Ms. Ann Compton is now covering a sixth U.S. president for ABC News in a career that has taken her to the White House, Capitol Hill, and through eight presidential campaigns, from the height of the Cold War to the Internet revolution. And she has now been elected president as well by her colleagues. Ann becomes president of the White House Correspondents Association this summer.

Her career in the national limelight has been awarded a prestigious place at the National Museum of Broadcasting. Ms. Compton was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame at ceremonies in November 2005. 

On Sept 11, 2001, her experience was put to the test as the only broadcast reporter allowed to remain onboard Air Force One during the dramatic hours when President Bush was unable to return to Washington. Her reports during the crisis were cited by ABC News and received the prestigious Silver Baton Alfred I. DuPont Columbia University award for its coverage. Ms. Compton was also on the team that received an Emmy and a Peabody award for ABC News' September 11th reporting.

Weeks after the Watergate scandal came to an end, Ms. Compton became the first woman assigned to cover the White House by a television network, and she was one of the youngest to receive the assignment. 

She has traveled around the globe and through all 50 states with presidents, vice presidents, and First Ladies, reporting for all ABC News broadcasts. Twice during campaigns Ms. Compton was invited to serve as a panelist for presidential debates (1988 and 1992) and she was assigned as a floor reporter at the 1976 Republican and Democratic National Conventions. 

As the Internet surged in popularity, Ms. Compton became chief Washington correspondent for ABCNews.com where she wrote and anchored a daily political column On Background. Currently, she also holds the title of national correspondent for ABC Radio News, heard daily on thousands of ABC Radio stations as she covers the White House.

She began her broadcasting career in Virginia where an internship at Hollins College (now University) led to a fulltime job reporting for WDBJ TV, a CBS affiliate in Roanoke.  Ann established a State Capitol Bureau in Richmond for the station.  In 1973, ABC News hired Compton and she reported from New York until December 1974 when she was assigned to the White House.

In June 2000, the Society of Professional Journalists inducted Ann Compton into the Journalism Hall of Fame in Washington DC. She was chairman of the governing board of the Radio Television Correspondents Association in 1987-88 and served on the advisory board of the Freedom Forum Media Studies Center in New York. Ms. Compton says her most valued award is a golden statuette from the National Mothers’ Day Committee naming her a Mother of the Year in 1988.

Ann Compton is married to Dr. William Hughes, a physician in Washington, D.C., and they are the parents of three sons and a daughter. Her four kids are now in college.

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Ms. Louise E. Davis, M.Phil, RGN, CMT, F.R.S.H., Intuitive Health, Great Falls, VA
Ms. Davis led the world's oldest-established institution for the training and education of childcare professionals. For 20 years she was the Principal and CEO of the world renowned Norland College. Ms. Davis trained child care professionals at the highest level, advising on early years' education policy at the national level and served as a highly regarded and frequently requested consultant in her field internationally. Since coming to the United States in 2000, she has been involved in parent coaching and counseling on the employment of nannies through her company "Baby Futures." Ms. Davis will discuss the history and the industry of nanny training and placement.

Ingrid Hale was educated at St John’s Regional College and Swinburne Institute in Australia, and earned a Social Science degree in Early Childhood Development. She began her career in childcare in 1992 working as a room leader for the Lucas Street Child Care Center and later at the Monash Community Family Co-operative where she eventually became the assistant director. She has worked with new mothers and their infants in hospital maternity wards as well as newborn nurseries. Ingrid has also worked for the private sector as a nanny and newborn specialist in the United Kingdom for four years and has worked in the United States for the past nine years. Ingrid became a placement consultant at Morningside Nannies in 2002 and served as the Manager of the Placement Division for three years. Ingrid continues her association with Morningside Nannies as a special project consultant and trainer.

Karen Digby is a leading childcare placement specialist in the DC area. She has worked with White House Nannies since 2002. Karen was born in London, England and specialized in catering management where she worked for 11 years before finding her true expertise in childcare. Karen worked for five years in a highly respected daycare in the heart of DC before being hired by Ms. Barbara Kline, author and agency owner. She is the mother of a teenage daughter and is also an avid “Tottenham” fan.

