No Bully

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Who we are

No Bully® is a San Francisco-based 501(c)(3) non-profit. Our vision is to create learning communities where students integrate the pursuit of their individual potential with care and compassion for all other beings. This experience empowers students to create communities in their adult lives where diverse peoples successfully come together to work, learn and play.

Nicholas CarlisleNicholas Carlisle is our executive director. Having experienced firsthand the reality of bullying in the middle years at school, he is committed to creating school cultures where every child feels included and valued by their peers. Nicholas graduated with a bachelors and masters degree from Oxford University, qualified as a lawyer with a human rights focus and was chairman of the non-profit section of Amnesty International in Britain. He researched with Eric Rofes the effects of school bullying (published in 2007 in the Journal of Traumatology) and has presented as an expert in school bullying at the North Coast Education Summit, the Pacific Sociological Association and the California League of Middle Schools. Nicholas has worked in the field of education, with some breaks, for over twenty-five years, first as a math teacher, and then as a school counselor, child therapist and educational consultant. He is a certified trainer in Second Step and the Heartmath Resilient Educator® program and is licensed as a psychotherapist in California.

Moira DeNikeMoira DeNike, Ph.D. is a native of San Francisco. She is a product of public education and believes that every child deserves high-quality public educational and enrichment services.  She holds a doctorate in sociology and works to evaluate the impact of gang intervention, youth development, conflict resolution, after school enrichment, and specialized educational programs in several Bay Area public school districts.

Kathy Grey has been a community advocate in Marin County for more than fifteen years, working with educators, parents, and children from kindergarten through high school. She has served on many educational boards and committees, has been a dedicated member and leader of her local PTA, and continues to volunteer with schools and non-profits. She is passionate about our youth, believing firmly that we build a healthy, strong community by empowering the younger generation and ensuring that they are given every opportunity to succeed

Dr. Roxana Marachi, Ph.D is Associate Professor of Education at San Jose State University. She is passionate about connecting the most recent research related to "how we learn" (socially, physiologically, and cognitively) to organizations and individuals who want to improve their learning and productivity and has a longtime commitment to creating violence-free schools. Dr. Marachi serves as Co-Chair of the Safe Schools and Communities Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association. She has presented at numerous conferences including the International Society for Research on Aggression and the World Conference on Violence in Schools and Public Policy.

T O’Rourke has taught interpersonal communication, small group dynamics, critical thinking, interviewing, and public speaking courses at San Diego area colleges and universities — University of San Diego, San Diego State University, Grossmont College and Miramar College. He holds a MA in Communication Studies from SDSU, with peer-reviewed research presented and published internationally. T has worked with corporate and non-profit organizations, both managing marketing campaigns and conducting internal communication development programs. He has also participated in high school outreach programs designed to reduce violence directed at GLBT youth, and is a past recipient of the International Communication Association award for teacher excellence.

Robert KimSherri Patterson, MFT is Founder and Director of the Center for Social Skills, a Marin County resource for children's social issues. She has been both a credentialed teacher and school counselor, working with schools with children from a wide variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. She is the author of NoNo the Little Seal, a child abuse prevention book, several educational videos for teens by Brittanica Films, as well as the Touch Safety Program and other SEL curricula. She is also the creator of Chocolate Moose and Friends, the highly regarded social skill-building puppet show series for children. Sherri holds a life-long interest in violence prevention, conflict resolution, and social-emotional education.

Lori SchwanbeckLori Schwanbeck, MFT is a licensed psychotherapist who has worked with children in many settings including individual and family psychotherapy, skills groups, and in the classroom. She has run conflict resolution programs for middle schools. Her work with children is aimed at helping them learn emotional intelligence. This focus encourages children to trust themselves and take responsibility for their emotions and how they act on them. Children also learn the impact their emotional expression has on others and on their relationships.

The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a non-profit, created in 1986 under the direction of psychotherapist and drama therapist Armand Volkas. This company of actors and musicians has established itself as an innovative local and national resource for transformation through drama.

 


Board Members

Christina D. Cobb is a capital markets and asset management specialist with The United States Treasury Department, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Prior to joining the OCC, she managed investment portfolios and provided asset management consultation to high net-worth individuals, institutions, foundations and endowments. Throughout her career, Ms. Cobb has held portfolio management positions at several financial institutions including Prudential Securities, Morgan Stanley, Ernst & Young, HSBC Bank and an affiliate of Boston Private Bank Financial Holdings, Inc. She earned a BA degree, with honors, from New York University and a JD from Boston College Law School where she was an articles editor for The Third World Law Journal. She has served on numerous boards and governing committees including The Greater Boston Food Bank, The Human Rights Campaign, The National Black Justice Coalition and The Fenway Community Health Center. Christina is a CPWA® professional.

David Hoffman, Secretary of No Bully, is the Vice President for Product Development at Posit Science Corporation, the leading provider of scientifically validated brain health programs. David has over 25 years of experience in creating and managing successful software businesses. David's significant entrepreneurial experience comes from building companies that were acquired by Fortune 500 companies such as F5 Networks, Tektronix, Computer Associates and Cendent. Prior to focusing on start-ups, David held engineering and management positions at Disney and Hewlett-Packard. David holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Colorado.

Philip Jonckheer, CFA, Treasurer of No Bully, is Managing Director of Equius Partners, a graduate of Harvard University (B.A. General Studies, Cum Laude), and Stanford University (MBA in Finance from the Business School, and Masters in Administration and Policy Analysis from the School of Education). Phil is a board member of four organizations: Alchemia, a non-profit serving people with developmental disabilities through the arts, dance and theater; Project Redwood, a non-profit partnership formed by his business school class that applies a venture-philanthropy approach to funding, mentoring, and coaching individuals and organizations that provide solutions to alleviate the causes and effects of poverty; the Equius Foundation, of which he is Chairman; and Tamalpais Aquatic Masters, his local masters swim club.

Steve Weitz is Chair of No Bully. Steve is Manager of Learning & Development at Abbott Laboratories (ABT, NYSE), a global, broad-based health care company devoted to discovering new medicines, new technologies and new ways to manage health. Steve was Director at Thought Velocity/Aventis, a customer relationship management consulting firm, from 1993 to 2001. He holds a Master of Science in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco and BA from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.

Silvia Vasquez-Lavado is Senior Manager of Finance at eBay. As a seasoned global finance executive she has had a diverse array of positions and just recently spent four years living in Bern and Berlin. Silvia and her family have a nonprofit (Gracias Foundation) assisting local communities in the Peruvian Andes developing socially conscious businesses and is also supporting the reintegration of former Child soldiers in the DRC Congo. Silvia holds a BA from Millersville University of Pennsylvania and was a recipient of the IIE/Fulbright scholarship for her studies

Dr. Peter Williamson, Ph.D is an assistant professor of teacher education in the School of Education at the University of San Francisco. Formerly the Director of Stanford’s Teachers for a New Era project and an instructor in the Stanford Teacher Education Program, Peter completed his Ph.D. at Stanford in Curriculum and Teacher Education. Peter taught middle and high school English and journalism in Bay Area schools, and worked with multiple San Francisco agencies focusing on advocacy for urban and underserved youth.

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