Sherry Joseph is the President of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a 
nonprofit organization.



She brings, behind her great CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE  smile 33 years of professional work with children
and families. 

 
Sherry graduated from the University of Minnesota receiving a  BS degree in education and has13 years teaching experience as a classroom  teacher grades K-8. As a teacher she saw the need for children to have happy,
stable, safe places in their lives where they had the ability and desire to  grow enabling them to succeed in school. For those that didn’t find that safe place at home learning regularly became a distraction to the most basic needs of survival and acceptance. For children faced with such realities often alternative safe places, and parental type compassion and support is sought in the wrong places like gangs etc. 

Ms. Joseph, worked extra hard to be a positive alternative safe, stable place at school going the extra mile and helped many children find and stay on the path to success. She dreamed of finding a way teachers could be supported in their goals to be great educators by helping all children have the tools and support they need to reach their
potentials and feel safe, accepted and important while attending school. Thus teachers could spend their time focused on educating children ready and willing to learn,
grow, and benefit from their dedicated efforts and feel accomplishment right along with the appreciative students. 
  
Sherry, left the public school system to open her own business, which has helped hundreds of children develop physically, emotionally, and mentally, while building self- esteem and confidence.
 
Ms. Joseph wants to help make a greater impact on our society, today, by helping children and adults have access to the necessary tools to develop needed skills and attitudes. This will enable them to be productive, happy, contributing citizens for our country and world. To accomplish these goals she has chosen to lead the CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE non-profit organization.  She feels these goals can be best accomplished through strategically working alongside companies like YouthHealth USA Inc. as part of a National shared common goal and campaign labeled Choose2BPositive (C2BP). 
  
Sherry is a single mother of five successful children. Her middle daughter graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University. Her youngest son and daughter are
still attending college; both on academic scholarships. All of her children are motivated to succeed, and contribute to society in positive ways. Sherry knows that good parenting is not easy. Tools and support systems are critical to family success, no matter what the family composition. She wants to be able to raise the needed funds to get these tools and support systems into classrooms and families free of charge across America, to help build a better world for everyone.

Kalli Delaney, Age 25 Director of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a
non-profit organization.

Kalli, was born and raised in beautiful San Diego.  She grew up in a very close-knit family and considers herself to be extremely
fortunate to have such an ideal upbringing. Because of this, She has been able to thrive both scholastically as well as socially. 
As a result, I am a staunch believer in that all adolescents should be provided with the same foundation and opportunities, and therefore strive to help them share the same experience by offering ample support and encouragement in any way possible. 

I am currently a senior at Arizona State University, working towards a Bachelor’s Degree in secondary education, English, at the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers’ College. 
After working in the field for several years, I plan on attending  graduate school to obtain a Master’s degree in Special  Education. Helping others better
themselves through improving and solidifying self-esteem, furthering their education, and expanding their perspectives has always been a passions of hers. Consequently, all  aforementioned components begin at home; therefore, if one does not have a firm foundation in the familial sphere, thus a highly supportive family, I believe
that it is rather challenging to posses said qualities and thrive in our ever-changing world.  I am an advocate for providing adolescents with a voice and am a firm believer in that each and every one of them deserves to be heard. 

The youth are our future and  we must all work together in establishing and enhancing all adolescents by paying them amplified attention and providing them all the support necessary to reach their full potential especially when there is less or no proper family support systems regardless of economic stature.

Jerome Joseph, is the Chief Financial Officer of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a
non-profit organization.


He is also the CEO and principal of Nighthawk Consulting Group, LLC. 
Joe’s consulting assignments have included asset management, forensic financial investigation, financial analysis, underwriting, creditor’s rights matters,  expert testimony, and RTC work. Joe has over 30 years of business experience, substantially all of which have been in the real estate development and real estate lending sectors. His early career included stints as a senior financial executive for private and public builders and developers of substantial size, where his principal responsibilities included negotiating complex loans and managing relationships with lenders. Joe was Chief Financial Officer of Bridge Financial Corporation and its publicly traded parent, NZ Corporation. Joe was recruited to be the senior financial officer at NZ coincident with the launch of Bridge Financial Corporation, a new subsidiary engaged in direct commercial real estate lending. Most recently Joe was Chief Administrative Officer of and a  consultant to IMH, a direct commercial real estate lender with a $750 million loan portfolio which focused principally on the Southwest. At NZ and IMH, Joe’s responsibilities included general management, loan committee, workouts and foreclosures, SEC and other securities-related work, compliance, external reporting, and investor relations. Joe has operational and financial experience in several industries including but not limited to land development,  homebuilding, offices, health clubs, restaurants, hospitality, property  management, retail, healthcare, food manufacturing, dance and fine arts. 

Jerome was previously married to Sherry Joseph (above) He is the father of  five college educated children and the step father of  two additional children in his current marriage. He is a family man  who is deeply committed to children and knows life takes work and  patience. He is dedicated to helping America Choose To Be POSITIVE and sees  the lifting up of all kids despite their situations and challenges as a key way  to create a lasting positive change in America and the World and decided he
could best help by becoming a part of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE as its CFO. 

Kienan Turner age 23 Director of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a
non-profit organization.

Mr. Turner was born in Indio California. Moved to Gilbert/Chandler in Arizona with my Dad when he was six. He has played sports all his life. His choices of sports are Basketball, Football, Track, and lacrosse. Sports were my
outlet to life and I like most kids thought of playing professionally however I caught on that even if I did having an education would help me keep what I earned and have a strategy beyond sports for success so I took it seriously. I played football for Scottsdale Community College for two years. I graduated Scottsdale Community College with an Associate’s degree in Business Management.  I graduated  from Arizona State University with a Bachelors degree in Business Tourism from ASU. He is now pursuing a career within Marketing. ASU, He understands as a Mexican and Black mixed raced American he has seen and experienced what many can't fully grasp.

