NATIONAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS

DONALD C. HUBIN, PhD | Ohio
Board Chair

  • Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, and Founding Director Emeritus of the Center for Ethics and Human Values, Ohio State University

  • BA, University of California, Davis

  • MA & PhD, University of Arizona

  • Author of numerous articles on parental rights

  • Board member of the International Council on Shared Parenting

  • Recipient of the Family Reunion President's Award

  • One of the national leaders in the shared parenting movement

  • Co-Author of the 2019 NPO Shared Parenting Report Card and the 2022 NPO Child Support and Shared Parenting Report Card

  • Shared parenting father of three, step-father of two, and grandfather of six children

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MATT HALE, MBA | Kentucky
Board Vice Chair

  • Architectural Sales, Spohn Associates

  • Bradley University, University of Louisville

  • One of the national leaders of the shared parenting movement and creator of Shared Parenting Day

  • Wrote initial draft of nation's first permanent shared parenting presumption law (Kentucky 2018 HB 528) and led the effort for its passage

  • Wrote initial draft of the nation's second temporary shared parenting presumption law (Kentucky 2017 HB 492) and led the effort for its passage

  • Shared parenting father of two biological daughters, one adopted daughter and two step-sons

 

LINDA REUTZEL | Missouri
Board Treasurer

  • Owner/CFO FGR Mechanical, Inc.

  • Southeast Missouri State University

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ASHLEY-NICOLE RUSSELL, ESQ | North Carolina

  • Owner of AN|R Law Offices with locations in Greenville, Raleigh, and Beaufort, North Carolina

  • Co-owner of McLawhorn and Russell, PLLC

  • Speaks and advocates nationwide about divorce culture, wellness, shared parenting, and professional human resource development

  • Author of “The Cure for Divorce Culture” and host of the podcast, “Divorce, Healthy!”

  • Appalachian State University, North Carolina Central University School of Law

 

GEORGE PISKOR, MASc, SM, LLM | Canada

  • Family law reform advocate and independent researcher

  • Co-author of the 2019 Shared Parenting Report Card by the US National Parents Organization (NPO)

  • Served as Co-President of the Canadian Equal Parenting Council (CEPC), which initiated the first Canadian Shared Parenting Bill; created the UK FRM coalition of 26 organizations to lobby for shared parenting reform

  • LLM (Master of Laws), Family Law, York University; SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Masters in Computers and Control, University of Toronto

 

Strategic Planning 2024

MANAGEMENT

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LIANNA VERRETTE | MASSACHUSETTS
Director of Operations

  • Manages National Parents Organization's files, database, and general office

 

FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN EMERITUS

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NED HOLSTEIN, MD, MS
Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Executive Director, 1998-2018 (Intermittently)

  • Nationally recognized expert on the effects of the environment on human health

  • Founded Fathers and Families, now National Parents Organization, in 1998 to reform the family courts

  • Harvard College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine