Board of Directors

SHIP’s Board of Directors is composed of a diverse cross-section of individuals who have collectively harnessed their passion for children, experience, and skills to help steer SHIP to become a leading youth development and support nonprofit agency.

Executive Committee

Virginia Strnad, President and Co-founder

Barbara Trader, Vice President

Gwen Romack, Secretary

Matthew Johnston, Treasurer

Ed Hinde, Executive Director and non-voting member

Remaining Board of Directors

Kris Fair

Katie Groth

“The impact of poverty on academic achievement is well documented, and school systems across the nation grapple with this issue. One of the most dire circumstances related to poverty is the possibility of homelessness, which can create an even more devastating impact for students. The challenge of poverty and homelessness is not something a school system can resolve alone. In Frederick County, it is so reassuring to have an organization like SHIP that stands ready to offer support and solutions for our students and families.”

Theresa R. Alban, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Frederick County Public Schools

Childhood experiences, both positive and negative, have a tremendous impact on future violence victimization and perpetration, and lifelong health and opportunity. As such, early experiences are an important public health issue. Much of the foundational research in this area has been referred to as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

Adverse Childhood Experiences have been linked to

– risky health behaviors
– chronic health conditions
– low life potential, and early death.

As the number of ACEs increase in a child’s life, so do the risk for these outcomes.

SHIP is working to help alleviate the impact of poverty and homeless upon our local students.

For more information on ACEs in Frederick County, visit https://www.unitedwayfrederick.org/ACE

How can you help or get involved?

P.O. Box 1629Frederick, MD, 21702

(240) 415-8971

(c) 2019 - All rights reserved. Student Homelessness Initiative Partnership (SHIP) of Frederick County, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Information about SHIP submitted under the Maryland Charitable Solicitations Act can be obtained from the Maryland Secretary of State. SHIP uses stock photography on this website to protect the privacy of the children we serve.

This website made possible through a grant provided by the Ausherman Family Foundation.

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