Our Board & Staff
Staff
The Trust Fund is staffed by an Executive Director, a Grants Manager, and an Administrative Assistant.
Roger Sherman – Executive Director
Roger Sherman is the Executive Director of the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund, which is also the state affiliate of Prevent Child Abuse America. Under Roger’s leadership, the Trust has greatly expanded its efforts to prevent child sexual abuse, introduced new ways of preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome, and engaged educators and others around trauma-informed care and strengthening families. He has worked with schools and other organizations statewide in his current role and previously as a community organizer from 1979-2007 when he started at the Children’s Trust. Roger has presented at service clubs, classrooms and conferences throughout Idaho and nationally. He is married to Cathy Sherman and has three daughters, Elia, Hallie and Deana.
Roger.Sherman@ctf.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-386-9317
Kim Hemmert – Grants Manager
Kim started as the Grants Manager for the Trust Fund in August 2021. She completed her practicum at ICTF while pursuing her master’s degree in Social Work from Boise State University and has returned to join the staff. Her previous experience with Head Start and Early Head Start helped her understand why healthy brain development and attachment is so critical in the early years of life. She was a foster parent for the state of Idaho for six years. During that time, she had many opportunities to collaborate in the reunification and adoption process. While serving on the Keeping Children Safe Panel, she assisted in making recommendations to legislators regarding children in foster care. It became clearer to her that kids need a safe, stable, and nurturing home in order to thrive. Kim is married and has two beautiful children. She likes Zumba, yoga, listening to audiobooks, and volunteers at the Boise Little Theatre. She is passionate about the wellbeing of children and families as well as eliminating food waste.
kim.hemmert@ctf.idaho.gov
Phone: 208-386-9317
Taber Martin – Administrative Assistant
Taber is a Treasure Valley native who graduated from the College of Idaho. She loves being involved in meaningful organizations and is passionate about strengthening families in her local community. Taber has a sweet daughter, Eloise. In her spare time, she loves reading, spending time outside chasing Eloise, and binging reality tv.
Aspen Arnold – Eastern Idaho Community Resource Coordinator
KJ Brant – Northern Idaho Community Resource Coordinator
Board of Directors
The Idaho Children’s Trust Fund is comprised of seven volunteers appointed by the Governor who represent different regions of the state. In addition, the board has three representatives appointed by the Attorney General, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Director of the Department of Health and Welfare.
Richard Jurvelin – Region I, Coeur d’Alene
Richard served 26 years as a US Army officer and is now a realtor in Coeur d’Alene. With a vast experience of volunteer work in his community, he is currently Treasurer/board member of the Children’s Village Foundation, board member of Lutherhaven Ministries, member and past president of Coeur d’Alene Kiwanis, and member of MOAA (Military Officers of America) and the American Legion. Richard has his captain’s license and shares his love of boating by providing day trips on his houseboat on Lake Coeur d’Alene to local charitable organizations. He is married to Jill with whom he has two daughters and seven grandchildren.
Charlotte Watters – Region II, Lapwai
Dahlia Stender – Region III, Weiser
Dahlia Stender is the Department Supervisor and Chief Juvenile Probation Officer for Washington County Juvenile Probation in Weiser, Idaho. Dahlia has been employed with Washington County since 1998. She has been an active member of the Idaho Assoc. of Juvenile Justice Administrators and Idaho Juvenile Justice Association, where she has held various leadership roles over the years. She was recognized in 2011 as the District 3 Administrator of the Year and she was the recipient of the District 3 Commitment to Service Award in 2018 for IJJA. She is currently the Chair of the District 3 Juvenile Justice Council and a member of the Idaho Juvenile Justice Commission and the Idaho Council for Interstate Juvenile Supervision. Dahlia is married to Brian Stender and together they enjoy spending time with their three children, daughter-in-law and grandchild.
Robin Allen – Region IV, Boise
Jill Andrus – Region V, Jerome
Jill is a Teacher of the Visually Impaired for the Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and Blind, Outreach Program. She has the great opportunity to work with students from birth through age 24 and their families. Prior to joining IESDB, she worked as a Developmental Specialist with the Idaho Infant Toddler Program working with children, birth to 3 years old, with special needs. Jill is also a facilitator for the Darkness to Light child abuse prevention program. She has a Master’s Degree in Early Childhood Special Education from Idaho State University and a Master’s Degree in Vision Impairments from the University of Northern Colorado. Jill lives in the Magic Valley with her husband, Drae; and they are blessed to be the parents of 6 incredibly awesome children. In her spare time, she is a band mom, a football/wrestling mom, a choir mom, a baker, chauffeur, and a very proud Marine MoM.
Brenda Stanley – Region VI, Blackfoot
Board Chair
Brenda Stanley has spent over two decades as a television news anchor and reporter in Eastern Idaho. She holds an MBA in healthcare administration and has also held positions as Director of Public Relations and Marketing for Portneuf Medical Center and Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center. She is a graduate of Dixie State University and the University of Utah. Brenda is now a full-time writer and the author of eight books. She is the mother of 5 grown children, including two sets of twins, and a grandma of eight. Brenda and her husband Dave, a veterinarian, live on a small ranch near the Snake River in Blackfoot, where Dave is convinced, she is starting her own petting zoo.
Teena McBride – Region VII, Idaho Falls
Teena was transplanted at the age of 8 to Idaho, she is originally from Matt Dillion’s hometown of Dodge City Kansas.
She has raised 4 children and assisted raising two stepsons in Idaho Falls. She is the Nana to 18 grandchildren ages 4-24 and the Great G-Nan to two little girls.
Her career has been spent working for local non-profits in the Idaho Falls area; Idaho Falls YMCA and the Development Workshop. She is currently and has been the Executive Director of the Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Center for 27 years, she has spent the past 30 years assisting victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
Teena is an active member of the Idaho Falls Civitan Club. She has served as President elect, President and Past President of the IFCC and is a part-time member of the Idaho Falls Exchange Club. She has served on numerous boards and advisory boards at both the local and state level.
In 2019 she was nominated as one of Eastern Idaho’s Most Influential Women.
She enjoys anything on the water and relaxing in the outdoors.
Cheryl George – Attorney General’s Office
Cheryl George is Deputy Attorney General for the State of Idaho and is assigned to the Public Employee Retirement System of Idaho (PERSI). Cheryl has been a deputy for almost 14 years and at PERSI for almost 5 years. Cheryl’s role at PERSI is to advise PERSI and its Board of Trustees and is responsible for overseeing all legal issues and activities that impact PERSI. Cheryl worked in private practice in Idaho and overseas in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as a Special Assistant Attorney General and as Corporate Counsel for a multi-national corporation. Cheryl received her Juris Doctorate from Gonzaga University and LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida.
Shannon Dunstan – Department of Education
Shannon Dunstan is the Result Driven Accountability and Early Childhood Coordinator for the Idaho State Department of Education. Shannon has worked at the Department of Education since 2010. Before joining the Department of Education, she was a business owner and Special Education Teacher supporting families and children with disabilities since 1991. Shannon holds a Masters of Social Work, will complete a Masters of Education Leadership in May 2018 and is currently enrolled in a doctoral program at Boise State University. Shannon represents the Superintendent of Instruction on the Idaho Children’s Trust Fund board since 2011.
Jen Haddad – Department of Health and Welfare
Idaho Children’s Trust Fund
P.O. Box 2015
Boise, Idaho 83701
ph: 208-386-9317
fax: 208-386-9955