Board of Directors and Officers
- Bob Bahlman, Treasurer (finance professional, Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
- Roger Grigulis, Director (passenger railroad executive, Riga, Latvia)
- Eric Lucas, Director and Communications Representative (journalist, San Juan Island, Washington)
- Doug Mullen, Vice President (airline industry professional, Washington, DC)
- Jay Sorensen, President (airline industry consultant, Shorewood, Wisconsin)
Media Contact:
Eric Lucas, ericplucas at yahoo.com
Webmaster: Matthew Frederick, digitalperceptions.com, an interactive web media development firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
United Nations Representatives
Jay Sorensen and Doug Mullen are designated representatives to the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Roger Grigulis is the designated representative to the Economic and Social Council at the United Nations in Geneva and Vienna.
The Kids First Fund has been granted special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
This status allows Kids First Fund to designate official representatives to the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and to U.N. offices in Geneva and Vienna. This designation opens the door for the Kids First Fund to help contribute to the creation of policy on issues related to children’s rights worldwide. The United Nations may engage the Kids First Fund in supporting the action plans and declarations adopted by the United Nations. The Kids First Fund, as an organization under the special category of consultative status, may circulate position statements at Economic and Social Council meetings. KFF representatives may attend General Assembly special sessions and international conferences called by the United Nations. Currently there are more than 4,400 NGOs worldwide in special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
Our Work Aligns with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
The Millennium Development Goals were eight international objectives for the year 2015 that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000. These have been superseded by 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our grants can support a number of SDGs and the following nine are met by our mission statement and grant giving.
Goal #1
End poverty in all its forms everywhere.
Goal #2
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
Goal #3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.
Goal #4
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
Goal #5
Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Goal #6
Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Goal #10
Reduce inequality within and among countries.
Goal #11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
Goal #16
Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all, and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.
Please visit this United Nations website to learn more: https://sdgs.un.org/goals#
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child
By resolution of the KFF board of directors during 2023, KFF affirms Articles 1-40 of Part 1 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. The full Convention may be downloaded at this UN website:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-rights-child
Contact Information
Write to us at:
The Kids First Fund
1916 E. Kensington Blvd.
Shorewood, WI 53211, USA
Telephone:
1-4 1 4-961-1939
Sorensen “at” kidsfirstfund.org