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Marc brings more than 25 years of experience with education institutions, art organizations and human service agencies to Arizona's Children. He contributed to their advancement in the role of Chief Development Officer. Additionally, he has shared his expertise as a board member for several Phoenix organizations. Marc has been recognized for his work to improve the community with the Arizona Human Rights Fund Individual Award Honor and the Malta Center Humanitarian of the Year Award. As Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Marc oversees the Development Office, Marketing and Communications, the Volunteer Program and the fundraising efforts of Arizona's Children Association.
--- Photo Coming Soon --- Christina Kupferschmidt , CPA After serving as controller for Arizona's Children Association for the last two years, Christina has recently been named the new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Arizona’s Children Association in 2006, she was business manager for a Tucson area general contractor. Christina earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Accounting at the University of Wyoming. She is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Arizona. Her professional memberships and community activities include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants; former member of the Diocese of Tucson Finance Council and past president, former treasurer for the Board of Directors of Arizona’s Children Association.
Rebecca brings to Arizona’s Children over 20 years experience in all aspects of human resource management. With extensive experience in private, public, and non-profit settings, Ms. Hill has responsibility for all employment-related activities, benefits administration, employee-management relations, licensure and accreditation compliance, records management, and legal compliance issues. Rebecca is an active member and leader in the Society for Human Resource Management and the American Society for Training and Development. She has been awarded numerous citations for her outstanding leadership skills, volunteer services, and commitment to diversity and equality. Rebecca has been involved in a number of community organizations and governmental boards, commissions and councils, including a stint on the Pima County Merit System Commission as a hearing officer for employee disciplinary actions and terminations.
Lee brings more than 20 years of experience to Arizona’s Children in the corporate, government, and non-profit worlds. Most recently as Director of Development for a non-profit children’s agency in New York, Lee more than tripled it’s annual funding revenue and directed a successful capital campaign to create a child advocacy center for abused children. Prior positions also include National Public Relations and Grants Coordinator for Childhelp USA, Communications Aide in the New Jersey State Assembly, and Director of Shareholder Relations for PageAmerica in New York City.
Regional Directors
Janet Fuhriman, MS,
CPC
Cindy Hansen, MC, LPC Southern Region Cindy has been employed by the agency for over thirteen years. She has over ten years of supervisory experience in clinical services and 30 years experience in providing services to children and families. Cindy has a Master's degree in counseling and is licensed by the State of Arizona as a Licensed Professional Counselor. She is trained as a Child and Family Therapist in family centered practice, family systems, structural-strategic therapy, crisis intervention, critical stress debriefing and family preservation/ reunification. Before coming to Arizona's Children Association, she worked primarily with children and families in mentoring programs in Michigan and Arizona.
Bonnie Slater, MC,
LPC Bonnie has been involved in child welfare work for more than 15 years. In her role as Regional Director for the mid-central region, she oversees programs and staff in Pinal and Gila counties. She brings extensive experience in family preservation and permanency for children, including treatment based foster care and regular foster care and adoption. While at Child Protective Services, she served in several capacities including the development and supervision of family preservation units. Bonnie also brings experience as a consultant for home based counseling services for children, families and adults. Most recently she has been a rogram Director for Arizona's Children Association in Maricopa County where she was responsible for development and monitoring of programs directed at permanency and intervention.
Virginia has been with Arizona's Children Association for 6 years and has 15 years of experience as a child and family therapist in community mental health and private practice settings, as well as in adoption and foster care services. At Arizona's Children Association, she has provided clinical supervision and program oversight for foster care, adoption and outpatient services. In addition, she has specialized training and experience in expressive arts therapies and wilderness-based therapeutic programs. She believes in focusing on the unique strengths that every family has and the natural resiliency of children. As associate regional director for Arizona's Children's Northern region, Virginia has primary responsibility for programs in Yavapai County. She has a strong commitment to improving the quality of life for children and families and is dedicated to supporting the innovative work of AzCA programs in northern Arizona's diverse communities.
Rhonda Barnes, MSW, LCSW Associate Regional Director, Northern Region Rhonda has over 12 years experience working with at risk families and children. She began with Arizona’s Children Association as an in-home family therapist, gaining experience and expertise in family centered approaches to working with individuals and families involved with Child Protective Services and Juvenile Probation. She has a background in school social work, and serving youth and adults with developmental disabilities. Rhonda currently oversees all the programs in Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties. Her passion is empowering parents, utilizing their strengths and resources to provide safe and nurturing families for children.
Jill J. Mason, LCSW Jill Mason, regional director of the Central Region, oversees the Center for Family Based Practice, Foster Care/Adoption, Therapeutic Foster Care, Family Builders and Nuestra Familia. Jill brings more than ten years of broad administrative and clinical experience to this important position. She was most recently division director for four years at the Seneca Center for Children and Families in California where she managed multiple residential and community based mental health programs. Prior to that, Jill provided total oversight of clinical and administrative operations of the San Francisco Community Treatment Facility, a locked residential treatment center and special education school with 80 staff members and a $5 million budget. Jill is also an experienced therapist, providing individual, family and group therapy for severely emotionally disturbed youth and their families.
Candy Espino Candy Espino, associate regional manager in the Western Region oversees the foster care, adoption, and therapeutic foster care programs in Yuma, LaPaz and Mohave counties. Candy joined the staff of AzCA in 2005 as a behavior management specialist. She was later promoted to team lead for clinical liaisons and program supervisor for foster care in Yuma, La Paz and Mohave Counties. Candy brings significant expertise in the area of early childhood education. She was the owner/director of a pre-school for ten years.
Sheryl Derby, MSW, LCSW Associate Regional Director, Western Region Sheryl has been working in the area of family preservation with Arizona’s Children Association since 2001 and has 15 years of experience providing services to children and families in in-patient, out-patient and school settings as well as clinical research. She possesses a Master of Social Work with a Child Welfare Specialization and is licensed by the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. As a social worker in direct practice, her therapeutic foundation consists of family systems, strengths-based perspective, structural/strategic family therapy, ecological systems model and solution-focused brief therapy. She is a foster parent for the Arizona Basset Hound Rescue and has been a member of the Yuma Community Critical Incident Stress Management Team for several years. Her role as an Associate Regional Director for the Western Region includes oversight of the clinical programs in Yuma, La Paz and Mohave counties.
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