Welcome a member! JOIN We are a non-profit Organization and there are no dues or fees. Members of the coalition are invited to join our email support group where members from around the country can communicate with each other. Additionally, information affecting grandparents is posted there daily. We encourage our members to sign up for this benefit.

NCGCR Regional Directors/Voting Board Members

Executive Director
Brigitte Castellano

Assistant Director
Maria Lemons

Secretary of Records
Ellen Anadio

Spokesperson
Ms. Patti Page

Advisory Board
Wm. Bailey, WV Governor’s
Citizen’s Advisory Council

Dr. Frances Brisbane,
Dean, School of Social Welfare
SUNY, Stony Brook, NY

Heidi Redlich Epstein, JD, MSW
ABA Center on Children and the Law
Washington, DC

David Levy, Exec Director
Children’s Rights Council, MD

Dr. James Gleeson
University of Illinois

Louis Henderson, President,
NAFFCCA, Washington D.C.

Justice Warren McGraw
WV State Supreme Court

Cassaundra Rainey
Director, Mid-Atlantic Region
Child Welfare League of America

Dr. Anne Strozier
Florida Kinship Center
University of South Florida

Gerard Wallace, Esq.
Albany Law School, NY

Executive Board President
Lola Bailey, WV

Vice President
Patricia Brown, WA

Secretary
Tracee Crawford, ID

Treasurer
Linda James, NY

If you have any questions, please contact us at
866-624-9900 or email our Executive Director
Brigitte Castellano at:
bcastellano@grandparentsforchildren.org

The National Committee of Grandparents
for Children's Rights can also be reached at

School of Social Welfare
HSC, Level 2, Room 093
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8231

To contact the New Zealand organization Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Trust www.raisinggrandchildren.org.nz

The Nordic Committee for family rights which includes the countries of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. www.nkmr.org

An organization of Canadian grandparents CANGRANDS. www.cangrands.com