Under the leadership of founder and Executive Director Rick Phillips, the team of professionals at Community Matters has gained a national reputation for:

• Empowering and equipping students to prevent bullying and other forms of mistreatment, and improve school climate
• Engaging youth in service and leadership
• Inspiring and informative keynote and workshop presentations
• Strengthening and sustaining collaborative partnerships
• Facilitating big community summits and small strategic planning sessions

Coming from the fields of education, training and social service, the team has extensive expertise and practical experience in bullying and violence prevention, youth involvement, peer helping, conflict mediation, experience-based training, group facilitation, classroom teaching and administration, curriculum development, and prevention program management at the county and state levels.

Below, you can meet members of our Home Team, our Southern California Office Team and our Training Team.

Home Team Members include:

Rick Phillips MS Ed. Executive Director more>	Chris Pack BSE Program Director more>	Sally Fleischmann Ember Ed.D. Outreach Director more>	Jennifer O’Donnell, MA Program Coordinator more>	Suzanne Yeomans Program Coordinator more>
Lisa Sugarman Development Coordinator more>	Bernadette Sproul Operations Director more>	Raedene Simson Office Coordinator	Geo Howard Operations Coordinator
The Southern California Office Team members include:
Brett Naftzger, MA more>	Marina Pahomova more>
Training Team members include:
John Linney, MA more>	Lidia López, BA more>	De Palazzo, MA more>	Annette Schyadrè more>	Bob Falle, MA more>
Dawn Monnet, MA more>	Mario Cossa more>	Teddy Wright more>	Sarah Behm more>

Put our team to work for you with

• tailored training
• facilitation and strategic planning
• presentations for your group or community

Contact us today.