Josh Golin, MA

Josh Golin, MA

Executive Director, Fairplay

Josh started at Fairplay as an intern in 2003 and has been with the organization in a variety of capacities ever since. While Fairplay is perhaps best known for its highly publicized corporate campaigns, it has increasingly focused its efforts on helping families unplug from ad-supported screens. Josh is thrilled that Fairplay is the home of the Screen Time Action Network and looks forward to seeing the collaborations that develop. Josh’s daughter, Clara, is also a vocal advocate for limited screen time who is not shy about reminding her parents that she is infinitely more interesting and important than the content on their devices.

Jean Rogers, M.S.Ed. Director

Jean Rogers, M.S.Ed.

Director, Screen Time Action Network

Jean Rogers is Director of the Screen Time Action Network. She is a parent educator, speaker and author. In her role leading the Action Network, she creates a collaborative environment among practitioners, educators, social workers, childcare providers and parents regarding healthy child development and screen time. She is host of the popular Action Network Live!, our online interviews with the experts, tackling topics from play impact, behavior, character development, and screen overuse. She earned her M.S.Ed. and Certificate in Parenting Education from Wheelock College (BU). She consults with schools to form Technology and Media Committees, implementing Strengths-Based Family Engagement concepts with screen time. Jean is available for keynote and guest speaking, both virtually and in person. She is the author of the parenting text, Kids Under Fire, which helps parents empower children to make healthy screen choices.

Lauren Paer

Lauren Paer

Action Network Programs Manager

Lauren is passionate about helping families raise healthy children in our screen-saturated society. As Programs Manager for the Screen Time Action Network, she supports the heart of the Network, its work groups, as they advance impactful initiatives. Before joining Fairplay, she worked on screen time legislation and hosted the show, Screen Time Reset. Lauren studied economics at the University of Pennsylvania and worked on Wall Street in a previous life. She now lives in her hometown, Honolulu, where she enjoys hiking, boogie-boarding and spending time with friends and family.

Natasha Wade

Natasha Wade

Operations Manager

Natasha is passionate about empowering families through education and creating support systems to assist them. With a background in healthcare education, Natasha has worked to improve the lives of children and their families for many years. Prior to joining Fairplay, she earned her B.S. in Nursing and worked as a Registered Nurse with a focus on family services. Meeting families wherever they are within their own wellness journeys is a priority and privilege for her. Outside of work, she has volunteered her time to several youth based sports and health initiatives and enjoys spending time with her close-knit family.

Rachel Franz, MEd

Rachel Franz, MEd

Education Manager, Fairplay

Rachel is an advocate for young children, with a deep commitment to helping children and families find meaningful connections in a media-heavy world. Rachel earned a B.A. with honors in Environmental Studies, where she published her innovative research on picture books as a tool for consumerism education, and received an M.Ed in Early Childhood Education from Champlain College, focusing on nurturing preschoolers’ self-control in an “instant gratification society.” Rachel has worked as a founding Director and Lead Teacher at the nation’s largest all-outdoor preschool, and is a founding member of the NAEYC Young Professionals Advisory Council.

Amy Hendershot

Director of Operations

Amy is dedicated to equity, access and social justice especially when it comes to technology. She believes that everyone should have equitable access to becoming creators instead of consumers or targets of predatory practices that have grown with the influence of digital society in our everyday lives. Amy brings over 15 years of experience in the nonprofit and education space to Fairplay. She has earned her Associates of Science from Triton College, Bachelor of Arts from DePaul University, Chicago and Masters of Science in Social Work from Columbia School of Social Work with a focus on Management and Social Enterprise Administration.

David Monahan

David Monahan, JD

Campaign Director, Fairplay

David worked for 15 years as an Assistant Attorney General in the Consumer Protection Division of the Massachusetts Office of the Attorney General, and handled enforcement actions to address unfair and deceptive business practices. From 2009 until 2015, David served as Deputy Chief of the Consumer Protection Division. He previously served as Prosecuting Counsel for the Massachusetts Division of Professional Licensure. David is on the adjunct faculty at New England Law Boston, where he serves as the Writing Specialist. Responsible for devising and implementing Fairplay’s campaigns, David is passionate about protecting children from the inappropriate influence of corporate marketing. He devotes weekends to time outdoors with his dog, Beatrice. 

Bzu smiling in a grey blazer

Bzu Shiferaw

Campaign Organizer

Bzu is a believer that childhood should be a time composed of human connection and a natural curiosity for the world, without the heavy influence of a digital society. She is a passionate advocate for youth and is inspired to uplift young people to have the freedom of maintaining their own creativity and interests. Before joining Fairplay as the Campaign Organizer, she studied journalism and political science at Boston University. She has volunteered in various youth based services, like running a summer camp for kids in Belize and as a peer mentor in Boston Public Schools.

In her free time she enjoys baking and creating homemade skin care products.

Winnie Chen

Office and Operations Administrator

Winnie is a committed advocate for social justice. As an aunt to two nephews, she wants to create a more equitable world where they can grow without the overbearing and unethical influence of Big Tech. Prior to joining Fairplay, Winnie worked in higher education as well as the public health space. She earned her B.A. in International Affairs, and during her undergraduate studies, she worked and volunteered with several non-profit organizations. In her free time, Winnie enjoys traveling to new places, cooking, and making crafts.

Brendan Bouffard

Brendan Bouffard

Legal Fellow

As Legal Fellow, Brendan works within the Policy Team to create a safer, less addicting world for children and teens online. He spends his time growing subject matter expertise in data privacy law and working alongside Fairplay’s partner organizations to develop and implement better online privacy protections for kids. Before joining Fairplay, Brendan worked as a research clerk for the Michigan Court of Appeals and as General Counsel for a custom software development and SaaS company. He studied journalism at Michigan State University and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Chicago-Kent College of Law. Most recently, Brendan took a mid-career break to travel the world full-time with his family, where he homeschooled his two school-aged children through cultural immersion and experiential learning.