Executive Leadership
Child & Family Resources’ executive leadership team is dedicated to guiding the organization with vision, integrity and a commitment to strengthening Arizona families and communities.
RJ Encinas
Chief Program Officer of Early Care and Education and Prevention Programs for Youth
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Board of Directors
A community-based board of directors actively governs the programs as set forth in the bylaws of the agency. The board reflects a cross-section of our diverse community. These people set the course of the agency and direct the professional staff so that together the mission of the agency is served.
Youth Advisory Board
We are empowering the next generation of leaders to rise up with confidence, resilience, and purpose.
This year's advisors:
(Eli) Carmen
Alexzia
Aziel
Zahara
Scarleth
Neyder
About our Founder Martha Rothman
Martha founded Child & Family Resources in 1970. In Martha’s early life she worked as a teacher, where she first started to serve her community. In 1962, Martha and her family relocated to Tucson, AZ where she served as editor of the Arizona Jewish Post. Martha was an avid volunteer who shared her time with the National Council of Jewish Women and the United Way of Southern Arizona. Martha believed that we are only as good as the quality of our care for and connection with others, and this led her to the founding of Tucson Association for Child Care, later renamed Child and Family Resources. Martha served as executive director of the organization from its inception in 1970 until her retirement in 2004. Martha’s lifelong commitment to the community was an inspiration to all those she touched.