Kenneth J. Jaffe (M.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., John F. Kennedy University) has implemented the Six Steps to Successful Child Advocacy in more than 40 countries. He is the Executive Director of the International Child Resource Institute (ICRI), committed to improving the lives of children and families, with offices and programs worldwide. He is the author of numerous articles on making change for children and co-authored the book Straw into Gold, translated into into Haitian Creole, Nepali and the Ga dialect of Ghana. He has chaired numerous commissions and planning bodies worldwide, including the California Governor′s Advisory Committee on Child Development, and was a founding member of the World Forum on Early Care and Education. He has improved more than 400 children’s programs worldwide and has advised the governments of 15 countries on child and family policy. He has presented hundreds of seminars and keynotes to professionals worldwide and has lectured at universities around the world.