Susan Tokayer is the owner and president of Family Helpers, Inc., a referral agency of permanent and temporary, nannies, babysitters housekeepers, and companions to the elderly. Family Helpers was established in 1995 and is located in Dobbs Ferry, NY. Susan serves as INA’s First Vice President and Chairperson for the Nanny Credential Exam Committee. Susan has a B.A. in Business Management and a Masters degree in Social Work. She has been interviewed by several publications, including the New York Times, Parents Magazine, Westchester Family and Westchester Parents Magazine. Susan has been an INA member since 1995; participated on committees; served as a conference speaker; and submitted articles featured in INAVision, INA’s quarterly newsletter.

Nettie Weber is the owner of Perfect Match Nannies, serving Southern Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. She has over six years of nanny/home manager experience working with family types ranging from the rural farm family to the high profile political family. She served as the chairperson (’04 - ’06) for an American Cancer Society Relay for Life that built record event totals during that time. Nettie possesses a true passion for business marketing, networking and strategy planning as well as perfecting the delivery of a quality agency product to her families and placements. She cites creating Perfect Match Nannies as her true calling and has built her agency on the philosophy of "knowledge is power." Nettie is currently active in many professional organizations both locally and nationally and is a proofreader for INAVision, INA’s quarterly newsletter

Katie Vaughan is the founder and CEO of Westside Nannies. Katie, known in Hollywood as the "Nanny Agent," founded Westside Nannies after recognizing a need for an agency that provided highly experienced and educated household staff. Westside Nannies, www.WestSideNannies.com, is now the fastest growing nanny agency in Los Angeles and was recently listed as one of the top five agencies in Southern California. Westside Nannies has recently been recognized and showcased by MTV and Entertainment Tonight and is the subject of a new British documentary regarding Los Angeles nanny agencies.

Katie received her B.A. in Speech Communication from Pepperdine University. During her time as a student she was the chairperson of multiple student organizations including her university's chapter of Phi Alpha Delta, an international law fraternity, and was the founder of the Student Finance Association. Katie has also been involved in child advocacy and has sat on the board of directors of the Placer County Peer Court and was appointed to two terms as a commissioner on the Placer County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission. Recently Katie has co-founded the Los Angeles Nanny Association to provide education and social opportunities to nannies in Southern California.

Katie is passionate about raising awareness and respect for the nanny profession and has made it her mission to promote higher standards for childcare professionals around the world.

Cortney Gibson is a Newborn Care Specialist and Parent Educator. She owns and operates Gibson Newborn Services, a company dedicated to helping parents of new babies succeed through education, newborn care and support.

Cortney has spent the past 12 years directly working with families. For eight of those years she was a nanny; and began exclusively working with newborns in 2004. Cortney is also a Certified Happiest Baby Educator, teaching the soothing methods of Dr. Harvey Karp. In addition to the private classes she teaches, she is also working with her local child abuse prevention programs to bring this life-saving technique to inner city and teen parents.

Joan Aghevli earned her first degree and a graduate degree in Education in Australia. After teaching for several years, she earned graduate degrees in the United Kingdom and in the United States, the latter in Education, specializing in school counseling. While raising her two daughters, she was actively engaged in support of her children’s schools. Most recently, she worked as a Guidance Counselor in DC schools.

Cynthia Ivorian-Jones earned her first degree in Educational Psychology and a graduate degree in Education in the United Kingdom. After several years of teaching young children, she was awarded a lectureship at Bangor Teacher Training College, and later at Makerere University in Uganda. Upon her return to the United Kingdom, she put her experience into practice with two small daughters at home. Arriving in the United States, she returned to her first love, the classroom, teaching at a number of levels for 14 years before entering school administration. She headed a middle school in Washington, DC and, most recently, took the position of Director and Elementary Head at the International School in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Alice Shaffer has a degree in Social Work from Western Carolina University. She became a professional nanny in 1995 after graduation. Alice has worked with several families since 1996 in the Washington DC Metro area. She is currently in her fourth year with a family consisting of two boys, 9 and 11, who have full schedules including daily sports activities. She has been a member of the Association of DC Area Nannies (ADCAN) since 1996. Alice has served as the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Board Member at Large of ADCAN over the past 10 years. She has been a current member of INA since 2003.

Alice joined Crayola’s newest venture, Big Yellow Box by Crayola (www.alice.bigyellowbox.net), a division of Crayola that strives to bring families and friends together. The goal is to encourage people to take a break from their busy schedules and focus on being together while creating lasting memories. If anyone would like to purchase any of the Big Yellow Box projects, she will donate 10% to INA’s selected 2007 charity. 

