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Our Mission
Reach Out and Read prepares America's youngest children
to succeed in school by partnering with doctors to prescribe
books and encourage families to read together.
Doctors, nurse practitioners, and other medical
professionals incorporate Reach Out and Read's
evidence-based model into regular pediatric checkups, by
advising parents about the importance of reading aloud and
giving developmentally-appropriate books to children. The
program begins at the 6-month checkup and continues through
age 5, with a special emphasis on children growing up in
low-income communities. Families served by Reach Out and
Read read together more often, and their children enter
kindergarten with larger vocabularies and stronger language
skills, better prepared to achieve their potential.
Board of Directors
Chairperson
Mica Strother, J.D.
Office of the
Governor, Director of Appointments
mica.strother@mikebeebe.com
Vice Chair
Jean Block, J.D.
Assistant Attorney General, State of Arkansas
jean.block@arkansasag.gov
Secretary
Peggy Sissel-Phelan, Ed.D.
Brain Child Press, Inc.,
CEO
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Treasurer
Rebecca Frazier
Accountant
rfrazier@tomycpa.com
Amber Richart
Sales Representative, Braintree
Pharmaceuticals
amber.richart@yahoo.com
Marilyn Miller
mdmiller53@aol.com
Vivian Flowers, M.A.
UAMS Director of Recruitment for Diversity
vlflowers@uams.edu
Amy Dunn Johnson, J.D.
Executive Director, Arkansas
Access to Justice Commission
amyjohnson419@sbcglobal.net
Missy McJunkins Duke, J.D.
Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon, and Galchus, P.C., Attorney
mduke@cgwg.com
Angela Green, R.N., Ph.D.
Dept. of Pediatrics, UAMS/AR Children's Hospital
Professor, Director of Nursing Research
GreenAL@archildrens.org
Natalie Ghioditti
Principal, Ghidotti Communications
natalie@ ghidotticommunications.com
Medical Advisory Committee
Vice Chairperson and Medical Director
Chad Rodgers, MD
Little Rock Pediatric Clinic,
Pediatrician
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Angie Titus, RNP
Benton
Pediatric Clinic, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
James Swindle, M.D.
Northwest Pediatric Clinic, Pediatrician
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