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Elected to BWC Board of Directors
Santa Clara, CA - March 10, 2003 - Tiyasha De Pinto, age 18, and Ian Carter, age 16, have been elected to the Board of Directors of Bill Wilson Center, a non-profit agency that serves youth and their families through counseling, housing, education and advocacy. These newly elected members will represent a youth perspective that will enhance the board's decision-making.
"I am looking forward to contributing my voice and past experiences to guide the decisions of the board," said Tiyasha De Pinto. "I think it is so great that Bill Wilson Center values a youth's opinion as much as an adult's."
According to Ian Carter, "I think that an organization that serves a large amount of youth should have youth deeply involved. I hope that a youth perspective will help the Board, and Bill Wilson Center, identify youth needs and wants."
"The addition of youth members to our Board is a symbol of Bill Wilson Center's commitment to youth development and meeting the needs of the youth we serve," said Sparky Harlan, Executive Director for Bill Wilson Center.
De Pinto is a freshman at De Anza College and plans to get her Masters and PHD in Psychology and eventually counsel others. Carter is a Sophomore at Homestead High School and is involved in several organizations such as the Santa Clara County Youth Task Force, Safe Place, and the California Student Coalition. Both Carter and De Pinto are members of Bill Wilson Center's Peer Education Youth Planning Committee, which is comprised of five youth who plan program curriculum and structure for Bill Wilson Center's Peer Education Program.