2011

• Invited guest at National Mentoring Summit with First Lady Michelle Obama
  

• Friends for Youth cited by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo and top researcher Dr. Jean Rhodes as the “gold standard in the mentoring field” at 12th annual Mentoring Conference
  

2010

• Executive Director selected to serve on national Mentoring Children of Prisoners Support Center Advisory Board
  

2009

• SAFE cited in a national mentoring policy brief, Strengthening Mentoring Opportunities for At-Risk Youth, as a key initiative to promote program quality in the mentoring field
  

2008

• Executive Director and past Board Chair participated in Kettering Institute Think Tank on educating youth outside of the school system
  

• Presented at annual “Mentoring Summer Institute” at Portland State University
  

• Executive Director serves on National Mentoring Work Group on Accreditation
  

2007

• AMP (Association of Mentoring Professionals) Advisory Board: Chair, Screening and Safety
  

2006

• Executive Director in CEN 3rd Nonprofit Leadership Institute Class (invitation only)
  

• Guest Lecturer at Stanford School of Education course “Urban Youth and Their Institutions”
  

• Presenter/trainer at Department of Education Mentoring Grantee Conference
  

• Selected for “Community All-Star Award” by San Francisco Giants and AT&T
  

2005 

• Cited by the Department of Education for best practices in “Creating Mentoring Matches That Last”
  

• Wrote SAFE (Screening Applicants for Effectiveness):  Guidelines to Prevent Child Molestation in Mentoring and Youth-Serving Organizations
  

2004

• “Outstanding Volunteer Program” award from San Francisco Volunteer Center; nominated by Oracle Corporation
  

• Executive Director named one of four “California Mentoring Experts” by the Center for Applied Research Solutions
  

2003

• National Daily Points of Light Award
  

• Cited as an exemplary program in a John W. Gardner Center report
  

• California Governor’s Mentoring Partnership Virtual Mentoring Conference Site Leader
  

2002

• Published Running a Safe and Effective Mentoring Program
  

• Executive Director and Mentoring Institute Director wrote a chapter in  Mentoring Works
  

• Represented Mentoring Coalitions in a meeting with First Lady of California Sharon Davis
  

2001

• State of California Spirit of Mentoring Award for Friends for Youth’s leadership of the Silicon Valley Mentoring Coalition
  

• Founding Member, San Mateo County Council of Nonprofits
  

2000

• California Governor’s Mentoring Partnership Quality Assurance Standards Committee
  

• Co-Creator, 1st annual Northern California Mentoring Conference
  

• Founding Member, THRIVE/San Mateo County Council for Nonprofits
  

1999

• State of California Spirit of Mentoring Award for Friends for Youth’s outstanding mentoring services
  

• Guest at White House Mentoring Ceremony hosted by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
  

1998

• Selected as one of 16 agencies for a pilot “Organizational Capacity Grants
  

• Initiative” project sponsored by Peninsula Community Foundation, Sobrato Family Foundation, and Schwab Family Foundation
  

• Established the Mentoring Institute to provide training and technical assistance on best practices in the mentoring field
  

1996

• Formal research demonstrated clinically significant positive outcomes for Friends for Youth clients
  

• Friends for Youth’s 1000th child was matched with a trained community mentor
  

• “At-Risk Youth” Steering Committee of Menlo Park Police Department
  

1995

• San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Award for Excellence
  

• Established Youth Achievers program partnership with local schools
  

1994

• J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award
  

• Executive Director inducted in San Mateo County Womens Hall of Fame
  

1993

• President's Volunteer Action Award Citation (presented to 60 programs nationally out of 4,300 nominations)
  

1992

• Executive Director received Unsung Hero Award from County Family and Child Abuse Advisory Committee
  

1991

• J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award
  

1990

• Award for Management Excellence, presented to 2 Bay Area non profits annually for outstanding program management
  

1989

• Volunteer Center/Junior League Program Service Award
  

• J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award
  

1987

• Wells Fargo Bank Volunteer Service Award
  

• J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award
  

1985

• Volunteer Center's Outstanding Volunteer Program of the Year
  

1983

• J.C. Penney Golden Rule Award
  

1980

• National Juvenile Judges Award (as Partners, Inc. branch)
  

• National Activist Award (as Partners, Inc. branch)
  

Awards & Recognition