Share Your Blessing’s current management team and board of directors are shown below. In addition, this internal organization is complimented by numerous volunteers and advisors as shown below. Except for the organizations Director, none of these individuals receive any compensation from SYB.
Janice L. Mollo: Founding Donor, Chairman, CEO and Board Member
Janice L. Mollo is the Chairman and CEO of Share Your Blessings and, together with the President, is responsible for overall strategy and management of the organization, as well as financial management. She is passionate about helping children and individuals with special needs and disabilities. Ms. Mollo began her career in the early 1980’s as a certified public accountant, initially with KPMG and then with Public Service Company of New Mexico. During this time, she also served as a board member for Career Services for the Handicapped. Subsequently Ms. Mollo was a director of Corporate Development of Alliance Telecommunications Corporation, a wireless telecommunications company based in Dallas, Texas. In the early 90s she worked as a business development for a cellular accessory business unit in Europe with a major US Corporation. She also served as Chief Financial officer of Foothills School, Inc., a nonprofit organization that managed two elementary schools and 15 child care centers that served over 2,000 children in New Mexico, where she was actively involved in the operations of Foothills School. From its formation in May 1995 through 1999. Ms. Mollo was a Vice President of Mobility Electronics, a consumer electronics company. Concurrently, from 1986 to present Ms. Mollo has been a Vice President and Board Member of New Vistas Investment Corporation, an investment company with a range of childcare real estate and other investment activities, where she is responsible for financial management.
Charles R. Mollo: Founding Donor, President, Board Member
Charles R. Mollo is President and manages all of Share Your Blessings day to day operations including the Project Maestro Program, partnerships, fund raising, grants, and related strategic initiatives, as well as overall organization strategy in concert with the CEO. Mr. Mollo is a seasoned business leader with expertise in a broad number of areas including wireless telecommunications, consumer electronics, non-profit childcare, and in general, growing start-up organizations. Mr. Mollo is currently the CEO of Beamz Interactive. Prior to Beamz Interactive, Mr. Mollo was a co-founder and Chairman, President and CEO of iGo, Inc., a NASDAQ company that was focused on developing and marketing innovative products for the converging mobile electronics industry. Between 1986 and 1995 Mr. Mollo was President of Foothills School, Inc., a nonprofit organization that managed elementary schools and child development centers. He was actively involved in managing all aspects of Foothill’s School, including personnel, curriculum, programs and services. Mr. Mollo served as VP of Corporate Development for Alliance Telecommunications Corporation in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Mr. Mollo has an MBA from the University of New Mexico, a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from Newark College of Engineering, NJ Institute of Technology and a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from Manhattan College.
Gregory Shafer: Board Member, Treasurer
Gregory L. Shafer has over thirty years of experience in public accounting and in industry, holding positions in sales management and as a financial executive. Presently, Mr. Shafer owns and operates an accounting firm with 18 employees located in Colorado Springs. His firm conducts tax, accounting, and consulting services for individuals, businesses and non-profit organizations. Prior to this, he served as the Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Development Director at a mid-sized telecommunications and Internet company. Other positions include serving as a Tax Manager at Arthur Andersen & Company and as a Tax Manager and Partner with smaller CPA firms in New Mexico and California. Mr. Shafer was also a Sales Manager for a publishing company in Tennessee, where he established the top sales organization in the firm and achieved the company’s top personal sales record. In 1984, Gregory L. Shafer earned an MBA in Taxation and an MBA in Accounting, both from the University of New Mexico. He graduated with a BS in Chemistry in 1978 from New Mexico State University. He also holds accreditation in individual financial planning and performs these services for a number of individual clients.
Conrad Knockerbeck: Board Member
Conrad Kockerbeck has over forty years of management experience in residential construction, real estate, and technology software and hardware development. Conrad is currently President of Gunther’s Building Supplies Limited, a family holding company and is actively engaged in the placement and management of the firm’s investment assets. Portfolio investments include a medical device company, a natural gas flare reformation company, a vapor deposition technology company, and a building materials supply company. Educated at the University of Calgary B. Com program and the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, his skillset includes computer coding, finance and accounting, administration and compliance, and communications. In addition to his business activities, Conrad has served on several corporate and non-profit boards and is currently Chair of the Property and Expansion Committee and a member of the Board of the Cancer Support Community of Arizona.
