Alice Ray
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MAJOR AWARDS
Leadership
Outstanding Community Leadership, University of Washington Business School (2004)
Rising Star Award, National Association of Women Business Owners, Bay Area (2002)
Health Educator of the Year, Comprehensive Health Education Foundation (1987)
Presidential Letter of Commendation, Child Safety Leadership (1986)
Distinguished Public Service; Child Safety Leadership, Assoc. of Federal Investigators (1986)
Humanitarian Award Nominee, LA Commission on Assaults Against Women (1985)
Media Development
30 National software awards: (1999-2006)
Electronic School “Best Bet”
Healthy People 2000 Technology Games “Best of Show”
Technology & Learning “Award of Excellence” (4)
Children’s Software All Star Software” (10)
“Summit Creative Award”
Software Information Industry Association “Codie” finalist (10)
International Association of Audio Visual Communicators (IAAVC) “CINDY”
National Educational Media Network “Apple Award” (2)
Bologna New Media Prize,” Citation of Excellence”
Electronic School Magazine, “Power User Best Bet”
12 National film awards (1985-1995) Yes, You Can Say No, Choices, Caught in the Crossfire
Cindy Golden Apple (2), Cine Golden Eagle, American Film Festival, Emerald City “Best in Class,” Chicago International Film Festival (2), Northwest Film Festival, National Educational Media Festival (3), San Francisco Film Festival, Golden Gate Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
8 Regional Emmys (1987-1991)
Children’s programming (5)
Public service announcements (3)
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Principal Investigator
Dept of Education: name of grant
National Institute of Health, NIDA, Phase I title of grant
National Institute of health, NIDA, Phase II
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APPOINTMENTS
- Prevention Advisory Committee of National Center for Missing and Exploited Youth
- President Clinton Appointee to Academic Advisory Council of National Campaign Against Youth Violence
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SOFTWARE
- Relate/Ripple Effects for Teens1.0, 2.0. 3.0; 1998. 2002, 2005 Skill building and problem solving software for adolescents. Approx. 5000 screens. Designer, Content Director, Lead Writer.
- Relate/Ripple Effects for Kids 1.0 2.0; 1999, 2004 Skill building and problem solving software for children 7-10. Approx.2000 screens. Designer, Content Director, Writer/writing supervisor
- Ripple Effects Coach for Implementers© 2006, 2007. Skill building to strengthen personal leadership, manage diverse learners, make SEL programs work. Teaching Coach 2.0, 2004 Skill building, assessment and problem solving software for teachers.
- Preventing Hate, Promoting Respect, 2004 Tool for targeted intervention with bias-crime perpetrators, and to promote tolerance among adolescents. Approx. 1500 screens. Product design, Content Director, Lead Writer. Produced with Partners Against Hate collaborative.
- Bring it On, 2003-04 Substance abuse prevention, assessment and intervention software for adolescents. Approx. 2000 screens. Product design, Content Director, Lead Writer
- Right Now, 2001, 2002. Post-traumatic Stress prevention, assessment and intervention software for adolescents. Approx. 800 screens Product Design, Content Director, Lead Writer.
- Business Coach, 2001 Skill building and problem solving software for Managers. Approx. 500 screens. Product Design, Content Director, Lead Writer.
- Cyber Savvy, 2001. Internet safety training for adolescents. Approx. 500 screens. Product design, Content Director, Lead Writer. Software and Education industry awards
- Learning Styles Profiler, 2000. Assessment tool and coaching for educators. Approx. 100 screens. Product Design, Content Director, Lead Writer. Multiple Software and Education industry awards.
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FILM AND VIDEO
Prime time programming
Caught in the Crossfire. One hour made for TV movie, written in collaboration with diverse teens from San Francisco’s neighborhoods. (Six national awards)
Thirteenth Christmas, 1 hour video, modeling personal initiative and service to others as alternative to cultural expectations during the holidays. Writer, Co-producer. (Four Emmy nominations, one Emmy award.) 1989.
Choices, 1 hour film, teaching decision making skills to prevent youth entrance into prostitution. Co-writer, Executive Producer. (5 Emmy awards, 4 additional national awards) 1987.
Yes You Can Say "No", 17 minute video teaching assertiveness skills to prevention child sexual exploitation. Executive Producer. (Emmy award, 3 additional national awards) 1986.
Public Service Announcements (Television)
Every childhood deserves a childhood, don’t have sex with kids, Writer, Executive Producer, 1986 (3 Emmy awards)
Be a sport, not a bully, don’t hurt the people you love. Writer, Executive Producer, (Emmy award) 1987
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PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Book
Intersect: Of social theory and management practice in preventing child exploitation, 1988; 169 pp. Committee for Children Press. Seattle, WA.
Peer Reviewed Journal Article
"Banning corporal punishment: solution to what?" Guest editorial Journal of Interpersonal Violence; Vol. 3, No. 2, June 1988, Chicago, IL.
Curricula and manuals
Authored 11Teacher’s Manuals for use with training software described above.
Created conceptual design and supervised development of 2nd Step, groundbreaking curriculum to prevent youth violence, used in more than 60,000 classrooms. (1987)
Developed curriculum on hunger issues for Archdiocese of Seattle.
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KEYNOTE SPEECHES
Technology and Social Emotional Learning – What the Research Tell Us: Keynote,Alaska School Boards Association, Anchorage Alaska, November, 2006.
