Analog Parenting in a Digital World

Kristi Glenn is the Founder Partner, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Pinnacle Partnerships, a nonprofit advancing family-centered mental health education, training, and systems change for schools and communities. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience as a parent of a neurodiverse child, she bridges families and professionals to strengthen culturally responsive, trauma-informed care and reduce stigma and barriers to access. Kristi leads program and curriculum design across Pinnacle’s training and facilitation work, including Mental Health First Aid and trauma-focused solutions and systems-focused learning experiences that support school and community partners. She provides coaching and technical assistance on family engagement, collaborative team practice, quality improvement, and organizational culture change. Kristi regularly presents at conferences and webinars and has served in volunteer leadership roles across boards and advisory committees focused on safer, more equitable mental health systems.

Lenore Maniaci, MPH, CYT is a master trainer, public health professional, educator, and proud mom who cares deeply about helping families and communities thrive. A certified yoga and DEI practitioner and domestic violence advocate, Lenore brings compassion and commitment to designing equitable, prevention-centered systems informed by family and community partners. She has led cross-agency partnerships to develop trauma-informed, culturally responsive resources and services for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Departments of Public Health and Elementary and Secondary Education, and delivered Workplace Wellness and Youth Mental Health First Aid trainings aligned with the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child approach and Strengthening Partnerships framework as a consultant to Pinnacle Partnerships. At the Urban College of Boston, Lenore taught first-generation, newly arrived, and English language learners entering the early childhood and family support workforce, who greatly informed her perspective. She has contributed to several men’s health and fatherhood initiatives and served as an advisor to DESE’s inaugural Better Together Family Engagement Summit.