Anna Hernandez, Organization Development and Marketing Manager
Anna has held Operations and Marketing positions since graduating from the University of California, Berkeley with a BA in Psychology. She has worked with authors, coaches, interior design firms, consumer product companies and advertising agencies in 10 years. In 2008, she earned a Master of Science in Organization Development from the University of San Francisco, and continues to support start up and not-for-profit companies with their operations and marketing needs.
Susan Lynn Smith, Program Manager
Susan Lynn Smith is excited to bring her extensive background in education and the arts to the position of Program Manager at Good for Kids. Originally from the East Coast, Susan worked as an art coach with Good for Kids in the fall of 2008. Susan’s professional experience includes work as a freelance photographer, an art gallery associate, and an art instructor at programs such as Putney Student Travel’s Excel Amherst College and Excel Spain, as well as the Oxbow School in Napa, CA. Susan holds an MFA degree in Photography from the San Francisco Art Institute and a BFA in Photography & Imaging from New York University. Her photographs have been featured in numerous exhibitions in both New York and San Francisco.
Nicholas Wickes, Executive Director
Nicholas Wickes is the founder and principle consultant for Tracebase Solution, LLC, a San Francisco based software quality consulting firm. In January 2006, he founded Good for Kids with Jessie Simms and Joyce Taira. Outside of work Nicholas is a certified ski instructor and tennis instructor for Tennis for Kids, a San Francsico based youth development non-profit. He serves on the board of Tennis for Kids and works closely with other local arts and sports organizations. Nicholas is a graduate of Vanderbilt University.
Coaches
Coaches are contracted for each scholarship session and are selected from a pool of local arts and sports professionals with experience in youth education.
