Staff and Founders
Staff
Jill Woods
Executive Director/CEO
Jill Woods serves as the Executive Director/CEO at notMYkid. She oversees all of notMYkid's marketing and the strategic planning and organization of all educational and fund raising events, helping to assure continued program support and to facilitate improved community awareness about youth behavioral health issues within the community.
Ms. Woods grew up in Texas before settling in the Valley. She graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX with a Bachelor’s of Business Administration. She has over 10 years in the media industry, having held positions as the Vice President of Group W Radio Sales in Dallas as well as experience as Sales Manager of KHMX-FM in Houston, TX. Over the past 15 years, Ms. Woods has been active with her family and within the community. She maintains an active presence with local and National organizations, such as Phoenix Children’s Hospital, The Emily Center, Helping Hands for the Homeless, Interfaith Hospitality Network, National Charity League and St. Barnabus on the Desert Episcopal Church. We are excited to have the opportunity to have Ms. Woods as part of our team!
Jeannie Burts
Accounting Manager
Jeannie serves as the Office Manager of notMYkid. Recently retired from the public school system she brings a wealth of experience from her service as executive assistant to the CEO/superintendent of two prominent Arizona school districts. Jeannie’s strong organizational and interpersonal skills are an asset to the demands of the company’s growth and development throughout Arizona and anticipated expansion nationwide.
As office manager, Jeannie is a key person in the organizational functions of notMYkid. She directs the day to day administrative operations of the office, including human resources, payroll, purchasing, and accounting functions. She plays an important role in communicating with individuals at every level of the organization.
Jeannie grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area where she completed her education with an emphasis in business courses. While living in California she held an accounting position at a leading company in the Silicon Valley. She also served in a key position at a foremost up and coming private school in San Jose for many years. She and her family moved to the Midwest for a short time in the early 70s and also lived in Kailua, Hawaii for one year. She relocated to the Phoenix area with her family in the late 1980s. Jeannie enjoys using her talents as a keyboard artist and keeps active with her family.
Josh Gosdin
Senior Account Manager of Educational Services
Josh Gosdin serves as Senior Account Manager of Educational Services at notMYkid. In this role, Josh spends much of his time visiting schools and school districts developing relationships for notMYkid. Josh works closely with superintendents, principals, counselors and student resource officers in Arizona and neighboring states. Josh’s goal is to implement our prevention program in as many schools and school districts as possible, making notMYkid the premier prevention program for middle and high school students. Josh also works within the community helping notMYkid continue to educate and raise awareness about the consequences that destructive youth behavior can have on our students and our community.
Before joining notMYkid, Josh prepared for his role here by working in a similar position for an online educational curriculum company. Josh grew up in Albuquerque, NM and is a proud graduate from the University of New Mexico where he studied Business. In his spare time, Josh likes to watch and follow a variety of sports, and play a game of golf whenever possible. Josh also has a passion for food, culture, and travel and hopes to visit many places around the world.
Gina Hassett
Manager of Special Events and Sponsorships
As Manager of Special Events and Sponsorships, Gina’s role is to raise the funds needed to support the goals of notMYkid. Through educational events, seminars and our annual Gala, the main fundraising event of the year, Gina helps ensure that enough funds are raised for the continued success of notMYkid programs. Providing these resources enables notMYkid to continue to grow and ensures that our prevention message continues to be heard throughout the community.
Having two teenagers herself, Gina understands the importance of notMYkid. Gina is a native of Arizona, graduating from the University of Arizona with a BS degree in Marketing. After graduation, Gina began her career in sales and marketing working for such organizations as Dun and Bradstreet and Pratt Pharmaceuticals, a division of Pfizer. After ten years in sales, Gina took some time off to raise her family. During that time, she volunteered at numerous fundraising and community building events, keeping her active in the community and still close to her family. If she is not spending time with her family and friends, you can usually find her hiking one of the many great trails in Phoenix.