Bill Stephens: Board Member, Volunteer
Bill Stephens has over 30 years’ experience as a Deputy Supervisor for Orange County where he was responsible for probation with children and young adults, and where he managed a variety of related services and issues with these individuals that balanced enforcement activities and supportive casework and individual development. He was also responsible for training deputies for a variety of juvenile health and welfare issues and services.
Sherry McKinley: Director of Programs & Services
In her role as Director of Programs and Services Sherry manages the day to day operations of Share Your Blessings Project Maestro Gifting Program, including outreach with various prospective Donee organizations and families, approval of submitted applications, and providing a range of follow up, training and support services for the program. Prior to joining Share Your Blessings, Sherry spent 7 years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) working to promote the best interest of children in state custody until the child is placed in a safe, permanent home resulting from successful parent/child reunification or adoption or permanent guardianship. This included working in tandem with legal, child welfare, counselors, teachers, parents, and a broad range of service providers to ensure the judge on the case has all the pertinent information to make an informed decision on behalf of the child. Sherry also served as a Peer Coordinator to assist and advise 7 other CASA representatives with various cases. Prior to her CASA role Sherry worked in a number of organizations working with customer service, operations, program management, accounting, and other functions. She has also been active volunteering with various organizations in a variety of roles, including Horizon High School Choir, Scottsdale Aquatic Club, Lake Forest Swim Team, and Girl Scouts.
Ruth Anglin: Director of Administration
Ruth Anglin is the Director of Administration for Share Your Blessings, and manages all the accounting and administration functions of the organization. Ruth loves children and music, and is dedicated to helping individuals with special needs in any way she can. Since 1989, Ms. Anglin has also been the office day-to-day Manager for New Vistas Investment Corporation, an investment company that manages a range of child care real estate and other investments. This includes responsibilities for managing real estate tenants and operations, accounting, financial relations with various banks and institutions, office facilities and operations. In the late 1980’s, she was a bank supervisor in the secondary marketing area working directly with the Federal Home Loan Bank and Federal Home Loan Mortgage. Her interest in working with non-profits began in 1981 as an Executive Assistant with the Boy Scouts of America, in Dallas, Texas where she assisted in maintaining one of the largest sustaining membership programs in the U.S. As the Scout Show Coordinator, she was able to see first-hand the benefits of non-profits in the lives of children.
The following individuals provide advisory, networking, volunteer, and/or other support to SYB:
William O. Hunt
William O. Hunt has a long, distinguished career as an entrepreneur and a business leader, and has led several major fund raising efforts, including raising millions of dollars for philanthropy. During his career Mr. Hunt was CEO of many companies, including Intellicall, Inc., Alliance Telecommunications Corporation, InterNet America Corporation and Communications Industries, Inc. Additionally Mr. Hunt has served on many boards of directors during his career, including Mobility Electronics (subsequently IGO Inc.), Internet America, Inc., Intellicall, Hogan Systems, Inc., Dr. Pepper Bottling Holdings, Inc., Optel, Inc., American Homestar Corporation, Plexsys Corporation, and Andrew Corporation. Mr. Hunt is currently retired but remains active in the community and has extensive networking, particularly in the Dallas Texas community.
Deanna Adams (Livingston, New Jersey)
Deanna Adams dedicated thirty-eight years of her professional life to educating young children. She taught all levels of ability, including gifted children and children with special needs, in both New York and New Jersey. Her experience includes teaching primary grades, basic skills, resource room, and the emotionally handicapped. For one year, she became the crisis intervention teacher for those students with severe emotional problems. Helping children with life skills and to read, learn, and improve their potential, regardless of their situation or special needs, became her source of fulfillment. Ms. Adams has a Master’s degree and the following certifications: elementary school teacher, grades K-8 teacher of emotionally handicapped, and standard teacher of students with disabilities.
Jane Stephens (Orange County, CA)
Jane Stephens has over 25 years’ experience with Social Services for Orange County, California, where she was responsible for child protective and adaptive services for children with special needs, children that suffered from child abuse and neglect, children that needed adoption help, and many related issues. Ms. Stephens has a BS in sociology and a masters in social services.
Peggy Cohen (Scottsdale, Arizona)
Peggy Cohen has been passionate about helping individuals with a wide range of special needs and disabilities for over 30 years. Since its founding in 1974, Peggy has been a board member of the nonprofit Blue Rose Foundation in Amherst, New York, an organization dedicated to increasing awareness, understanding and acceptance of those with developmental disabilities through special programs and a broad range of projects. Serving as Chairman for many years, she was actively involved in evaluating and providing numerous grants to help children and individuals with special needs and disabilities.
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