Meet Our Board of Directors

President: Beverly Daley, PhD, LCSW

Beverly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker practicing in Los Angeles. She was inspired to organize the camp in 1994 through her work with teens at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. In November 2016 she presented the history of the camp at the IX International Turner Syndrome Conference in Cancun, Mexico. In December 2018, Beverly and a parent of a teen from northern California gave a presentation at a Pay It Forward group in San Jose to raise scholarship funds. 

Secretary: Peggy Polinsky, MSW, PhD

Peggy has over thirty years of experience in social science research and evaluation, including projects in family strengthening, program model implementation and fidelity, and quality of life. She has numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and since her retirement, has contributed much of her time as secretary and evaluator for The National Turner Syndrome Camp, Inc. She presented findings on the 2016 camp evaluation at the IX International Turner Syndrome Conference in Cancun, Mexico. Peggy has a PhD from the University of Southern California and a Masters in Science from Columbia University, both in social work.

Treasurer: Jackie Rodriguez

Jackie is an experienced financial and business operations leader with over 20 years of extensive experience in higher education, providing strategic leadership in human resources, financial and budgetary management, and oversight for administrative/business operations. Jackie is a parent of a current NTSC camper. She currently serves as the Senior Director, Finance and Business Operations for the Chancellor, Provost, & Health, Well-Being, & Safety organizations at the University of California, Riverside.  She earned her MBA at Cal State Long Beach, in Long Beach, California and her bachelor’s degree in English Literature at UC Riverside, in Riverside California.

Director: Cecile Falk, Ph.D.

Cecile is a clinical psychologist with over forty years of experience.  She specializes in working with children and families.  In addition to her private practice she supervises and trains graduate students learning to be Marriage Family Therapists and consults with early childhood and daycare facilities.  Cecile is currently The Chair of The Board of Directors for a local Graduate School offering a doctoral degree in child psychotherapy and child psychology.

Director: Jessica Nevin, M.A.

Jessica is a doctoral candidate at Rutgers University in Political Science. She has been a counselor at Camp since 2005 and is delighted to be part of camp in another capacity. She brings significant knowledge of the TS community, having served as Chapter Leader for the Bay Area chapter from 2004 - 2007 and attended several national conferences, in addition to her involvement with Camp.

Director: Christina Parisi, MPA

Christina has been a NTSC counselor and art teacher for over 15 years. She works for the federal government in Washington, DC and is an alumna of the Presidential Management Fellowship program. She holds a Masters of Public Administration from New York University and a BA in Political Science from the University of Maryland. She loves to travel, especially to LA for board meetings.

Director: Andrea Trujillo, M.Ed.

Andee is a special education teacher in Los Angeles. She attended camp as a teenager and as a counselor since 2001 she has been an inspiration to younger girls. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Educational Administration at California State University.