CARE About CARE

The Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE) is a national non profit collaborative headquartered in Palm Beach County, FL

Mission, Vision & Goal

CARE’s mission is to provide the best available applied, or prescriptive, research on youth development and decision-making. CARE’s vision is to substantially increase positive youth outcomes and to reduce youth risk behavior by fundamentally changing the way peers, parents and other caring adults talk with teenagers about decision-making. The Center’s goal is to inspire and catalog one million such meaningful conversations by the year 2020.

We invite you to join the conversation!

Director

Stephen Gray Wallace

Stephen Gray Wallace has broad experience as a school psychologist and adolescent/family counselor. He is director of the Center for Adolescent Research and Education (CARE), an associate research professor at Susquehanna University, and the senior advisor for policy, research, and education at SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), an organization he served as national chairman and chief executive officer for more than fifteen years…

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Board of Directors

CARE’s governing board consists of four directors:

Sean D. Abbott, Esq.

Corporate Counsel

James I. Thompson, Jr.

Treasurer

Stephen Gray Wallace

President

National Advisory Board

CARE’s national advisory board consists of thought leaders in the fields of business, secondary and higher education, law, medicine, non profit administration, and religion. Please select the dedicated "National Advisory Board" tab under "About" for detailed information on all of CARE's committed and caring members.

Staff

Sean D. Abbott, Esq.

Legal Counsel

Claudia Carthaus

Director of Resource Development

Jessica Cohen

Director of Administration and Marketing

Marlene Faria Connelly

Director of Communications

Barry Garst, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow

Peter Hooper, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow

Leann Mischel, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow

Scott Poland, Ed.D.

Senior Research Fellow

James I. Thompson, Jr.

Director of Finance

Stephen Gray Wallace, M.S.Ed.

Director/CEO

Nicole Webster, Ph.D.

Senior Research Fellow