Board of Directors
EnTeam’s Board of Directors play an important role in the development, advancement, and sustainability of EnTeam. All directors are members of various committees and have contributed greatly to EnTeam’s impact on youth around the country.
Ed Harris, Denver, Colorado
EnTeam Director
Occupation: Educator
After serving in the United States Coast Guard for four years, I became a Social Studies teacher for 15 years in St. Louis Missouri. I then became Dean, assistant principal, and also a four-time high school principal in three schools in Illinois (where I was named Principal of the Year for the state of Illinois), and at one school in Missouri. I was inducted into The One Hundred Headmasters, a national organization which recognizes “outstanding principals.”
Simultaneously, I coached high school, then college football, and high school, then college Girls Basketball. I served as Director of Secondary Education in the Normandy School District in St. Louis, Missouri. I served as Director of Secondary Education, Director of Curriculum and instruction, and elementary school assistant principal in Wilmington, Delaware. After retirement from Delaware, I moved to Philadelphia, where I was hired to coach and mentored K-12 principals.
After moving to Colorado (To be near the grandkids), I have worked at Overland High School as a Dean, at the Foote Center (Juvenile Penal System) as a teacher, while coaching football at Overland High School, I have held a COSA position at Prairie Middle School, and have served as an AVID Tutor in three Cherry Creek schools; Horizon, Sky Vista, and CT high School, I am currently coaching Freshman Girls Basketball at Vista Peak HS and previously at Cherry Creek HS, while serving as the acting Assistant Principal at West Middle School.
I hold a HS diploma, a BS Degree in social studies, a Master’s Degree in Education Processes, a Specialist Degree in Secondary Administration, a Doctorate Degree in secondary administration and leadership, and I have completed all course work required for a second Doctorate Degree, in curriculum and instruction. I have written two books about education, one book about parenting, and four recently published books on various topics. I am currently now structuring another book, “Shepherding” about organizing education where students and teachers loop together over two to three years. I am currently a substitute teacher and assistant basketball coach in the Cherry Creek School District, Colorado.
Elizabeth Heitman, St. Louis, Missouri
EnTeam Director
Occupation: Educator (retired from Webster Groves School District)
After being an EnTeam facilitator, Elizabeth joined the Board of Directors and has been a committed member of the Program Committee for the past 8 years. Her dedication to encouraging youth and adults to cooperate with one another is inspiring and we are grateful to have someone as passionate about education as Elizabeth on our team!
Jeffrey Lefton, St. Louis, Missouri
EnTeam Director
Occupation: Chief Operating Officer, Psychological Associates
Jeff is married to Bry Lefton, and has 2 children, Jessica and Katie. Jeff volunteers for Jazz St. Louis, where he gets to enjoy various jazz artists. He also enjoys bicycle riding and drinking wine. Jeff got his B.S. from Tufts University and his MBA from Washington University.
Ellen MacDonald, Glen Arbor, MI
EnTeam Director
Occupation: Educator
Ellen MacDonald has taught on the middle school and university levels. She studied human ecology education, educational foundations, administration and supervision, and received a Ph.D. in family economics and management.
She is excited about and dedicated to EnTeam’s win-win vision which she feels has worldwide societal implications in improving relations in families, schools, governments, and politics. As Heather McGhee writes in The Sum of Us, zero-sum thinking hurts everyone, but we all benefit from a win-win approach.
Ellen has been helping with the development and beta testing of EnTeam Games to be sure the games are both fun and achieve the goal of teaching students about win-win versus win-lose. She also writes about EnTeam and reviews grant requests.
Cynthia Marston, St. Charles, Missouri
EnTeam Board Vice President, Programming Committee Chair
Occupation: Technology Specialist for US Federal Courts
As the Vice President of our Board or Directors and our Program Committee Chair, Cindy has been instrumental in EnTeam’s growth and progress. Seeing as her two children experienced EnTeam programs, she has been very passionate about the process in which EnTeam empowers youth to cooperate. She states that “EnTeam is not just important, it is critical… learning from an early age that cooperation is valuable and that there are significant benefits to working with others will enable our youth to be productively engaged citizens.”
