SeniorNet

Jose-Pablo Fernandez

Jose-Pablo Fernandez is the Founder and Executive Director of CCA Alliance, Inc. – a nonprofit organization that empowers Hispanic parents to become full partners in their children’s educational attainment. From August 2000 to February 2007 he served as President and Executive Director of the Mexican Institute of Greater Houston. Among his many honors, in 2007 he was selected as a Fellow for Civic Ventures and was among the top 15 awardees for the Second Annual Purpose Prize that recognizes people in the second half of life. In 2005 he received the Manhattan Institute’s Social Entrepreneurship Award– that honors non-profit leaders who have found innovative, private solutions for America’s most pressing social problems. In 2004 he was elected to the Ashoka Fellowship, a global association of leading social entrepreneurs for realistically addressing the needs of new immigrants to improve their lives through education. Fernandez sits on several boards, among them the Greater Houston Community Foundation and the Houston Symphony.

Charlene Francis

Charlene Francis retired over 25 years ago from a position of System Management Analyst for the government. To use the leisure time that comes initially with retirement she decided to learn to play the organ. If it weren't for her son who kept trying to talk her into buying a computer she probably would have become an accomplished organ player. Her son finally succeeded and Francis tried to enroll in a computer class at the SeniorNet Learning Center in Oklahoma City. The person conducting registration at the time saw Francis' background as systems analyst and convinced her to become an instructor. Francis eventually became the coordinator of the Oklahoma City Learning Center, a position which she still holds.

Alfred Moyé

Alfred Moyé is a business-higher education consultant. Until September 2000, he was the Director of University Affairs at the Hewlett-Packard Company. He was previously Manager of Engineering Education and Performance Technology at Hewlett-Packard. Prior to joining HP in 1984, Moyé was national educational sales manager and director of the Atari Institute for Education Research. He was also vice president for academic affairs at Roosevelt University, Chicago; and vice chancellor for student affairs and associate professor of chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh. During the Carter Administration, Moyé served as deputy assistant secretary for higher and continuing education. In 1999 he received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE) Third Millennium Medal for outstanding contributions to his field. He currently serves as a member of NSF’s Advisory Committee for Education and Human Resources; and Boards of Trustees at three universities. Moyé received his B.S. degree from West Virginia Wesleyan College and his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, both in chemistry. He is also the recipient of five honorary doctorates.

Paul Sladkus

Paul Sladkus worked at CBS and PBS for over 13 years. His background as Production/Studio Manager, Business Manager, Marketing Director and Producer helped to create Award winning TV Shows, including Carol Burnett, Network News and PBS's Nature and Brain Series to name a few. In 1985 Sladkus founded Milestone Broadcast Corporation (MBC) a multi-cultural and niche markets marketing/advertising/public relations organization. In 1998 Sladkus founded Good News Corporation a 501-C3 Corporation with a mission to find, receive, create and broadcast to the world, life-affirming, thought-provoking news, entertainment and events; content that is non-violent, non-sectarian, non-political. Good News has over 2,700 stories on http://www.goodnewsbroadcast.com/ with everyday people as well as celebrities all doing Good for the world.

Leslie M. Smith,
Board Chairman

Leslie Smith is a Marketing Executive for IBM Corporation. He has responsibility for marketing and sales within the constituent marketplace (American Indian, Asian, Black, Hispanic and women owned businesses). He has worked for IBM for 25 years. Formerly he was an Executive in Future Product Development at ROLM Corporation. He is a Vietnam veteran and served as a Washington, DC, police officer. Smith attended American University, majoring in Sociology. He currently serves on several boards.

Langley Spurlock

Langley Spurlock is Director of Park-Zoo Associates, a Washington, DC based consulting firm specializing in meeting facilitation, strategic planning, organizational structure and print and electronic communications. He has been on the board of directors of the Council of Environmental Professionals since 2000 and has served as its Corporate Secretary since 2001. Dr. Spurlock has a PhD in Organic Chemistry. He has been a chemistry faculty member at Brown University and Temple University, and has authored 39 publications to date. He has been awarded three U.S. patents. Dr. Spurlock also is an artist and a docent at the National Gallery of Art.

Special Advisors

Patricia Coryell

Patricia Coryell, a publishing consultant, is former Vice President, Executive Publisher of Houghton Mifflin Company's College Division.  Pat's career in editorial spanned academic and medical, nursing, and allied health disciplines.  Her career began at the Penn State Press after earning both bachelor's and master's degrees in English at the Pennsylvania State University.

Pat Riggs

James Zaniello