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Talk About Parenting with Shirlee Smith, Inc. launched with the popular television show, initially seen only in Pasadena, later, in 2005, They're Your Kids Not Your Friends made its debut, as did numerous well-received parenting workshops that are presented nationwide.
Currently the organization produces:
"Talk About Parenting with Shirlee Smith"and related videos [go to...]
• Shirlee's Book, They're Your Kids Not Your Friends published in 2001, also published in Spanish, Son Tus Hijos, No Tus Amigos[go to...]
• Parent Training Workshops conducted by Shirlee Smith.
• Talk About Parenting with Shirlee Smith, Inc. is a non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors. The organization was founded in 1997 and has received grants from the City of Pasadena, Wilt Chamberlain Foundation, Los Angeles County Supervisor, Michael D. Antonovich, Philanthropist, Adelaide Hixon, City of Pasadena Northwest Programs and individual contributors.
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Shirlee Smith, President, CEO
About Shirlee Smith >
Reginald K. Brown, Esq.
Reginald K. Brown is a Los Angeles attorney specializing in entertainment and business litigation, representing his clients in a wide range of matters. After attending Compton public schools, Mr. Brown graduated from Stanford University, earning his bachelor's degree in Political Science. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Among his many outside activities, he co-founded the Stanford Black Alumni Association as well as Friends of the Children's Institute. He has been baseball coach for both the Cheviot Hills Little League and the Ladera Little League.
Lorene Fleming
Lorene Fleming is in the financial services field and is currently a Regulatory Specialist for Wedbush Morgan Securities. At Cal Poly Pomona, she received her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance, and is currently working on her M.B.A. She has been a long-time volunteer for Talk About Parenting with Shirlee Smith and for YMCA as a volunteer camp director. She is married and the mother of two daughters and one son.
Elliot M. Gold
Elliot M. Gold is President of TeleSpan Publishing Corp. which he founded in 1981. He has been a consultant to scores of providers of teleconferencing equipment and services worldwide as well as noted speaker, publisher, panel moderator and author of numerous books and articles, conferences, workshops, and tutorial reports on the subject of teleconferencing and videoconferencing. He is publisher of the newsletter TeleSpan, joint author of six books on teleconferencing, and author of sociological and other publications. He received his Bachelor of Science in Mathematics at Michigan State University and his M.A. in Sociology at California State University Los Angeles. He has been an active supporter of the San Gabriel Valley Boy Scouts of America. He is married to Shirley and the father of two sons.
Angela Landry
Angela Landry is employed by the City of Pasadena as a Community Service Representative in the Career Services Division. Among her many job duties is providing clients with unemployment insurance information and enrolling them in the CalJOBS employment database. She was honored as Community Service Representative of the Year by the Foothill Employment and Training Connection. She is a member of and secretary for both S.M.I.L.E. (Scholarship for Motivated Individuals Learning Eagerly, Inc.) and PBMEA (Pasadena Black Municipal Employee's Association). She has volunteered for many organizaations, including the Pasadena High School Girl's Basketball Team, FYSSP (Foothill Youth Self Sufficiency Program), Boy Scouts of America, and the Pasadena Police Department's Citizen Police Academy and Explorers. She is the mother of three daughters and is dedicated to being a caregiver for her own mother.
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 Ivan Light, Ph.D., Emeritus
Ivan Light specializes in urban sociology with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, and immigration. He is the author of numerous textbooks. He is a member of the American Association and the International Sociological Association. He frequently lectures abroad, and is a retired professor from UCLA. Married and the father of two college students, Light says, "Parents must read to their children at least a half an hour everyday!"
Rocco Olivo
Rocco Olivo is in the banking field and is currently employed by Community Bank as a Financial Service Representative. He has had experience in the real estate field as a licensed real estate agent and loan officer. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Pepperdine University.
Thomas Ralls
......Bio Forthcoming.....
Phoenix Smith
Phoenix Smith is a sign language interpreter. She is employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District at Marlton School for the Deaf. She received her B.A. in Cultural Anthropology from UC Irvine and attended UAS, becoming a nationally certified sign language interpreter and a member of Registry of Interpreters of the Deaf (R.I.D.). She is also a member and former secretary of Hear Zero (Deaf Advocacy Council), National Alliance of Black Interpreters (NAOBI), and GLAD (Greater Los Angeles Council of the Deaf), She has been a volunteer for the Exceptional Children's Foundation, Jeffrey Foundation, Altadena Library, Remedial Reading and Learning Center, Marlton School for the Deaf, and Talk About Parenting with Shirlee Smith. Her hobbies include reading, skating, and bicycling.
Ann-Marie Stephenson, Ph.D.
Ann-Marie Stephenson is a clinical psychologist who is a teacher of graduate courses in psychology, an independent contractor who provides consultations, assessment, and management training at various clinical and business organizations, and is Vice President and Chief Clinical Officer at Pacific Clinics. She has been directly involved with child welfare, foster care, and emergency shelter programs, Head Start mental health services, psycho-social training for professionals treating AIDs and HIV patients, and with individual, group, couples, and family psychotherapy. Born in Trinidad, she received her B.A. and M.B.A. in Ohio, and her Ph.D. at the California School of Professional Psychology.
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