Albert Thompson, McClain, Virginia
EnTeam Director
Occupation: Visiting Professor of History, Howard University
Albert Thompson is a historian of conflict and culture and has spent the last decade in higher education. He is a noted public speaker with an interest in reconciliation and community development. He received his doctorate from Howard University after receiving his Master of Arts from Norwich University. Since 2012, he has been an Adjunct Instructor of History at Northern Virginia Community College. More recently, he became the Program Manager for Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship at Howard University.
Albert’s education and experience has been incredibly helpful as member of our board, especially regarding EnTeam’s Bridge-Building Leagues as we aim to bring divided communities together. Dr. Thompson states that he “supports the mission of EnTeam because he believes that schools and education can play a role in moving society away from crippling zero-sum thinking and toward a mindset of civic solidarity.”
Mark Wohlfarth, Oakland, California
EnTeam Board President
Occupation: Vice President, Teleco Sales, Red Hat, IBM Subsidiary
Mark Wohlfarth works in software sales and has degrees in Economic Theory/International Relations, Russian & East European Studies and Business. He is passionate about EnTeam because of the lessons he has learned about the importance of developing win-win skills in his business career.
“I love competitive sports — there are so many life skills that they teach. When I started my business career, though, I quickly realized that the us-against-them model of competitive sports really doesn’t apply in many aspects of life. This is particularly true in sales, where the only way you benefit is if your customer or partner benefits. I joined the EnTeam Board because I support the mission of bringing the same discipline we have in competitive games to the field of cooperation. I love seeing the impact that EnTeam has on young people and their families and communities.”
Mark currently serves as the President of the EnTeam Board of Directors and is a member of the Sustainability Committee.
Theodore Wohlfarth, Washington, DC
EnTeam Ex Officio Director
Occupation: EnTeam Executive Director
Keith Zeff, St. Louis, Missouri
EnTeam Board Treasurer
Occupation: Urban Planning Consultant
Currently Keith serves on EnTeams Board of Directors and is a member of the Executive Committee. He has been a valuable member of our Board for over 15 years. We are so grateful for his knowledge and insight as a part of our EnTeam Team!
EnTeam Advisors
Tom Evans, St. Louis, Missouri
EnTeam Director
Occupation: Project Manager, Equifax
Tom says EnTeam is a game changer for youth today. It was a joy to witness students realizing they could accomplish more through humility and receptivity to the ideas of others. Tom has witnessed racial barriers fall, bullying stop, and religious differences set aside as students form cooperative friendships.
Tom has been active with EnTeam since 2014. He is currently a board member serving on the website and program committees.
David Karzon, Summit, New Jersey
Evaluation Committee Chair
Occupation: Attorney
David (Deke) Karzon has been supporting the EnTeam Organization since before it existed — he wrote the founding documents: bylaws and articles of incorporation. During the two decades he was on the Board of Directors, Deke served as Board President and encouraged research on the impact of EnTeam Games in the classroom. One study showed that the number of students who passed the state exam in 8th grade science doubled when lessons were taught with EnTeam Games.
Deke grew up in Buffalo, New York and recently moved to Summit, New Jersey after 41 years in St. Louis, Missouri where he was a partner in the prestigious law firm Husch & Eppenberger. He studied political science. More recently, Deke has been manager of real estate holdings in New Jersey.
Deke states, “EnTeam’s win-win approach will help people to be more respectful of others and be more productive” and that EnTeam games “…can help break down racial and religious stereotypes and help people focus on their common interests rather than their differences.” We are grateful to Deke’s attention to detail and dedication to cooperative games.
Susan Kelly, St. Louis, Missouri
Program Committee Chair
Occupation: Educator (retired Principal of Ferguson Middle School)
Currently she is serving on the Hazelwood Historical Board, works to follow legislation that affects prison sentencing (specifically affiliated with systemic racism), and is a member of EnTeam’s Board of Directors. She has been serving EnTeam as a facilitator for 4 years and joined our Board this past year as a valuable member of our Programming Committee. When reflecting on her passion for EnTeam Susan states that “Systemic racism is based on having to hold populations back in order for a self appointed population to reap the entire harvest. EnTeam’s core belief that one doesn’t have to have a loser to win and that we can all win together is exactly what we need in all of society.”