Using Technology to Develop Social-Emotional Intelligence in Children,
Conference for Social-Emotional Learning, Columbia University, 1999
Thinking Outside the Box: Innovative Approaches to Reaching ChildrenKeynote speaker, Family Health Institute Children & Violence Summit, December, 1998
The Prevention of Child Sexual Exploitation (Presented with variation, as keynote speech at):
District of British Columbia Educators' Conference, Vancouver, BC; 1987. State of Georgia Child Abuse Prevention Conference, Atlanta GA; 1988. Maryland State Conference On Education, Baltimore MD; 1986. Montana State Child Abuse Prevention Conference, Bozeman, MT; 1984. North Carolina State Conference on Child Abuse Prevention, Atlantic Beach, NC; 1985. Child Abuse Prevention Professionals, National Conference, Sacramento, CA; 1987.
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ACCREDITED WORKSHOPS ON TECHNOLOGY & SOCIAL LEARNING
What Technology Can - and Can’t - Do to Promote Social-Emotional Learning
Columbia University, May, 2000
Using Emerging Technology to Bring Best Practices to the Grassroots
National Network of Violence Prevention Practitioners (NNVPP) Summit ‘99, July, 1999
Using Emerging Technology to Promote Tolerance
National Hate Crime Prevention Organization, EDC, May, 1999
Using Technology to Help Students Build Emotional Strength and Maturity
California Middle Grades Partnership, January, 1999
Efficacy of New Computer-Based Modes of Delivering Health and Prevention Training to Adolescents
CDC/DASH National Leadership Conference to Strengthen HIV/AIDS Education and Coordinated School Health Programs, August, 1999
Technology and Social-Emotional Learning in the School
Nexus Emotional Intelligence Conference, September, 1999
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GUEST TEACHING EXPERIENCE
College Courses (Adjunct Faculty)
"A unified theory for cross-cultural analysis." Antioch University. Seattle, WA. Spring 1990. (Cross disciplinary class for graduate students in counseling and psychology).
Guest Lecturer - Universities
“Using persuasive technology to change adolescent behavior” Stanford University, Feb. 2003 (Graduate Seminar, Educational Technology, BJ Fogg, Instructor); Same topic also web cast for Human-Computer Interaction Seminar, Stanford University, March 2003.
“Using skill-building, computer programs to address youth violence” Georgetown University, fall, 2002.( Graduate Psychology seminar, Alan Lippman, Ph.D. Instructor)
“Using film and video to build social skills and change behavior, California Academy of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Fall, 1996. (Film Editing class,)
"The conceptual basis of a violence prevention curriculum" (The origin of Second Step), University of New Hampshire. Oct. 1986. (Family Violence, Ph.D. seminar. David Finklehor, Ph.D. and Murray Strauss, Ph.D., instructors.)
"Why child sexual abuse makes sense," Pacific Lutheran University, 1985 (Women's Studies class, Jeanne Kohl, Ph.D., Instructor)
"School based child abuse prevention training," University of Washington. Educational Psychology Dept., 1984.
"The spiritual roots of political resistance," Seattle University, 1976. Theology and Sociology classes.
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SELECTED OTHER ACCREDITED WORKSHOPS
Presented at conferences sponsored by public and private universities in Alaska, British Columbia, California, Georgia, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina and Washington, or co-sponsored by those universities with other state or national organizations:
Empathy, impulse control and anger management: the basis for a violence prevention curriculum
Identifying, reporting and handling the disclosure of the sexually abused child
Presenting personal safety curricula; Presenting violence prevention curricula,
Understanding child sexual abuse
Social Aikido: disarming a hostile audience
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EDUCATION
- Graduate: Executive MBA; University of Washington, 1987
- Spanish Studies: Cemenauac, Cuernevaca, Mexico. 1982
- Undergraduate
- UCLA, 1970-72; Anthropology, Honor’s Program, Dean’s List,
UCLA nominee for Danforth Fellowship, Academic Scholarships:
Promising Junior in Social Science, Promising Senior in Social Science
- Gonzaga University, 1967-69: Honors Program, Honors scholarships, Dean’s list
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WORK EXPERIENCE
Co-founder, President and CEO, Ripple Effects, San Francisco (1998-present)
- Chief executive for company whose mission is to use computer technology to prevent violence/social injury and promote academic achievement and pro-social behavior in children
- Designed and provided 4000+ pages of content for multi-award winning software products
- Led successful efforts to have software sold into more than 400 school districts in 49 states
- President Clinton Appointee to Academic Advisory Council of National Campaign Against Youth Violence; Member: Prevention Advisory Committee of National l Center for Missing and Exploited Youth
Owner and Principal, AR Consulting, Seattle and San Francisco (1986 to 1998)
- Consulted to more than 100 non-profits on “Making good works good business”
- Turn around Interim ED, to three non-profits
- Wrote and produced two award winning 16 mm movies; directed one
- Designed nationally acclaimed multi-media exhibit (Newsweek, Dateline NBC, ABC)
Executive Director, Committee for Children , Seattle, WA. (4/83 - 10/88)
- Led successful efforts to get child abuse prevention materials (Talking about Touching) into 25% of country’s school districts within three years
- Conceived and supervised development of ground breaking, clinically validated, violence prevention curriculum (Second Step) now in more than 100,000 classrooms across the country
- Executive produced award winning, child sexual abuse prevention video (Yes You Can Say No)
- Represented the agency to local, regional and national media, (USA Today, Hour Magazine, LifeMagazine), featured speaker in 15 states and 5 countries
- Authored a book on social theory & management practice in preventing child exploitation
- Co-wrote and Executive Produced 1 hour docudrama on runaway youth; received triple normal audience rating for public affairs programming (11.2 points; Choices); five Emmys
Publisher and Fiscal Officer, Hunger Action Center, Seattle, WA. (1980-82)
Research, training and technical assistance on food and nutrition issues for community based organizations.
Co-founder, Family Kitchen and Pacem in Terris House, Seattle, WA. (1974-80)
Shelter for women and families; soup kitchen for women, families and elderly
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