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.



Bob Ruble
California



Chris Mathews
Florida



Eugene Vickerson
Georgia



Glenda Weaver
Idaho



Adrian Charniak
Illinois



Rijenna Murray
Indiana



Andreah Moyer
Iowa



Laura Cooper
Kentucky



Robert Brown
Louisiana



Bette Hoxie
Maine



Jan Wagner
Michigan

Sharon Olson
Minnesota




Rose Stigger
Missouri



Dolores Bryant
New Jersey



Linda James
New York



Melodye James
Ohio



Joan Callander Dingle
Oregon



Iona Jenkins
South Carolina



LaNette Jacobs
Utah



Brenda Hamlin
Vermont



Sarah Smalls
Virginia



Lynn Urvina
Washington



Annie Otto
West Virginia



Alice Carter
Wyoming