| About Constitutional Rights Foundation |
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Our Mission | Board of Directors | Annual Report/Financial Statements | Executive Staff | Staff/Contact Us Our MissionConstitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society. CRF is dedicated to assuring our country's future by investing in our youth today. CRF is a non-profit, non-partisan, community-based organization dedicated to educating America's young people about the importance of civic participation in a democratic society. Under the guidance of a Board of Directors chosen from the worlds of law, business, government, education, the media, and the community, CRF develops, produces, and distributes programs and materials to teachers, students, and public-minded citizens all across the nation. Federal Tax Id: 95-2219680 | Tax exempt status: 501(c)(3) CRF staff includes teachers and educators, lawyers, community organizers and fundraisers, designers, writers, and editors. They provide technical assistance and training to teachers, coordinate civic participation projects in schools and communities, organize student conferences and competitions, and develop publications in the following areas:
Get to know more about Constitutional Rights Foundation by looking over our Annual Report. Contact our staff. Explore our Programs section to learn how CRF translates its visions into reality. Turn to the Publications page to survey our catalog offering materials in Government, U.S. and World History, Business, and Civic Participation. Tour our Support section to learn how we keep our vital work moving ahead, or check out the CRF Calendar. Do you have any questions about CRF Programs or Publications? Do you want to reach a particular CRF staff member? Download a copy of CRF's brochure. Board of Directors
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Marshall Croddy assumed the position of President of CRF in February 2013. Croddy previously served as Vice President. He is an attorney and has been a member of the State Bar of California since 1976. Croddy is a nationally recognized leader in the field of law-related and civics education. He has designed, edited, and co-written most of CRF's educational texts and publications including the Law in the Social Studies series, Criminal Justice in America, Letters of Liberty, Foundations of Freedom, Reviewing the Verdict, Active Citizenship Today, The W.M. Keck Foundation Challenge Series, CityWorks, and Bill of Rights in Action, a nationally distributed curricular newsletter. In the area of program design and implementation, he has helped create numerous educational programs for Constitutional Rights Foundation and other organizations, most notably, the 1991 Southern California Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Bill of Rights. He has served on the boards of a number of educational and civic organizations. In 2000, he received the American Bar Association's Isidore Starr Award for Excellence in Law-Related Education, and in 2007, he was awarded the Roy Erickson Civic Education Leadership Award by the California Council for the Social Studies.
Keri Doggett is CRF's Director of Program Development. With CRF for over 20 years, Keri has participated in the design and dissemination of civics programs for elementary, middle, and high school students and teachers. Keri develops curriculum materials, provides leadership in the design and delivery of CRF teacher professional development, works directly with researchers to evaluate CRF programs, and works with executive staff to prepare funding proposals. In addition, she currently oversees CRF’s high school Civic Action Project, all Teaching American History projects, and the new elementary MyTown project. Prior to joining CRF, Keri taught for ten years in Jefferson County public schools in Colorado.
Cathy Seward recently joined CRF as our new Director of Development. She bring to CRF her more than 20 years of deep experience in advertising, marketing, and fund raising. She has successfully built institutional capacity in Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia. From the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Boys Choir of Harlem, the Japan Society, and Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children, Cathy has managed development and communication departments, conducted marketing and sponsorship programs for organizations, and built memberships. Staff | E-Mail Staff
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Leon Bass, Jr. 
T. Warren Jackson, Esq., Immediate Past Chair
Laurence J. Hutt, Esq., Vice Chair
Sharon J. Matsumoto, Esq., Vice Chair
L. Rachel Lerman, Esq.
C. James Levin
E Jane Arnault-Factor, Ph.D.
William K. Mills, Esq.
Robert C. Aronoff, Esq.
William A. Molinski
Alina Mooradian
Alan N. Braverman, Esq. 
Joanne E. Caruso, Esq.
Malissia R. Clinton
Howard M. Privette, Esq.
Fred R. Puglisi, Esq.
Alan I. Rothenberg, Esq.
Robert A. Sacks, Esq.
Jonathan M. Gordon, Esq.
Amy M. Hawkes, Esq.
Roberto J. Kampfner, Esq.
Gregory P. Stone, Esq.
Richard S. Kolodny, Esq.
Gail Migdal Title, Esq.
Marshall Croddy, President 
Keri Doggett, Director of Progam Development
Catherine Seward, Director of Development