LARRY LAIRD was an educator for 34 years. He was State President of California Association of Directors of Activities in 1980-81. He was the Area G Coordinator and served on the CADA State Board as Spirit Program Coordinator from 1987 until 1992. He was chair of the CADA State Convention held in San Diego in 1980. He was a junior high teacher and Activity Director for 17 years, a high school Assistant Principal of Activities for 7 years and he completed his career in education as a Middle School Principal and Director of Human Resources for San Jose Unified School District in San Jose, California. He was the 1985 recipient of the Jack Moore Award - CADA's highest recognition for leadership in student activities. He was the Adult Chair for the NASC 2000 national leadership conference, which was held in Cupertino at Monta Vista High School in June of 2000. Throughout his career as an educaor and since retirement he has been a workshop presenter and a co-author of numerous articles for a national magazine "Leadership for Student Activities".
JOANNE LAIRD was an educator for 32 years. She was State President of California Association of Directors of Activities in 1990-91; she was chair of the CADA State Convention held in Reno in 1990. She was the Area B Coordinator and she served on the state board for 8 years. She was a junior high teacher and activities director for 16 years. She ended her career in education by being the Assistant Principal at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino for 15 years, her major area of responsibility being student activities and athletics. She was the co-founder of the Link Crew Program with Phil Boyte. The Link Crew is now a national program in over 1500 schools in Canada and the US that is being marketed by the Boomerang Project. She was the 1993 recipient of the CADA Jack Moore Award and was the regional winner of the Warren Shull Activity Director of the Year award sponsored by NASC. She was named the Assistant Principal of the Year for California by McDonald's and NASSP in 1998. She was the Co-Chair of the NASC 2000 national leadership conference, which was held at Monta Vista High School in June of 2000. She, too, has been a workshop presenter and has co-authored the many articles with Larry for "Leadership for Student Activities Magazine".
Since retirement and moving to Maui in July, 2003, Joanne and Larry have been conducting student leadership workshops on the Hawai'ian Islands. They are offering their services for free to the schools in Hawai'i. They also have assumed the leadership of CAMP RYLA, a high school leadership camp sponsored by the Rotary Clubs of Maui. Since January, 2004 they have worked with over 2,000 student leaders on the islands.
