The Joshua Child and Family Development Center is a non-profit organization that provides programs designed to improve the lives of individuals and families living with Tourette Syndrome Asperger Syndrome, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and the Associated Disorders through research, education, social and clinical programs.

2007 Board of Directors
General and Executive Board


Mike Allen, President (2005)
GE Energy, Member of Kansas City Businessmen’s Club

Jack Southwick, Secretary (1996)
Co-Founder, Social Worker/Author

Janet Erwin, Treasurer (2006)
Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, P.C., Parent

Bruce Kusmin (2007)
Mariner Wealth Advisors, Kansas City Businessmen’s Club

Ed Molotsky (2006)
KMR Consulting

Deidre Benson (2007)
EMT, Parent

V. Cramer Hass (2007)
Bank Midwest
Commercial Loan Officer

Stanley N. Woodworth (2007)
Polsinelli, Shalton, Flannigan, Suelthaus, PC
Shareholder, Kansas City Businessmen’s Club

Becky Ottinger,
Executive Director, Founder
Joshua Child and Family Development Center

"Let the good service of well-deservers be never rewarded with loss.
Let their thanks be such as may encourage more strivers for the like."
Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England