Jon Buzby - SportsTalk
Jon Buzby writes Delmarva Youth's Sports Talk column as well as articles on fathering. He has a unique perspective on youth sports as a father who has raised one son--now a freshman in high school--and has a second child on the way. Jon earned his Master's degree from the University of Delaware and has spent the last twenty years coaching youth sports. He was an elementary physical education teacher before taking his current position as Director of Program Innovations for Special Olympics Delaware. Jon's focus in teaching and coaching has always been to make every child feel like a positive contributor regardless of skill level. "My goal at the end of every game is for each child to go home with a smile on his/her face, regardless of a win or loss ~ and for parents to reinforce the reason for the smile, not the final score." Jon is married to a high school Spanish teacher and lives in Wilmington. JonBuzby@hotmail.com
Donna Duffy
Donna Duffy has worked in the field of education for the past 15 years. She homeschooled her own children while living abroad in Nazareth, Israel; and subsequently started, taught and ran a school there for Arab American children called Bridging the Gap. She is the co-owner and education director for Academic Connections Tutoring. Donna and her business partner, Pat Howes, also own an event planning business called Memorable Milestones. She is married and has 3 children and lives in New Castle, DE.
info@academicconnectionstutoring.com
Bonnie Levesque - Authors on Delmarva
Bonnie Levesque writes Delmarva Youth's Authors on Delmarva column. She earned her B.S. from Salisbury University. She homeschooled her own children and taught elementary school in both private and public schools.
bjleve@aol.com
Kim Moses
Kim Moses is the Worcester County Public Information Officer. She is also a freelance writer/photographer, wife and mother/step mother of three wonderfully energetic and creative children. Free time for Kim and her family means fun time together, and can range from a romp through the local pumpkin patch one weekend, to a snowboarding trip to the mountains the next.
kimberlymoses@juno.com
Grace Foxwell Murdock - Mind Your Manners
Grace Foxwell Murdock is a Mentor Teacher/Consultant for Wicomico County Public School. As owner of Professional Grace she delivers seminars to area businesses on Customer Service, Workplace Professionalism, and Business Etiquette. Grace also enjoys providing Dining Etiquette training for children, teens, and adults. gracemurdock@professionalgrace.com
Ann Northam
Ann J. Northam is a free-lance writer who contributes regularly to Delmarva Youth Magazine and many other local publications. ajnortham@hotmail.com
Martha Ogburn
Martha Ogburn is a neonatal nurse who has worked in a variety of clinical settings. She conducted her graduate research on maternal-infant attachment. Currently, Ms. Ogburn is resident resource and owner of the Barefoot Baby Boutique in historic downtown Princess Anne and Maryland coordinator of Postpartum Support International. ogburn@hughes.net
Megan O'Neil-Haight - Finance
Megan O'Neil-Haight is the sole Finance Educator for three Lower Shore counties within the University of Maryland Cooperative Extension system. She moved to Maryland in 2005 after vacationing here for over 12 years and deciding that the shore was the place to be and that the sunsets here are priceless. O'Neil-Haight earned her Master's Degree from Alfred University in the area of Community Services Administration with an emphasis on not-for-profit management. She also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the State University of New York, College at Oswego. She previously taught Human and Early Childhood Development at a community college in upstate New York, and has owned and managed a rural health network, and has written and managed grants for multiple community-based organizations. oneil@umd.edu
Dr. James VanSciver - Youth Excellence
Dr. James Vansciver is director of Secondary Education in the Seaford, DE School District and former Superintendent of Lake Forest School District. He is also the author of 106 education articles published in national journals and the author of two children's books, Close Play at Home, Carnage of a Curveball, and newly released, Running on Empty. JVanSciver@seaford.k12.de.us
Sheila Zimmer
Sheila Zimmer is owner and Administrative Head of Wicomico Day School in Salisbury, MD. Sheila has been teaching children and adults for over 40 years in the fields of education and psychology.
skz@hughes.net