Girls Athletic Leadership Schools
FOUNDING TEAM
Elizabeth A. Wolfson
The Girls Athletic Leadership Schools is the vision of Elizabeth A. Wolfson, who will serve as chair of the board of the first school and currently serves as President of the Girls Athletic Leadership Schools organization. Elizabeth Wolfson is an organizational development specialist with senior level consultancy and management experience in the profit and non-profit sectors in local, national, and international settings. She has spent seven years living and working professionally in Israel. Highlights of her professional work include designing and developing the first corporate plan for global internal communications (including technical infrastructure) for a world leader in telecommunications with 40 offices around the globe; leading the start-up of an adult education organization; representing a major international political leader; serving as consultant to the executive of a large sports-oriented non-profit where she has contributed to projects such as the World Scholar Athlete Games, National Sportsmanship Day, and the Center for Sports Poetry; and bringing the United Way to the Middle East. Elizabeth Wolfson captained the Division I Field Hockey program at Brown University, graduating with a degree in Organizational Behavior and Management. She studied for her Master’s degree in Public Administration at the University of Southern California, simultaneously earning a Master’s degree in Jewish Communal Service from the Hebrew Union College. She was inducted into the Sussex County, New Jersey, Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. This past February, Ms. Wolfson was invited to participate in the Aspen Institute Seminars program.
Nina Safane
Nina works as Director of Operations for State Senator Mike Johnston. A recent graduate of Brown University with a degree in Education Studies (emphasis on history and policy), she has been working with The Girls Athletic Leadership Schools since January of 2008, focusing on the creation and academic integration of the schools’ health and wellness curriculum. In May of 2008, Nina earned a Royce fellowship to pursue this work with university support. At Brown, Nina has served as a head undergraduate teaching assistant in the community health and education departments, where she also led the courses’ respective service-learning initiatives. For this work, she earned a Starr fellowship and served as an inaugural Community Teaching Fellow through Brown’s Swearer Center for Public Service. Her independent and small group research has centered on program evaluation, effective community partnerships, and engaged teaching and learning with a particular focus on the role of service-learning at the university level. She has experience working for The Met High School, an alternative, urban high school in Providence, RI offering individualized student support and skill development in several core subject areas. She captained Brown's Division I Women's Rugby team for their 3rd place finish in the national collegiate championship.
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