Sam Burba
Manager of ClearChoices
As Manager of ClearChoices, Sam oversees all of our student speakers and student programming for the ClearChoices program. He spends most of his time developing Power Point presentations, researching topic information and statistics, observing student speakers in the schools, developing and maintaining a current training curriculum, and actively training all the ClearChoices Speakers.
Sam began speaking for notMYkid in August of 2009 and moved into his current position in December of 2010. Sam has a Bachelors of Arts in Christian Ministries with a Minor in Business Administration from Arizona Christian University. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Divinity.
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Olivia Johnson
Manager of Recruiting and Retention
Olivia joined notMykid as a speaker on Substance Abuse and Safe Dating. Soon after was brought on as a full time staff member and has continued to grow within the organization. As the Manager of Recruiting & Retention, Olivia’s role is all about giving back. When focusing on retention efforts, she strives to give notMYkid’s ClearChoices Speakers as many deserving opportunities as possible. They are, after all, the foundation of the organization. She facilitates community support, an inter-office mentor network and one of the most important pieces, notMYkid’s Scholarship Program. Through a partnership with ASU and the generosity of private foundations, notMYkid is proud to support the educational advancement of their ClearChoices speakers. When focusing on recruiting efforts, Olivia is busy building relationships with rehabilitation facilities, community organizations and educational institutions. Olivia says it never ceases to amaze her how few people know that this speaking opportunity exists, but how many come forward as being a survivor of some kind and wish to give back to the younger generations.
Olivia is originally from the East Coast but came to Arizona as part of a fresh start. Although missing the ocean, it has turned out to be exactly what was meant for her. Aside from leading her to notMYkid, Olivia met her husband here and they now are knee deep in the busy but wonderful life of raising three kids with two working parents. Their youngest, Xavier, is a regular at the notMYkid offices and due to the graciousness and love of her co-workers, he has inherited an extended family! With any small amounts of free time she can find, Olivia’s is passionate about music, art, and a good laugh with those she loves.
Freddie Bennett
Manager of Scheduling
Freddie joined notMYkid as a speaker on safe dating. Soon after being hired as a speaker, she joined our full time staff as our scheduling coordinator. Before coming to notMYkid, Freddie attended school, pursuing nursing while working as a medical assistant and speaking at organizations such as Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Youth Groups. After working for notMYkid, she discovered she has a heart for the non-profit world and in communications, and is currently pursuing a different degree. Freddie loves working in the office setting, however, she truly feels called to share her story to the world, in hopes to encourage and inspire those around her. She and her husband hope to continue to be part of the journey notMYkid is on, no matter where life leads them.
Freddie loves the outdoors and can be found snowboarding in winter, hiking during the summer and attending church on Sundays. Originally from Montana, she tends to perk up during the winter seasons and enjoys the cold. Soon, she and her husband hope to start a family of their own.
Jansen Neff
Intern/Administrative Coordinator
As an intern, Jansen spends many hours researching statistics regarding the mental and behavioral health issues focused on by notMYkid. She has also designed informational flyers for the organization. Her Administrative Coordinator duties consist of answering and directing phone calls, and greeting everyone who comes into the office. Her favorite part of the job is having the opportunity to hear our speakers share their stories.
Jansen was born and raised in Arizona. She will graduate Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University in December 2011, with a Bachelor of the Arts in Psychology and a minor in Sociology. In addition to working at notMYkid, Jansen also volunteers as a Safe Place Driver through Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development.
Founders
Debbie Moak
Founder
Debbie Moak founded notMYkid, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about prevalent youth and adolescent mental and behavioral health issues, in April of 2000.
Ms. Moak is committed to instilling a proactive approach to teen and parenting issues by raising awareness through educational programs. She is a much sought after speaker who has traveled internationally to speak to thousands of teens and parents about her personal experience with substance abuse in her own family as well as others she has reached through notMykid, Inc. Her presentations emphasize her optimism about the relationship between parent and child and the impact all parents can have in turning around substance abuse in their own family through early intervention.
