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Staff
Kathy Beland, M.Ed., Executive Director
Kathy is lead author of School-Connect and the original author of the award-winning Second Step, A Violence-Prevention Curriculum series (grades pre-k through middle school), which is implemented in over 25,000 classrooms in the U.S. and Canada and in 26 other countries, and is the subject of many research studies. She is also lead author of the Eleven Principles Sourcebook, How to Achieve Quality Character Education in K-12 Schools (2003) and the writer/executive producer of 12 award-winning educational videos, including Yes You Can Say No, Facing Up, Choices, and Check It Out!, all four of which won regional EMMY awards. Kathy has served as director of School & Beyond in Bethesda, MD; program director of the Character Education Partnership in Washington, DC; research and development director of Committee for Children in Seattle, WA; and assistant director and ninth grade teacher at the Santa Barbara Middle School, which she helped found in Santa Barbara, CA. In 2009, Kathy was honored with the Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime Achievement Award in Character Educated by the Character Education Partnership in Washington, DC.
Julea Douglass, Ph.D., M.Ed., Associate Director
Julea is co-author of School-Connect, lead author of the Character Education Evaluation Toolkit, and has been a consultant to several school-based intervention programs and research projects. She served as research associate and program coordinator at Character Education Partnership (CEP) in Washington, D.C. and assistant to a senior advisor to the Secretary of Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Julea received her M.Ed. specializing in human development and psychology from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Virginia's Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology.
Eva Kokopeli, Curriculum Consultant
Eva provides editorial and research assistance on the School-Connect program and advises on the development of on-line training for educators. She has written for Wired Magazine, Pittsburgh Magazine and Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and served for two years as editor-in-chief of Collision, an Honors College literary journal at the University of Pittsburgh, where she received her B.A. Eva currently develops online courses for the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco, CA.
Louise Campbell-Blair, Marketing Consultant
Louise advises School-Connect on marketing strategy and communication campaigns to enable us to reach our customers effectively. Louise is President and Founder of Striding Edge Inc, a marketing, sales and business coaching consultancy. She has more than 25 years of successful business development experience in both public and private organizations in USA, Europe and APAC. Louise holds Masters degrees in Applied Immunology and Business Management. |
Kathy is lead author of School-Connect and the original author of the award-winning Second Step, A Violence-Prevention Curriculum series (grades pre-k through middle school), which is implemented in over 25,000 classrooms in the U.S. and Canada and in 26 other countries, and is the subject of many research studies. She is also lead author of the Eleven Principles Sourcebook, How to Achieve Quality Character Education in K-12 Schools (2003) and the writer/executive producer of 12 award-winning educational videos, including Yes You Can Say No, Facing Up, Choices, and Check It Out!, all four of which won regional EMMY awards. Kathy has served as director of School & Beyond in Bethesda, MD; program director of the Character Education Partnership in Washington, DC; research and development director of Committee for Children in Seattle, WA; and assistant director and ninth grade teacher at the Santa Barbara Middle School, which she helped found in Santa Barbara, CA. In 2009, Kathy was honored with the Sanford N. McDonnell Lifetime Achievement Award in Character Educated by the Character Education Partnership in Washington, DC.
Julea is co-author of School-Connect, lead author of the Character Education Evaluation Toolkit, and has been a consultant to several school-based intervention programs and research projects. She served as research associate and program coordinator at Character Education Partnership (CEP) in Washington, D.C. and assistant to a senior advisor to the Secretary of Education at the U.S. Department of Education. Julea received her M.Ed. specializing in human development and psychology from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Education from the University of Virginia's Curry Programs in Clinical and School Psychology. 
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