INA Board of Directors
INA Co-President, Wendy Sachs and Susan Tokayer
 Wendy Sachs |
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 Susan Tokayer |
Welcome to the world of nannies, nanny referral agencies, nanny
educators and those who provide special services to the in home child
care industry. Our mission at INA has to do with educating the public
about who a nanny is and the purpose she/he serves in the family.
We are also charged with the expectation of promoting the healthy
development of children and families through quality in home child
care.
To that end, the Board of Directors are representative of the membership,
consisting of nannies, newborn care specialists, educators, agency
owners, parents and industry service experts. We are confident that
this group of individuals will make decisions that will benefit our
association and will be very mindful of the individual interests
of our members as well as our mission.
The Board of Directors wants to hear from the membership and individuals
who are interested in our industry and the association mission. We
encourage you to contact us with your ideas..
The board of directors wants to hear from the membership and individuals who are interested in our industry and the association mission. We encourage you to contact us with your ideas.
Board of Directors
Pictured L-R: Cortney Gibson, Deborah Smith, Susan Veale, Alan Friedman, Second Vice President, Wendy Sachs, Sandra Costantino, Treasurer, Pat Cascio, President, Sharon Graff-Radell, Susan Tokayer, First Vice President, Becky Kavanagh, Secretary and Michelle McNabb.
Pictured L-R: Deborah Smith, Becky Kavanagh, Secretary, Cortney Gibson, Wendy Sachs, Michelle McNabb, Susan Veale, Susan Tokayer, First Vice President, Pat Cascio, President, Alan Friedman, Second Vice President, and Sharon Graff-Radell.
Speaker/Sponsor: Stephanie Breedlove, Breedlove & Associates
Seated: Kellie Geres, former board member
 Lisa Stipe |
 Bob King, Esq |
2008-09 Board of Directors
Co-President, Wendy Sachs - (New York, NY). Assistant to the Treasurer. Wendy has been the owner of The Philadelphia Nanny Network, Inc. since 1985 and is also a founding member of INA. She has served as a board member, Secretary and four-term President. Committees served include, Conference, Membership, Nanny of the Year, Nanny of the Year Application Revision, Publication, and Public Relations along with many Task Forces created over the last 20 years. Ms. Sachs was spokesperson during the time of the “Zoe Baird” nanny tax issue, the Swiss au pair incident and the birth of nanny cams. She was a driving force in drafting the organization’s positions on the au pair programs and hidden nannycams. Ms. Sachs has lobbied on Capitol Hill regarding the au pair programs, and was involved in the first phase of drafting the INA Credential Exam. An active participant in numerous conferences, she has presented workshops for agencies, including the popular New Agency Workshop.
Co-President, Susan Tokayer - (Dobbs Ferry, NY). Susan is the Chairperson for the INA Nanny Credential Exam Committee and is on the 2008 Conference committee. She has served as First Vice President and Secretary of the INA Executive Committee. Susan is the founder and owner of Family Helpers, Inc., Dobbs Ferry, NY, since 1995. Susan has a B.A. in management and a master’s degree in social work. She has been an INA member since 1995, has participated on committees, and has contributed articles to INA newsletter, INAVision. Susan has been a workshop presenter at three INA annual conferences.
First Vice President, Sharon Graff-Radell - (Miami, FL). Internet Committee Co-Chair. Sharon is an Agency Consultant and the founder and president of TLC for Kids, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri (since 1985). Sharon has been leading seminars and workshops at INA conferences and consulting since 1992. Sharon was named the Young Entrepreneur for the state of Missouri in 1990, served INA as a member of the Public Relations Committee, has contributed articles to INAVision, and was a member of the Conference Planning Committee. Since 2004, she has been participating in INA conferences as a co-presenter of the popular New Agency Workshop. As a Board member since 1996, Sharon has served as INA’s Secretary, the Public Relations Co-Chair, First Vice President and Internet Committee Chairperson.
Second Vice President, Alan Friedman - (New York, NY). Alan is co-owner and operator of the Manhattan A Choice Nanny in New York. He has been a member of INA since 1991, serving on the Board of Directors as the Legislative Chair for five years and serving as Second Vice President and Chairing the Ethics and Bylaws Committee since 2001. With a B.A. from Dartmouth College and LLB from New York University School of Law, Alan has practiced General, Corporate and Real Estate Law, both privately and with J.C. Penney for more than 20 years.
