Clay Roberts

Clay Roberts is Founder and President of Roberts & Associates and he is from Bainbridge Island, Washington. Mr. Roberts has been a Keynote presenter at over 700 international, national, regional, state, and local community events.

• He has been featured on NBC’s "Today Show" as a prevention expert
• Presenter at the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Alcoholism Conference in Moscow
• Developer of five national model programs identified by various HHS agencies

Clay has been a consultant in over 40 states and 6 foreign countries including the following agencies and groups:

• Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• U.S. Department of Justice
• Indian Health Service
• National Cancer Institute
• Disney Channel
• Mothers Against Drunk Driving

Programs highlighted in Instructor magazine, U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, Good Housekeeping, and on "Hour Magazine", "PBS Frontline", and a PBS nationally televised special "It Shouldn’t Hurt to Be a Kid"

Member of numerous committees and work groups, including the following:

• Alcohol and Drug section of the conference "Preventing Disease/Promoting Health, Objectives for the Nation" for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• Chairman, Concept Development Meeting for National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Youth and Alcohol Media Campaign
• Member of the Task Force on Prevention of Adolescent Health Problems for the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Adult past president and supporter of the Bainbridge Island Teen Center

Mr. Roberts is the principal author or co-developer of the following publications and programs

• Building Developmental Assets in School Communities, co-author with Neal Starkman, Search Institute 2008
• Great Places to Learn, How Asset-Building Schools Help Students Succeed, co-author with Neal Starkman and Peter Scales, Search Institute 1999, second edition 2006
• Speaking of Developmental Assets, co- author with Neal Starkman, Search Institute 2001
  • Get Real about Violence, violence prevention curriculum for grades K-9
  • Here’s Looking at You 2000, drug education curriculum for grades K-12
  • Natural Helpers, peer-helping program for grades 4-12
  • Get Real about AIDS, HIV-AIDS prevention curriculum for grades 4-12
  • Family Activity Book, family drug abuse prevention activities
  • The Refusal Skill, program that teaches people how to say no to their friends
  • INSITE, In-School Intervention Training Program for Educators
  • Natural Helpers at Work, peer helping program for the workplace

Rashaan Shehee

Rashaan was born is Southeast Los Angles, California. He moved with his family to Bakersfield, CA and graduated from Foothill High School.  After graduating he attended the University of Washington and played football. He became a Third Round Draft choice into the National Football League (NFL) and played three years for the Kansas City Chiefs and one year in the XFL.

Rashaan is currently a Financial Services Planner, a small business owner and a Health Educator at Bakersfield High School for the past eight years. He teams with his wife Rukiya and is the father of two children, Kailynn and Rashaan Jr.

Wendy Avila

Wendy grew up here in the Bakersfield area. Graduated from West High School and then went on to University of California Santa Barbara (WCSB). She received her law degree from The University of Francisco Law School.

Wendy is currently a Deputy District Attorney assigned to the Gang Task Force. She is a Board Member of Latina Leaders of Kern County, an Adjunct Lecturer in the Political Science Department of California State University Bakersfield (CSUB), and a Board Member of HOPE (Hispanas Organized for Political Equality). She has been working to provide a voice to Latinas to develop their personal growth, prosperity and political clout.