Presentation Dates

• July 28, 2000
  "Riding Education into the 21st Century"
  Best Western Gateway Inn, Huntington, WV

Presentation Training Dates

• September 19, 2000
  Location:
  Marshall University
  Graduate College
  Room 319
  From 9:00 to 4:00 p.m.
  Fee: $15.00 (includes lunch and materials)

Leslie has a background in Elementary and Special Education with specializations in mathematics education and research, kindergarten, gifted education and behavior disorders. She taught gifted education in Kentucky for three years before moving to West Virginia in 1986.

Leslie worked with children with behavior disorders, grades K-12, and their families in rural West Virginia for six years. Leslie has six years experience working with private, non-profit agencies serving children and families. Her work has included: training, graduate level teaching, curriculum development, behavioral interventions, parent education, program management, resource development and linkage.

Leslie is currently employed by West Virginia Governor's Cabinet on Children and Families. She is a technical assistant to Family Resource Networks (FRNs). The work involves partnering with local communities for meeting facilitation, problem-solving, developing community leadership, involving parents, local community members and service providers in decision-making about children and families, and promoting local-state partnerships to improve services to children and families.

Susan Richards
1114 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25301

Craig Wagoner
1422 Kanawha Blvd., P.O. Box 2942
Charleston, WV 25330
Tel (304) 346-0795
Fax (304) 346-1062

Craig has various life experiences, which establish a broad background. He is a sixth generation carpenter. His training began at the age of four with his father and grandfather. He maintains his contractor's license and still applies his knowledge and skills in his present position as Director of Operations for Children's Home Society of West Virginia, as he manages the fourteen facilities of the agency. Craig developed, owned, and managed a swimming pool and fence construction company for four years prior to entering the ministry.

Craig served as a United Methodist pastor for thirteen years. The first four were as a youth pastor and then nine years as a parish minister. During this time he served two circuits, each having four churches. Craig's service as pastor allowed him to be involved in all aspects of the community. The unmet needs of people in the communities he served became apparent. Craig could find no organized or asserted effort to address such unmet needs. People seemed to accept this as they were, while believing there was little hope in meeting those needs. Craig had grown up in a community that would assess a need and then establish a plan to fulfill that need, be it a water system, dentist, or pharmacy. They were always successful with the plan.

Craig worked for a mental health agency for three years and has now worked for Children's Home Society of West Virginia for seven years. In each agency he began in direct service and moved into administration. Craig personal goal is to help identify actual needs through a standardized method, establish a plan, and implement it, while assuring accountability and assured quality. As a result he has taken any opportunity to be involved in such a process which has included Family Resource Networks (FRNs), Families First Council, Governor's Cabinet, and the Alliance for Children. Craig believes we can make a difference and address unmet needs.