Our board’s mission is to guide the vision of the Foundation for Family Life in strengthening families & individuals while building healthier communities. Through diverse professional expertise, the board provides governance, strategic direction, & oversight. Their leadership helps ensure the organization remains focused on creating lasting, generational change—helping families & individuals heal, grow, & build brighter futures.
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Founder & Executive Director of the Foundation for Family Life, (former South Dakota State & University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor), oversees development & implementation of all Foundation programs (Family Life Coach Institute, Family Life Center, Redwood Recovery, MentorWorks, FatherWorks, NativeWorks, etc.). For three decades Dr. White has focused on strengthening family life through several areas including coaching, mentoring, responsible fatherhood, substance-abuse prevention, & evidence-based risk-prevention programs. He is especially passionate about his work with developing family life coaches around the world (familylifecoachinstitute.org). He worked with Dakota & Lakota tribes to develop a culturally-specific, family-oriented alcohol, drug, & suicide prevention program called Takoja Niwiciyape: Giving Life to the Grandchildren. His experience with design & implementation of fatherhood programs has been key to the successful, federally-funded MentorWorks reentry program (transition from incarceration) that significantly reduces relapse & recidivism. With 40 years of sobriety, Dr. White understands the devastating cycle of addiction & incarceration & how to help those ready to change their destructive life patterns. He served a Mission for the Church of Jesus Christ in Denver, Colorado (1986-1988), earned Bachelors (1992) & Masters (1994) degrees from Utah State University, & a Ph.D. from Texas Tech University (1997). He co-founded the Dakota Fatherhood Initiative & co-authored the book Why Fathers Count (with Sean Brotherson). He & Alice, his wife of 34 years are the parents of 8 children (7 girls, 1 boy: ranging in age from 16 to 32) & 7 grandchildren.
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Alice White serves as the Artistic Director at Foundation for Family Life, bringing creativity and leadership to the organization’s mission. In addition, she founded Oquirrh Mountain Ballet, a nonprofit dedicated to making ballet accessible to the community through inclusive training and performances. Learn more about the ballet company at omballetcompany.org.
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Dan is a highly skilled licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years of experience as a mental health provider. Dan is the Clinical Director at FFL. Dan’s experience includes working with children, teens, couples and families. Dan is fluent in Spanish and can provide therapy to Spanish speaking clients as well. He is a dedicated professional committed to improving the lives of his clients by helping them see their own potential. Dan’s approach to therapy is helping clients focus on what they can control and supporting them as they make the necessary changes to succeed.