Treasurer, Sandra Costantino - (Haddonfield, NJ). Executive Director/Co-Owner of Neighborhood Nannies, Inc. in Haddonfield, New Jersey, since 1983. Sandra is a founding member of INA and has served continuously on the Board of Directors since its inception. She has also been responsible for the annual conference site selection since 1993. Sandra has chaired the INA Committee on Professional Standards and has served on several committees: Conference, Finance, INA Relocation Committee and Publications Review Board and various task forces over the past 22 years. Sandra also served as INA Secretary and First Vice President.
Secretary, Becky Kavanagh - (Eden Prairie, MN). Becky also serves as the Membership Committee Co-Chair and is on the Conference 2008 committee. She 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 a professional nanny. 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 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 more than 16 years, and is an active member of her local support group, Twin Cities Professional Nannies, where she served as the president for two years. In 2006, Becky was chosen as INA’s NOTY.
Cortney Gibson - (Franklin, IN). Research Committee Chair. Cortney 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 working directly with families. For eight of those years, she worked as a professional nanny and in 2004 she began working exclusively with newborns. Cortney specializes in the care of preemies and multiples, as well as sleep coaching and new parent education. As a Certified Happiest Baby Educator, she teaches the soothing methods of Dr. Harvey Karp. In addition to teaching private classes, she works with local child abuse prevention programs to bring this life-saving technique to inner city and teen parents. Cortney has been published in INAVision and has been featured in dozens of newspapers including The Indianapolis Star and Chicago Tribune.
Bob King, Esq. - (Irvine, CA). Governmental Affairs Committee Chair, Advisory Member of INA Board of Directors 2007 - 2008. Bob is an attorney and founder of Legally Nanny®, a company that provides legal and tax advice to household employers and domestic employment agencies. He has shared his expertise as a contributing writer for INAVision and conducted workshops as a conference speaker. Bob graduated from Georgetown University, studied at the University of Lisbon, Portugal, on a Rotary Fellowship, and received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School. Legally Nanny assists domestic employment agencies with business, dispute resolution, and labor & employment matters. Additionally, the firm assists domestic employers with legal and tax issues, including payroll; employment and severance agreements; preparing back taxes; and defending audits, investigations, and lawsuits from nannies and governmental entities. Bob also serves as the General Counsel for the Alliance of Premier Nanny Agencies (APNA) and as an expert witness in household employment litigation.
Erin Krex - ( Chicago , IL ) Erin is the owner of First Class Care, Inc - Chicagoland's Premier Nanny Agency. Erin has a BA in Graphic Design from the University of Cincinnati DAAP and 5 years Design and Marketing experience. As an Agency owner and working mother with a nanny, Erin strives to educate families and nannies about good practices. Erin is on the board of the Baby Boutique Expos in Chicago .? She is also a member of Illinois Action for Children and The Network of Women Entrepreneurs. Erin has been a member of INA since 2006.
Sheilagh Roth - ( Chagrin Falls , OH ) Mrs. Roth was born in England and in 1984 created and founded the English Nanny and Governess School . ENGS was the first nanny school in America with a full academic faculty dedicated exclusively to educating nannies and governesses. Mrs. Roth was invited to the White House to represent the nanny profession at Hillary Clinton?s Conference on Childcare. She was also a judge for the ?Parents Magazine Nanny Award.? She has given numerous television interviews from the school, appearing on Good Morning America and Fox Cable News shows, in addition to being interviewed on television and radio shows across the country. Mrs. Roth has been a guest on Larry King Live and has been featured in American magazines and national newspapers.? Mrs. Roth serves as the Executive Director of ENGS and is also president of the American Council of Nanny Schools. She has been instrumental in requiring regulations for the Au Pair programs, and for the past two decades has been a leading advocate for benefits and respect for American nannies.
Susan Veale - (Corunna, MI). INAVision Editor and Conference 2008. Susan has been in the child care industry for more than 30 years. Susan has been a member of INA for four years and passed the INA credential exam. She has been a professional nanny/governess since graduating from the English Nanny and Governess School in 2001. Other memberships include, The Florida Homeschool Association, National Association for the Education of Young Children and The International Network for Children and Families. Her background includes serving on the YMCA/Rotary Soccer Program as executive committee secretary that allowed her to gain experience in leadership, public relations and fundraising.