Spearheaded strategies to streamline purchasing for customers. Customers include manufacturers, Toyota Motor suppliers, defense contractors Lockheed Martin, and universities, University of Kentucky. 1990 - 1995 Vice President and CFO Premier Safety Corp., International importer, and distributor of industrial, safety apparel; oversaw all departments in finance, purchasing and sales $12,000,000 annually. Oversaw OSHA regulations, compliance, and inspections for clients. Participant in the National Safety Council, Illinois. 1978 - 1990 Assistant Vice President, Cardinal Glove Company, world’s third largest import and distributor of personal safety apparel. Responsible for international trade, obtaining the largest segment of Chinese cotton glove quota to the U.S. for six years and management of the companies manufacturing facilities in South Korea. Customers included the national work glove contracts for General Motors and 7-Eleven Stores. $45,000,000 annually. Traveled extensively in East Asia and traveling throughout China in the immediate years following the lift the travel ban. RECOGNITIONS: 2018 Participant in the United Nations Partnership for the SDG’s and Founder of the International Global Partnership for Violence Prevention Education (GPVPE) 2018 Member United Nations Foundation (UNA-USA) 2018 GlobalGiving.org Global Crowdfunding Platform Leader 2017 Participant in the passage of violence prevention education language in the United Nations in the 2017 Rights of the Child Resolution (RoC) 2017 Awarded Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) United Nations 2017 Article in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Community Guide publication in April 2017 2017 Journal Article in Dynamics of Human Health (DHH) Journal, ISSN 2382-1019, on June 10, 2017 2017 Participant World Health Organization (WHO) Global Campaign for Violence Prevention and WHO’s Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA) 2017 Participant Kentucky Department of Education Health Education and Physical Education Revision and Development Committee Focus Group 2016 Awarded Association with United Nations Department of Public Information 2016 GuideStar Platinum Exchange Participant 2016 Kentucky Annual Governors Service Award 2015 Kentucky Annual Governors Service Award 2013 Ten-Percent National Youth Violence Prevention Challenges, Recognitions from the White House, U.S. Department of Education and several U.S. Senators and U.S. House Representatives 2012/Present - Resolutions from the State of Kentucky including its Governor, State Senate, State House, Secretary of State, Board of Education, all of the state public and private universities, Kentucky’s educational organizations and 132 Kentucky mayors and city councils. 2012/Present - Editorial Writer on youth subjects published in 100 national dailies and publications and appearances on T.V. news stations 2010 Author of the book The War Against Violence Everywhere, Published October 3, 2010, ISBN-13: 978-0-9789319-1-9 Affiliations: Better Business Bureau, SHAPE America, United Nations Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters Education: Boston University,
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