Edward Cannon is an assistant professor in the department of counseling at Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia. He completed his doctoral studies in counselor education at the College of William and Mary, with a cognate in family-school collaboration. Prior to completing his Ph.D., Dr. Cannon worked as a substance abuse counselor, as well as a crisis counselor for a local community mental health center. He currently teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses, including research methods, practicum, and the psychology of addictions. Research interests include cultural competence in the training of counselors, including LGBT issues, as well as promoting the moral and ego development of counselor trainees. Dr. Cannon is personally interested in advocacy work for children of same-sex parents. In his free time, he runs half-marathons, and travels as often as he can.

Zoya Bachin is a Food Therapy Specialist, Certified Natural Health Practitioner, and Health&Nutrition SuperNanny. She specializes in Preventative Food Therapy and helps children to achieve good health through natural nutritional methods. She customizes dietary regimens tailored to children’s specific needs, instructs the family cook, and occasionally cooks appetizing meals that are both delicious and health supporting. Working closely with families, she helps resolve common conditions such as hyperactivity, sleep difficulties, bed-wetting, stuffy sinuses, excessive crying, skin rashes, food sensitivities, obesity, and many others.

Zoya’s personal journey taught her many remarkable and extraordinary skills and broadened her professional horizons. From a young age she was afflicted with a disabling digestive ailment that failed to resolve despite years of medical intervention. With no other options available, she was forced to look elsewhere and began to explore alternative health therapies. She studied with the most prominent teachers of Alternative Medicine and even traveled to the Himalayas, to broaden her understanding of the Eastern holistic approach to health. After years of education she eventually healed her life long ailment and, inspired with a fresh outlook and enthusiasm, ventured out to teach and help others. 

Today Zoya Bachin is a multi disciplined professional with diverse education and experience. She holds a Bachelors Degree in Music and Educational Psychology, has extensive training in natural health therapies, and teaches in three languages. Her other credentials include Chinese Dietetics, Acupressure, Macrobiotic Medicinal Cooking, and Wheat Grass Therapy. Equipped with 25 years of experience in child care, teaching, and natural health therapies, Zoya has helped many children improve their learning abilities, attitude, and self-esteem.

Barbara G. Kline is the founder and President of White House Nannies, Inc., a full service child care placement agency serving the Washington DC metro area. Ms. Kline received her B.A. from Goucher College in Towson Maryland. She went on to pursue graduate work in Spanish Literature at the Instituto de Cultura Hispanica through New York University. Prior to establishing White House Nannies, Inc., Ms. Kline owned and operated a retail business on Capitol Hill. As a working mother, her continued need to find qualified child care led her to found White House Nannies in 1984.The company which now includes a temporary and emergency division, and corporate and event services, has grown into the premier Washington DC nanny agency.

In 2005, Ms. Kline wrote White House Nannies published by Tarcher/Penguin. She was interviewed on Good Morning America, Larry King Live, CNN, NPR, and was a Power Player of the Week on Fox Sunday News. In 2006, the paper back was released. Additionally, the book has been optioned in Hollywood by 20th Century as a sitcom. Nonetheless, Ms. Kline is continuing to keep her day job.

Ms. Kline lives in Chevy Chase with her husband Richard who runs the financial side of the business. Their two children have been launched. Matt works in Beverly Hills in the entertainment industry and Gillian is attending college in Boston. Wallie, their miniature schnauzer, is still in residence.

Barbara Marcus is owner and CEO of Parents in a Pinch, Inc. After 10 years of developing programs for abused children, Barbara became the owner of Parents in a Pinch, Inc, a full service nanny agency (1984). Parents in a Pinch is best known for offering backup childcare to companies as an employee benefit with over 50 companies in nine states. What also makes Parents in a Pinch unique is its commitment to training. Barbara developed KidCare@Home, a computer based nanny-training tool and is using her recent experience as a fellow with the Zero to Three Foundation to develop a Childcare Certificate Program for childcare providers in the Caribbean.

Karen Yatsko and Kellie Geres 

Karen Yatsko and Kellie Geres have almost 40 years combined experience amongst them as professional nannies and household managers. 

Yatsko is a former INA Board of Director and currently resides in New Haven, CT. She works as a full-time nanny to two school-age children.

Geres is a current INA Board of Director and the 1997 INA Nanny of the Year. She resides in Potomac, MD and is a full-time professional nanny/household manager for two school-age children.

Rick Donah is a 16 year veteran of the payroll and human resource industry. He is responsible for developing strategy and manages business development, marketing, and public relations for GTM. Rick was the co-founder and chief executive of Payroll Online Corporation, the first payroll outsourcing solution available via the internet, which was purchased by Key Bank in 2005.

