Bobby Hackett, President

rhackett@bonner.org

Mr. Hackett joined the Bonner Foundation in 1992 as Vice President and Director of the Bonner Scholars Program and assumed the role of President in July, 2010. 

Prior to joining the Bonner Foundation, Mr. Hackett worked at the Telesis Corporation, an affordable housing developer in Washington, D.C. He also served as managing director of the Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL) during its first three years of operation. In addition, for the past twenty years, Mr. Hackett has been associated in various capacities with the Youth Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based non-partisan organization that researches and reports on policies and programs relating to young people.

Mr. Hackett received his bachelors degree from Harvard University in 1985 and a masters in public and private management from Yale University's School of Organization and Management in 1990. 

Ariane Hoy, Senior Program Officer

ahoy@bonner.org

A California native, Ariane aims to empower people to be active in building a better world through civic engagement. She has served as the Executive Director of Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL), which focused on mobilizing the national college student service movement;  Jumpstart’s Vice President for Program, where she helped create an integrated outcome-based program model and infrastructure to grow a multi-campus program engaging students in educating low-income preschoolers; and director for the undergraduate fellowship at Echoing Green Foundation, recruiting and supporting talented social entrepreneurs. As a young alum, Ari spent five years at City Year, a national youth service program for 17 to 25 year-olds of diverse backgrounds.  She gained experience as Team Leader, Program Director, and Senior Designer and Trainer for the founding National Academy, responsible for taking City Year national to new sites and training staff in key skills like team leadership and inclusivity.  Ari's commitment began through intensive student involvement in service, policy research, and equity issues at Stanford University, which culminated in a John Gardner Public Service Fellowship working with the Superintendent in East Palo Alto, CA.  Ariane loves to cook, so after work she dreams of writing a cookbook.

Christen Foell, Program Director

cfoell@bonner.org

Christen joined the staff of the Bonner Foundation in 2006.  In her role as Program Director, Christen oversees the National Bonner Leader Program and the New Jersey Bonner Leader Program.  Prior to joining the Foundation staff, Christen worked in program and volunteer management at several national nonprofit organizations including the Dream Foundation, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Special Olympics.  A native of Southern California, Christen received her bachelor's degree from Westmont College and completed a Master's degree in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management at Seton Hall University.

Michael Richardson, Program Associate

mrichardson@bonner.org

A native of North Carolina, Michael graduated with Honors from Morehouse College '08 with a degree in psychology.  His passion for community change and social justice grew as a student where he was involved Bonner program serving in Americorps as an executive coordinator for the Jumpstart Program coordinating a variety of service events on campus.  Upon his graduation, he was a Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellow at the Congressional Hunger Center.  During this program he worked in New Orleans working in local communities around energy conversation and in Washington, D.C. with the national policy advocacy organization, RESULTS.  He is currently a Program Associate at the Bonner Foundation in Princeton, New Jersey.  

Kelly Behrend, Program Associate

kelly@bonner.org

Kelly is a Bonner Scholar alumna, graduating magna cum laude from the University of Richmond ('10). Although a New Jersey native, Kelly has been involved with international issues throughout her education — majoring in International Peace & Conflict and Spanish, working with refugees and immigrants through her Bonner service, and spending her junior year abroad in terrorist regions studying national and human security. Her senior thesis on refugees, largely inspired by her work as a Bonner Scholar, received numerous national and international awards. She looks forward to pursuing that research as a Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar for the 2012-2013 academic year, through which she will attain a Master's Degree in Forced Migration Studies (refugees). Kelly is also passionate about access to education, youth mobilization & activism, and political engagement.   

Janet Ashwood, AmeriCorps Enrollment Manager

jashwood@bonner.org

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Abigail Rice, AmeriCorps Enrollment Manager

arice@bonner.org

Abigail is a native of the greater Boston area, graduating with a degree in English from Ithaca College. She volunteered with Young Life for 8 years, working with high school students to provide positive mentoring. Abby brings extensive administrative experience to the Bonner Foundation, having worked as an administrative assistant in Rochester, NY. Now a resident of Princeton, Abigail enjoys pursuing her interests in the creative arts and enhancing the Bonner Foundation's resources through modern digital and print media.

Sarah Meadows, AmeriCorps Enrollment Manager

smeadows@bonner.org

The first thing that most people who meet Sarah notice is that she is English - she says her accent gives it away! Sarah first moved to New Jersey from England on New Years Day 2007, when her husband's job brought him to New York City.  She is the mother of two boys (Harry,13, and Alexander, 9), and has spent much of her time here in the States in volunteer work in schools, church, and Cub and Boy Scouts.  In her working life, Sarah is a trained accountant and auditor, and has spent most of her career in Higher Education administration, though she has also worked for places as varied as the BBC (in the TV Drama production department - which really was as exciting as it sounds!) and, most recently, a wedding and prom gown manufacturer.

Laine Slatton, AmeriCorps Enrollment Manager

lslatton@bonner.org

Laine hails from Nashville, Tennessee, where she spent the majority of her childhood and may have picked up a slight southern accent.  She attended Cornell and Vanderbilt Universities, where she majored in Women's and Gender Studies and minored in Art History.  She loves sociology and the study of people and their creations.  After college, Laine spent time in Seattle, Washington, enjoying lots of outdoors activities while working for R.E.I.,  until she moved back to Tennessee to get a "real job," save up some money, and make her way out to New Jersey--of all places--to live near some friends.  After some social and administrative work, a recent marriage, and lots of connections with The Bonner Foundation, Laine finds herself as an Enrollment Manager of the NJ AmeriCorps Bonner Leader Program.