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".