Following is biographical information on the men and women responsible for the management of the National Youth Sports Program Fund (NYSPF), which effectively combines federal funds and private resources to improve the health and physical fitness of young people, particularly those who are members of low-income families and residents of economically disadvantaged areas of the United States:

John S. Black, legal counsel
National Youth Sports Program Fund

Black, a past president of the Missouri Bar, is a partner with a Kansas City, Missouri, law firm and practices in the areas of business, employment and sports law, intellectual property, and alternative dispute resolution. He also serves as general counsel for the National Federation of State High School Associations.

Black is president-elect of the Missouri Bar Foundation, vice-president of the Missouri Press-Bar Commission and a board member of the Missouri Supreme Court Historical Society. He also served on the Governor's Special Commission to Reform the Judicial Article of the Missouri Constitution.

He earned his bachelor's degree from Colorado College in 1970 and his law degree from Duke University in 1973. He was admitted to the Missouri Bar and the U.S. District Court, Western District of Missouri, in 1973, and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1977.

Dan Boggan, senior vice-president
NCAA

Boggan, who earned his B.A. in history and sociology from Albion College in 1967 and a master's degree in social work in 1968 from the University of Michigan, has worked in four different areas. From 1968 to 1970, he worked as a social worker in Albion, Michigan, and from 1970 to 1986, he served several cities and two counties as a senior manager, including Jackson, Michigan; Flint, Michigan; Portland, Oregon; Berkeley, California; San Diego County, California; and Essex County, New Jersey.

From 1986 to 1994, Boggan served as vice-chancellor for business and administrative services at the University of California, Berkeley. And in 1994, he became group executive director for education services at the NCAA. In January 1996, he was promoted to NCAA senior vice-president.

Boggan has served on various local boards throughout his career. Currently, he is chair of the East Oakland Youth Development Foundation board and the National Writing Project board of directors. He also serves as a member of the board of directors of the Youth Volunteer Corps of America. He was one of the founders of the National Forum for Black Public Administrators and its president in 1990-91.

Warren K. Giese
President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports

Walter B. Henderson
Stark County Community Action Agency

Henderson currently is the chief executive officer of the Stark County Community Action Agency, and has worked with the National Youth Sports Program for more than 15 years.

A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Henderson also has degrees from the Wharton Business School and the University of New Mexico.

He also has served as a national fellow (selected on youth issues during the administration of President Carter).

Henderson is a past chair of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and a former vice-president of the Global Youth Foundation.

Mary Ann MacKenzie
Administration for Children and Families

MacKenzie earned her B.A. from Wheaton College (Illinois) and a postgraduate degree from New York University.

Dana K. Skinner, director of athletics
University of Massachusetts at Lowell

Skinner was named director of athletics at Massachusetts-Lowell in November 1995, becoming the third AD there since the merger of Lowell State College and Lowell Technological Institute in 1975.

A 1978 graduate of Merrimack College, Skinner came to the then-University of Lowell in September 1988 as the coordinator of promotions, marketing and event operations. He was named assistant director of athletics in 1989 and associate director of athletics in 1993.

Skinner was the head men's basketball coach at Salem State College from 1985 to 1987 before coming to Massachusetts-Lowell. He guided the Vikings to a two-year record of 34-19, including a 22-6 mark and an NCAA Division III tournament berth in 1985-86.

Ed Thiebe, president
National Youth Sports Corporation

Thiebe, who was appointed as president of the National Youth Sports Corporation last fall, is a 1977 graduate of Springfield College, where he earned a bachelor's degree in physical education. Thiebe also has a master's degree in adaptive physical education from the University of South Florida and has completed 30 credit hours toward a doctorate in sports administration from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.

He was hired at the NCAA in 1986 and became director of youth programs in 1989. Thiebe was instrumental in the development of the NCAA's Youth Education through Sports (YES) program, which has grown to more than 20 annual clinics in conjunction with NCAA championship events, and with the development of the NCAA's commitment to the NYSP.

He continues to be responsible for administrative duties related to both the NYSP and YES through the NYSPF.