James Mason, PhD, is the Director of Diversity Education and Cultural Competence for the Oregon region of Providence Health and Services. He is also the Senior Project Consultant for the National Center on Cultural Competence at Georgetown University. He is the former director of the Oregon DHS Office of Multicultural Health, has been an administrator at PSU, OHSU, and Chemeketa Community College, where he taught graduate and undergraduate courses beginning in 1976.

Over the past 25 years, Dr. Mason has engaged in numerous human services research efforts. This includes directing two national research projects, 1) designing a model of cultural competence for child and family services, and 2) developing a tool for assessing cultural competence in professionals and organizations. He has applied the cultural competence to a variety of service and academic disciplines in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

William M. Powers is presently Chief Executive Officer of Bonnie Brae Residential Treatment Center, Liberty Corner, New Jersey. As such, Mr. Powers is responsible for executive leadership of a boy's residential treatment center with 97 residents, 10 day treatment students, 200 staff and a $19 million budget. In 2008, Mr. Powers petitioned President Barack Obama's Inaugural staff on behalf of the Bonnie Brae Knights (Drum Corps made up of residents of the treatment program) for an invitation to march in the inaugural parade. As a result, the Bonnie Brae Knights were invited and did in fact march in the historic inaugural parade. Mr. Powers has a wonderful and engaging story of how this whole opportunity was born, pursued, and accomplished.

While at Bonnie Brae, Mr. Powers achieved 90% of measurable goals in a three year strategic plan, grew the agency from 52 residents to 97 residents, and increased the annual budget from $8.6 million to $19.3 million. He produced the first National Conference on Residential Treatment Outcomes with a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant, and gained Bonnie Brae national recognition for innovative strengths-based programming such as the Bonnie Brae Youth Ambassadors and the Bonnie Brae Knight Drum Corps (as a result, incidents and restraints decreased while population increased.)

Prior to his present position with Bonnie Brae, Mr. Powers has served as the Executive Director of the Christie School in Marylhurst, Oregon; The Vice-President of Programs for Kidspeace, Inc., of Orefield, Pennsylvania; and Deputy Director & Acting Director of the Division of Child Mental Health Services for the State of Delaware.

Naomi Haines Griffith has become a national professional speaker and consultant on child welfare issues, speaking at conferences throughout the United States and Canada. A well-known storyteller and family systems specialist, she uses humor and her own experiences to challenge and inspire audiences in business, education, juvenile justice, mental health, child abuse prevention, and family violence systems.

Griffith is a true Southerner, having grown up in Alabama and Mississippi. She holds a BS from the University of North Alabama, an MA from George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, and a Masters in Social Work from the University of Alabama. She worked in the North Carolina and Alabama child welfare systems and became Executive Director of PACT, a pioneer child abuse prevention agency she helped to found. She has also served on the State Board of the Alabama Department of Human Resources.

Griffith is a member of the Alabama Corporate Foundation for Children, a former board member for the Alabama Children's Trust Fund and has worked as a consultant to the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse. She is the President of Red Clay & Vinegar LLP. It was noted in one conference program that: "Naomi weaves her common sense pragmatism and 30 years experience working with children and families into inspirational and heart-warming stories that motivate her audiences both personally and professionally."