Board of Directors / Staff

  • Aniko Hill, Co-Founder & President

    Aniko Hill is a veteran social media marketer and digital wellness educator. She owns the award-winning creative agency, The Kitchen Collaborative, where she draws on her extensive experience building successful brands across various industries, with a focus on helping companies foster meaningful connections with their audiences through online marketing. As the co-founder and Executive Director of DopaMind, a nonprofit focused on kids’ digital wellness, she works to empower children and their caregivers to develop healthy relationships with technology through content, education, and events. Aniko also spent nine years as a senior instructor at the Art Institute of California, teaching advanced branding courses to emerging marketing professionals. Additionally, she is an avid volunteer, serving as PTA President for Darby Avenue Elementary, where she led the transition to an all-digital communication and fundraising system during the COVID shutdowns.

  • Bethany Barton, Co-Founder & Treasurer

    Bethany is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books. Her 2015 book I’m Trying To Love Spiders (Viking/Penguin) garnered numerous awards and starred reviews, including the 2016 Children’s Choice Award 3rd/4th Grade Book of The Year. Her 2017 book Give Bees A Chance (Viking/Penguin) was a 2017 SCIBA Award finalist, was listed in Scripps National Spelling Bee “Great Words, Great Works,” and was featured in the New York Times. Her 2019 book, I'm Trying to Love Math (Viking/Penguin), was named an Amazon Best Book of 2019. The newest in the series, I’m Trying To Love Rocks (Viking/Penguin), hit stores in June of 2020 with 2 starred reviews. Her books have been translated into 4 languages. 

  • Jesse Hill, Secretary

    Jesse is a seasoned agency production manager with over 15 years of experience, specializing in helping businesses ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies complete their projects on time and within budget. He has led diverse teams to deliver results that boost brand awareness and drive product sales. Jesse is passionate about managing high stakes projects with a lot of moving parts that deliver measurable results.

  • Kelly Beech, Operations Director

    Kelly Beech is a seasoned professional and team leader with a diverse background in education, business management, and public speaking. She began her career as an actor, bringing stories to life on stage and screen. Since then, Kelly has leveraged her organizational skills, serving as a house manager and business manager for producers and agencies in the entertainment and marketing industries for over 15 years. Before becoming Operations Director at DopaMind, she channeled her passion for leadership and education as the director of a renowned preschool in Los Angeles, where she nurtured young minds and fostered creativity through play-based education. With degrees in Communications, English, and Child Development, Kelly combines her academic knowledge with her varied experiences, bringing a unique perspective to every role she takes on.

Advisory Council

  • Christine Harrison, M.A., LMFT

    Christine began her career in children's edutainment, during which she privately tutored children and helped parents understand how they learn. After growing her passion working directly with children and their parents, she became a psychotherapist, specializing in children’s therapy. She earned her Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University in 2011 and after completing a 3-year internship at Valley Family Center, she became licensed in early 2013.

  • Sam Hiner

    Sam Hiner is a student entrepreneur and youth advocate. He is co-founder and Executive Director at Young People’s Alliance, a youth movement focused on student-led advocacy, working to mobilize young people to achieve electoral and policy outcomes. Sam has advocated for youth issues on Capitol Hill, at the North Carolina legislature, and across 11 college campuses.

  • Titania Jordan

    Titania Jordan is the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Parent Officer of Bark Technologies, an online safety company that helps keep kids safe online and in real life. A renowned thought leader on digital parenting, Titania has contributed to leading media publications, appeared on national television segments, and has written a bestselling technology parenting book.

  • Seán Killingsworth

    Seán Killingsworth is a digital wellness speaker and activist. He founded The Reconnect Movement in high school, which helps inspire and organize young people to create clubs on their campuses that prioritize face-to-face interactions. Sean has appeared as a youth expert on local television in Florida and gave a talk on the collective action problem of technology at PechaKucha Orlando in 2021, when he was 18 years old.

  • Carley Knobloch

    Carley Knobloch is a digital lifestyle expert, known for helping people find technology solutions that helps them save time, money and sanity. She is also an accomplished television personality and host, having appeared on networks including HGTV and CNN, and is a regular contributor to technology segments including The Today Show and KTLA. Carley's work centers around how we can all make more mindful use of tech, and make more meaningful connections in a hyperconnected world.

  • Ashley Shapiro, MA, BCET

    Ashley Shapiro is a Board Certified Educational Therapist (BCET) and Executive Director of edcahoots, a premier educational therapy practice she founded in 2010. She serves as Director of the Certification Board for the Association of Educational Therapists (AET) and has taught as an adjunct professor at California State University, Northridge. With expertise in interventions for learners with disabilities and development of an ethical dilemma model, Ashley offers valuable insight into the relationship between digital wellness and effective learning strategies. She holds a Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University and a Bachelor’s from UC Berkeley.