Prior to her involvement with notMykid, Inc., Ms. Moak was a founding member of the Thomas J. Pappas School for homeless children Foundation and has been actively involved with Young Life Organization for many years.
As a retired elementary school teacher, Ms. Moak cites raising her own two children as one of her greatest privileges and greatest challenges. She is a graduate of Northern Kentucky University and holds a dual certificate in Education. She taught elementary education for 10 years in Kentucky, Ohio and Scottsdale, Arizona.
Ms. Moak resides in Paradise Valley, Arizona with her husband Steve. They have two grown sons, Steve who is 32 and Dan who is 29. Her hobbies include snow skiing, running, cycling and scuba diving.
Steve Moak
Founder
Steve began his career, while in college with Duro Paper Bag, in operations. Mr. Moak held positions with increasing responsibility with Avon Products, NCR Corp., and America Express/Directel.
In 1989 Mr. Moak created ProMark One, a company that managed call centers for expanding bank and telecommunications companies. Under Mr. Moak’s leadership ProMark One expanded to a nationwide company.
In recognition of his management expertise, and the growth of ProMark One, Mr. Moak was awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year award by Ernst and Young, in 1991. From 1993 until 1997, ProMark One was recognized as one of the 500 fastest growing private companies by Inc. Magazine.
In 1996, Mr. Moak sold ProMark One and in 1999 became chairman of the founding team of Synergy Solutions, a company that provides contact center solutions from a network of six sites in the US for some of the nation’s leading brands in healthcare, insurance, financial services and political advocacy. Synergy Solutions was recognized on the Inc. 5000 list, as well as in the Top 50 inbound and outbound Teleservices firms by Customer Interaction Solutions magazine.
In 2000, he and his wife Debbie founded notMyKid, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about prevalent youth and adolescent mental and behavioral health issues. Mr. Moak has traveled internationally speaking to parents and teens about his family’s story of substance abuse in order to raise aware of drug prevention.
In 2004, Mr. Moak purchased First Check, a California based home drug test company. This purchase decision was motivated by both his personal experience with drug testing his own child and from seeing other parents’ positive response and interest when speaking of his experiences. Mr. Moak saw the opportunity for home drug tests to be used as a prevention tool and a way he could further contribute to drug prevention efforts nationally. First Check was sold to Inverness Medical Innovations, Inc., which has committed to continue First Check’s support of Project 7th Grade and its efforts to reduce drug use among today’s youth.
Mr. Moak is also a founding member of Social Venture Partners, an organization committed to developing philanthropy and volunteerism to achieve positive social change in Maricopa County. He graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 1977 with a degree in Criminal Justice.
In 2006, Mr. Moak was appointed to the White House Advisory Commission on Drug-Free Communities Program. The commission advises the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), which in conjunction with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) directs the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. Mr Moak is also a member of the Dorrance Family Foundation Board as well as the United Way Foundation Board.
Mr. Moak and his wife Debbie reside in Paradise Valley. They have two sons ages 32 and 29. In his spare time, he enjoys biking, swimming, skiing and traveling.
Dr. Mark Rohde
Founder
Dr. Rohde graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State, did graduate work at ASU, University of Oxford (England), & the University of Northern Colorado, and was a Mott Foundation Fellow. He holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from the Union Graduate School / Union Institute and additionally completed three years of training with the Post-Graduate Institute for Family Therapy. He most often works with children, adolescents & families and frequently employs a combination of individual, family and group psychotherapy.
Mark holds Diplomate status with the American Board of Assessment Psychology and has specialty certification in addictions treatment from the American College of Professional Psychology. He is a former teacher who has held administrative positions at a private school, an addictions treatment center, a community mental health center, and a residential treatment program. Mark has been recognized for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology by the Arizona Psychological Association. He has an interest in computer applications in psychology and is a founder of notMYkid. Mark is on the faculty of the Institute for Creative Change.
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