He is the first in his family to go to college let alone graduate and non of his minority friends ended up going to college. He recognizes the family is important and even with that everyone can still benefit from POSITIVE help and support. He has seen first hand that future tax payers are needed to keep America going and they are being lost because schools are stock in 30 year ago strategies and not adjusting to help current needs and support kids in ways that are specific to them for example when there is no family support. CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE moves opens a forest of success where good choices become natural and all of us benefit when good choices are made.

Beverly Alfson, Secretary of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a
non-profit organization.

Beverly is a 35 year career executive with a major retailer specializing in logistics, quality efficiency, customer service and employee team development.  Her second career was in the Arizona Governor’s Office for Excellence assisting State Agencies in improving performance and employee motivation.  Beverly received her education at the University of Minnesota.

Promoting teamwork to better accomplish goals has always been Beverly’s passion.   Encouraging each individual person to combine their unique talents, ideas and positive energy makes for a successful, satisfying outcome at all ages.  Beverly and her husband formed Profit By Synergism, a consulting company dedicated to assisting organizations in motivating and training associates in the value and satisfaction of working together.

Beverly is extremely proud of their family of 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.   The positive attitude that has always been demonstrated in their home is the cornerstone of their successful family.   

As part of the Choose To Be Positive non-profit  organization, Beverly is looking forward to bringing together teams of  volunteers that will work with individuals and families to nurture positive change in their lives and our world. 


Darrell Alfson a 81 Director of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a
non-profit organization

After obtaining a BA degree from Wartrtburg College in Waverly, Iowa. Darrell went into retail management in several different national retail companies.  This experience included merchandising, operation, human resources, and planning.

Next was a career spanning 30 years with Sears in catalog and distribution.  Included customer service, planning, budgeting and training.  The final 5 years with Sears was highlighted with team building and quality improvement. 

Part of the responsibility was to work with employee’s having problems, often because of difficulty relating to their children.  Every year we would hire teen’s to work, many in their first job.  So I learned that the first 18 years of a child’s life was often filled with poor self-confidence, unable to deal with rules and structure and uncertain of the future.

For two years I volunteered as a Senior Companion in a Phoenix senior center and saw the experience, time, patience and often the need for the senior’s to relate to another generation.  An ideal source of power to bring  positive responses in a child’s life.

Therese Delaney, age 51 Director of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a
non-profit organization.


Earned a Bachelor's in child Psychology University of Oregon is a mother of three wonderful kids two girls and one boy. Her youngest daughter Kalli, who is passionate about changing the bad paths of many youth today as part of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVES goals to unite younger and older caring people to help youth in challenge, joined as a Director too. 

Ben Berey,  Age 24, Director of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a
non-profit organization.


Ben Graduated with a degree in Psychology and steps forward with an open mind and a quest for adventure and challenge.

Edward L. Bolden Jr.  age  85 Director of CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE a non-profit organization


Mr. Bolden, earned his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1949 at  eighty four years of age he still works full time in his civil engineering business since 1964 Andel Engineering which he originally started with friends like Harry who intime moved on to real-estate and selling out to his now best friend Edward who took over as the sole owner. Who is looking past this Coronavirus Pandimic now torward to the mildstone of 60 years of being in Business satisfying customers. He remains a very active member of his community, Mr. Bolden has held various executive positions in Los Angeles/Newhall/Saugus/Valencia/Santa Clarita Valley organizations: Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, City and County Committees, Boy Scouts of America, Boys Club, Family Promise, YMCA, Elks, Historic society Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, his church and more. He was re-elected multiple times as the president of the Sam Dixon Family Health Centers.  He is dedicated to helping young people make the right choices necessary for leading productive, fulfilling lives of service. He is strongly motivated to help on a big scale and so has lended his heart and wealth of knowledge and talent to CHOOSE TO BE POSITIVE  with its goal of helping kids gain stronger EDUCATON and common core living values so that life can open up to them more wonderful futures with endless possibilities
 
Mr. Bolden, joined Rotary in 1965 became club president in 1970 and In 1975 Edward Bolden was made a Rotary International 'Paul Harris Fellow' for the first time and has reached that goal many, many times since. He was elected to be the District Governor 1984 of Rotary. Mr. Bolden has support the Rotary Eradicate Polio program to the point of even traveling to Africa, Egypt, Mexico and all around the world to participate in inoculation as many as 30 million young people in one day.He remains a major donor in all ways to Rotary.

Mr. Bolden, remained a central supporter of the D.A.R.E. programs and has hosted trainees from other parts of the world to help change the mind settings of youth. He received a D.A.R.E. America Citation in 1998 for services to drug-related education among youth.

Every year he travels to often help, even to build housing for the less fortunate, He has been many places including Bangkok  most recently and China with the chamber of commerce growing communicative exchanges for improvements in local business successes. Every year he travels to help, even build housing for the less fortunate. These were just some of the cause of great pride for his family and parents before their passing on. He has walls of rewards and books of newspaper articles reflecting his dedication to his fellow man and yet he remains humble and willing to keep giving more even at his age despite being a senior member of what we like to call "Adults with More time" which others refer to as senior citizens. He is a strong believer that as long as one can, they should use their life in service to others he lives this truth daily in big and small ways..

Mr. Bolden, was elected in 1970 to be man of the year for Santa Clarita Valley and  is a role model and an excellent dad, husband, son, contributor to society and just a really good neighbor who lives to be 2BPositive every day and cares and works hard to be able to give and show appreciation. We feel his integrity, determination, experience and motivation is invaluable to our staying on track to the success we seek in helping all of America's youth have the tools and help they need to continue to succeed through all their lives