In addition to launching the first web-based payroll/hr solution, he was the Vice President of Sales & Marketing for CBS Payroll Software which was acquired by Intuit in 2002. Rick studied History and Political Science at Syracuse University and has been recognized by the Seattle business community as one of the Top 40 Executives under the age of 40. 

His experience working with start-up businesses and developing small business solutions is well known and his contribution to the emerging online marketplace continues with GTM.

Kathy Dupuy is founder and President of Mom’s Best Friend Agency (MBF), one of Texas’s oldest and most successful full-service household staffing agencies. As a busy mother of four (two of whom are infant twins), she is also her own best client and a first-hand advocate for the valuable role nanny professionals play in helping to alleviate many of the daily stresses that can interrupt quality time between parents and their children. A graduate in political science from Vanderbilt University, Kathy started out working with national organizations focusing on pro-family policy initiatives. She later brought this experience to her role as sole owner and President of MBF Agency after becoming increasingly disappointed by the quality of nanny services available to families in Austin, Texas. Seeing the need in Austin for an agency that would raise local families’ expectations of the services provided by professional caregivers, Kathy opened MBF Agency in 1994. As its clients’ needs evolved, MBF Agency has grown into more lines of household service, including household staffing and corporate backup child care. Kathy has been married to her husband, Stuart, for 13 years, and she regularly supports several community service organizations, including Young Life and Settlement Home.

Anne Guerin
Anne Guerin, the mother of three grown children, created a nanny referral agency in 1979 and called it Mothers' Aides. In 2002, to acknowledge the growth of her business and its expanded family and home staffing services, she renamed her company Staffing Solutions @ Mothers' Aides.

Anne is originally from Paris, France, but has lived in the United States since she was eight years old. She is a believer in healthy living and loves to hike, run, travel and climb mountains. In fact, in 2005 she climbed Mont Blanc in the French Alps. "I always strive to do and be the best in anything I do... and that includes my business," Anne notes. "I won't settle for anything less than placing just the right candidate in a client's home."

Staffing Solutions@ Mothers' Aides takes pride in working with the area's most distinguished families and highly qualified household professionals. Anne has been in the in-home child care industry for 28 years, and has served as the Conference Chair for APNA for the past four years.

Ginger Swift
Ginger Swift is the founder and President of ABC Nannies Inc. in Denver, Colorado. After graduating from college with a psychology degree, she worked for many years in the clerical placement industry and then as a recruiter for a hi-tech software company. Ginger started ABC Nannies Inc. in 1994 because she wanted to make a difference in people's lives, and from her perspective, nothing is more important than finding a caring person to take care of your children. Ginger has employed wonderful nannies who provided excellent care for her two children. ABC Nannies, Inc. was the recipient of the 2001 APNA Agency of the Year for its work with nanny programs and networks.

Barry Wilson is a certified protection specialist for Anlance, a company he founded in 1991 to provide a variety of services including executive protection, estate assessments and intelligence through handwriting analysis. He conducts training and instruction in protective techniques, estate staff security and methodology, handwriting analysis and body language.  

Mr. Wilson’s experience includes protection of Dan Quayle, former Vice President of the United States, the late Pope John Paul II, Saudi princes, business executives, sport figures and individuals who have found themselves in extraordinary circumstances. He has appeared on the Discovery Channel, was featured in local and regional newspapers, and is a requested presenter at conferences for estate and nanny security and related fields of human observations.

Bonita Broughton is the ECE Program Specialist for the Baby Signs Institute. Her experience in the field of Early Childhood Education spans more than 20 years. She has been an in-home child care provider, center provider, and was the director of an Early Childhood Lab within a public high school. Bonita is married to a Child of Deaf Adults (CODA), and has three children of her own. All three children are hearing and have been using sign language to communicate before they were a year old. As a mother, teacher, and ECE Program Specialist, Bonita has witnessed the proven benefits of signing with children and loves to share this remarkable tool with everyone involved in the lives of young children!

James J. Crist, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Clinical Director of the Child and Family Counseling Center in Woodbridge, VA. He has been working with children and adolescents for 18 years. He is an adjunct faculty member at Argosy University and teaches graduate courses in child and adolescent counseling. Dr. Crist has given numerous presentations in the community. He is the author of a number of self-help books for children: ADHD-A Teenager’s Guide, When Someone You Love Abuses Alcohol or Drugs, What to Do When You’re Scared & Worried, and What to Do When You’re Sad & Lonely. His next book, which will also be published by Free Spirit Publishing, is aimed at teenagers with anger problems. 

