Meet our Advisors

Felicia Boothe

Felicia Boothe earned her early childhood/elementary degree from the University of Utah. Following an internship with the Salt Lake School District, she taught in inner-city bilingual schools. During this time, she was an adjunct professor for the University of Utah's student teaching program. Felicia was a director of a federal child nutrition grant, and recently she has worked as an academic director implementing and supervising elementary programs in Utah charter schools. She is a certified direct instruction consultant and is an experienced direct instruction teacher, coach, and administrator. Whether implementing curriculum, authoring Core Knowledge Sequence units, mentoring teachers, or instructing in a classroom, Felicia is always committed to her educational ideals and is passionate about students achieving academic success.

Paul Golding, Ph.D

Paul Golding has a Ph.D in international economics from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and worked as an international trade analyst for many years. For the past several years, he has promoted a concern about boys' declining performance in school and community as the editor of the Santa Fe Boys Newsletter. He is also the founding member of the New Mexico Men's Council for Boys and Young Men. He completed an MA degree in Depth Psychology at the Pacifica Graduate Institute and is currently working on a PhD dissertation on the topic of the decline of young males.

Michael Gurian

Michael Gurian is a family therapist, educator, and New York Times bestselling author of twenty five books in twenty one languages, including The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons from Falling Behind in School and Life, Boys and Girls Learn Differently, The Wonder of Boys . He is the co-founder of the Gurian Institute, which conducts field research, launches pilot programs, and trains professionals. His work has been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Business Week, Time, Newsweek, People, and on the Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, PBS and National Public Radio.

Judith Kleinfeld, Ph.D.

Judith Kleinfeld, Ph.D. is the Director of The Boys Project, and Professor of Psychology at the University of Alaska. She received her doctoral degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Dr. Kleinfeld has received awards from several associations for her work on gender equality, and has been widely published on gender issues. She authored the groundbreaking article "The Myth That Schools Shortchange Girls."

John Phipps

John Phipps brings a strong legal background to the Boys and Schools Advisory Board. John has very recently retired from the practice of law in Colorado. During his career, he also served as an Assistant District Attorney, Assistant County Judge, City Attorney, and Assistant U.S. Magistrate, along with his 40 years as a practicing attorney. He also served as President of the County Bar Association, a member of the Colorado Bar Association Board of Governors, and as a co-founder of a legal aid clinic. He was a co-founder of Parents & Community for Kids, Inc., and legal assistant for Families for Estes, Inc. He was a member of school boards in both Loveland & Estes Park, Colorado, and twice a member of the school district accountability committee – and was chairman for two years. John has studied and been concerned with boys in school since 2005.

Ken Wallace, Ph.D

Dr. Ken Wallace has been an educator for 25 years, and is currently the Superintendent for Maine Township High School District in Park Ridge, Illinois. Ken is the Past-President of the North Suburban Educational Region for Vocational Education (NSERVE), a founding board member of the national Boys' Project, and a member of the Oakton Community College Council of Industry and Academic Advisors. Ken's doctoral dissertation focused on performance and biological differences between boys and girls in language arts. He presents throughout the Midwest on gender learning differences and strategies that schools can use to help all learners be more successful.