Generations United’s Grandfamilies Advocacy Network Demonstration, known as the GrAND network, is comprised of a select group of grandparents and other relative caregivers from across the country who have a range of expertise and personal experience as relatives who have raised children when their parents have been unable to raise them. GrAND members serve as strategic partners to inform policies and practices affecting grandfamilies and help reveal family strengths, needs and service gaps. They provide guidance and feedback into Generations United’s resources and advocacy on behalf of grandfamilies.

Below is a list of GrAND members.

Lula Rochelle
Alabama


Sherry Griffin
Arizona


Victoria Gray
Arizona


Bob Ruble
California


Gail Engel
Colorado


Chris Mathews
Florida


Eugene Vickerson
Georgia


Glenda Weaver
Idaho


Adrian Charniak
Illinois


Rijenna Murray
Indiana


Andreah Moyer
Iowa

Connie Mayes
Kansas


Laura Cooper
Kentucky


Robert Brown
Louisiana


Bette Hoxie
Maine


Sonya Begay
Maryland


Jan Wagner
Michigan


Sharon Olson
Minnesota


Rose Stigger
Missouri


Cindy Kwiatkowski
Nebraska


Anntesha Chesterton
Nevada


Dolores Bryant
New Jersey

Sammie Hayes
New Mexico


Linda James
New York


Glenda Clare
North Carolina


Melodye James
Ohio


Jacquline Jackson
Oklahoma


Joan Callander Dingle
Oregon


Iona Fields-Jenkins
South Carolina


Delia Martinez
Texas


Mercedes Bristol
Texas


Gail Gallagher
Texas


LaNette Jacobs
Utah


Brenda Hamlin
Vermont


Sarah Smalls
Virginia


Lynn Urvina
Washington


Annie Otto
West Virginia


Santana Lee
Wisconsin


Alice Carter
Wyoming