Becky Kavanagh has an Associate Degree in Early Childhood Education, and has seven years experience as an assistant child care program director and as a preschool teacher. For the past 17 years she has been (and continues to be) a professional nanny in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. She is a part-time member of the Nannies from the Heartland staff, joining the team in September of 2000. Becky was the 1998 recipient of the Parents Magazine Child Care Award which honors outstanding child care providers and advocates. Becky served on the Board of Directors of the International Nanny Association (INA) for six years, and served as President for two of those years. She has been a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children for over 16 years and is an active member of her local support group, Twin Cities Professional Nannies, where she served as their president for two years. Becky was chosen as INA’s 2006 Nanny of the Year.

Diversity best describes Donna Robinson’s background as it includes 15 years of business before she ventured into working with children. She was the administrative assistant for The Rural Migrant Ministry where she helped design the first free camp for migrant and rural disadvantaged children. Donna helped coordinate children activities for migrant children who were often isolated in the farming community. She also did extensive volunteer work with Girl Scouts. She wrote and was accepted for the Reader’s Digest Grant to take eight girls to a western campsite in Wyoming. In her last years in upstate New York she co-founded a racial harmony youth group and took them to five Martin Luther King Peace assemblies. After her move to Florida, she worked as a nursery supervisor for a large church organizing their infant to toddler program. It was there she met her first client and became a nanny 10 years ago. Donna believes everything she ever did have prepared her for this profession.

Robin Cohen is passionate about promoting children’s positive self-esteem and social skills development. After receiving a B.A. in Psychology from Brandeis University, she began her career by designing and implementing cooperative games and adventures for a variety of ages and settings, including therapeutic environments, after-school programs, a family gym night she originated and a pre-school enrichment program she co-created. Wanting to learn how the academic setting was working to promote positive emotional and social skills development, she received a Masters of Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. 

In 2000 Robin was able to bring her studies to practice when she moved to D.C. to become a founding pre-K and kindergarten teacher at Capital City Public Charter School in Columbia Heights. The school’s innovative approach to teaching and learning, using Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound and the Responsive Classroom, allowed her to implement a stimulating and challenging academic curriculum within a nurturing and caring environment. Her work as a teacher led her to become involved with Teaching for Change and the Early Childhood Equity Initiative where she works to promote the theory and practice of anti-bias education in early childhood settings. She currently combines all of her experiences working as an early childhood education consultant in the DC metro area. She recently became a mom, and enjoys spending time with her adorable daughter Lilah. Robin says she looks forward to sharing her experiences and learning from yours!

Alana Sugar is a certified nutritionist residing in Northern Virginia. Ms. Sugar's expertise includes teaching nutrition classes, facilitating seminars, consulting with individual clients, creating recipes, and writing articles. She structures her practice using a natural approach to good nutrition with a focus on a diet based primarily on whole and unprocessed foods as a necessary part of good health for life. Ms. Sugar has an extensive client list including Whole Foods Market, The American Institute for Cancer Research, Suburban Hospital, MCI Corporation, Providence Hospital, Arlington County, the City of Rockville, the United States Department of Agriculture, and other federal agencies.

Guy Maddalone is a twenty-two year veteran of the payroll, human resource, and employment services industry. Originally starting with the placement of home healthcare and eldercare services, he expanded his business to include nannies and other household staff, naming the company A New England Nanny.  In 1991, he founded GTM Payroll Services to provide payroll & tax administration for households, the first in the industry.  In 2002, GTM began offering small business payroll solutions to compliment the fast growing household payroll and tax processing operation. 
 
Guy is considered the Nation’s Household Employment Expert.  The author of How to Hire A Nanny, Your Complete Guide to Finding, Hiring, and Retaining a Nanny and other Household Help, he conducts educational seminars throughout the country on the household employment industry, household human resources, nanny payroll taxes, IRS audits, household tax compliance, and dependent care services for corporations.  He is a work/life consultant to GE and Textron, as well as a licensed life, health, and accident insurance agent in New York.

He is an active Tech Valley entrepreneur, former president of the Albany Chapter of the YEO, graduate of the MIT and INC. Magazine program Birthing of Giants.  Guy believes in sharing his success with the community by sponsoring the Make-A-Wish Foundation and donating his time to a number of community/charitable causes.  He is a graduate of Siena College with a degree in Accounting.