Meet the MCP Team

Kristy Stender-Bratcher: Title: ESD 101 Project Coordinator
Contact Me: kbratcher@esd101.net; 509.789.3535
What do I do: I oversee the entire project and make sure the project is in compliance with our funders and other progammatic guidelines and regulations.
Where are you most likely to see me? At my desk buired in paperwork while I'm on the phone and working on the computer!

Amanda Guthmueller: Title: Goodwill Industries MCP Program Coordinator
Contact Me: amandag@giin.org; 509.344.0169
What do I do: I am the program coordinator/manager at Goodwill Industries. That means I do anything and everything dealing with Mentoring Children of Promise.
Where are you most likely to see me? You will most likely see me at Goodwill Industries, Service Learning fair, Spokane Public Schools or pretty much anywhere there are potential mentors and mentees. Also don't be surprised if you meet me and I invite you to be one of the above!

Anthony Foster: Title: Goodwill Industries MCP Mentoring Support Specialist
Contact Me: anthonyf@giin.org; 509.444.4313
What do I do: I interview potential mentors and mentees. I also provide input on potential mentor/mentee matches.
Where am I most likely to be seen: Anywhere there is the potential for a networking opportunity for our program, as well as an opportunity for mentors/mentees to be recruited.

Lisa Morgan: Title: MCP AmeriCorps/VISTA Mentor Support Specialist
Contact Me: lisam@giin.org; 509.232.1136
What do I do: I am an AmeriCorps/Vista member and I am primarily a recruiter, I help facilitate finding Mentors and Children of Incarcerated Parents for our program. I also train new Mentors that sign up with our program.
Where am I most likely to be seen: I would most likely be seen in many places. I am out in the community A LOT! I will conduct home visits to do Mentee interviews and have the caregiver fill out an application for their child. Once I have applications filled out, I will spend time in the office putting file folders together and keep up with inputting notes in the database, checking in on the Mentors and Mentee visits as well and documenting how well it is going. Monthly, I will receive end of month reports that I am responsible for and passing on to my supervisor. I visit the Libby Teen Center twice a week to recruit and currently I am working on my Community Action Project that is required by Vista members. I am teaching the young women over there how to crochet scarves and we will distribute them to the homeless in our community. In addition to that, I set up for Service fairs at the colleges and Universities and we recruit Mentors that way. Any way that I can share our program, I am there, whether it be word of mouth or putting up flyer.

Bethany Smith: Title: Amachi AmeriCorps Program Support Specialist
Contact Me: bethanys@giin.org; 509.232.1135
What do you do: I help with facilitating mentor and mentee matches, participate in outreach activities and assist in finding resources for mentors and mentees. Where are you most likely to be seen: In my cubicle that I share with Lisa…and I am most likely on the phone, reviewing files, or wondering when and what is for Lunch ?

Geraldine McKinnsey: Title: MCP Amachi/AmeriCorps Program Support Specialist
Contact Me: geraldinem@giin.org; 509.232.1135
What do I do:-I set up and retrieve background checks, am an assistant in the Uniquely ME! program at the Girl Scout Club, I am a co-developer for the “Events Wall” on the website for things to do, and attend service fairs whenever my schedule allows, and help coordinate volunteer/mentor recruiting.
Where you might see me: My day job as an NAC at East Central Community Center Sr. Dept., and when my day is through there I am at my desk at the Goodwill Ind., retrieving background checks from the Boys and Girls Club, at the Girl Scout Club for Uniquely ME! in which I drive some of the participants home.

Alise Delzell: Title: Boys & Girls Club MCP Liason
Contact Me: adelzell@bgcspokanecounty.org, 509.990.7328
What do I do: I am the Director of the Boys and Girls Club Libby Teen Center. I run a youth development program for at-risk teens in East Downtown Spokane. Where are you mostly seen? I am mostly seen in the gym playing basketball or in the games room playing a game of Cranium!!

Shanti Perez: Title: MCP AmeriCorps/VISTA Program Support Specialist
Contact Me: shantip@giin.org; 509.444.4319
What I do: The bulk of my time is spent working with information such as auditing, creating new documents, and inserting formulas into databases. I design the newsletter and write manuals for future MCP AmeriCorps*VISTAs to reference. I mentor two girls through MCP. Periodically I interview mentees, mentors, and conduct match meetings. I support several matches.
Where you might see me: If I am not assisting in creating cohesiveness within MCP’s information and record keeping systems, I am working on my Community Action Project: Autism Advocacy in the Spokane Community. I may be seen writing short stories, articles, and reading literature; spending time with family and mentees; painting and photographing; playing with my Rottweilers; camping and hiking; or eating Laotian food.