NOFAS Staff

Tom Donaldson, President
Tom Donaldson has served as the NOFAS Chief Executive Officer since 1998, and he became its President in 2002. He is responsible for formulating and carrying out the NOFAS strategic and business plans, and all programmatic, development and policy initiatives. He has extensive experience in non-profit governance, public policy, government affairs, media relations, social marketing, grassroots organizing, coalition building and public health. Under his leadership, NOFAS has established a network of 30 affiliated organizations, expanded services to all 50 states, and ensured a four-fold increase in federal and state investment in FASD-related research, public health and services, among numerous other achievements.

He has served as a member of the Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Center for Excellence Steering Committee and as a liaison representative to the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effect. He has also served on many maternal/child health and alcohol-related policy boards and committees, including the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition Executive Committee and the National Association of Broadcasters Alcohol Policy Advisory Board.

Kathleen Tavenner Mitchell, M.H.S., L.C.A.D.C., Vice President and National Spokesperson

Kathleen Tavenner Mitchell is currently the Vice President and National Spokesperson for the National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and a noted international speaker on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) and Women and Addictions. She is a licensed clinical alcohol and drug counselor, has a Master of Human Services degree and twenty-five years experience as a national educator, clinician, and lecturer.

Kathy is a faculty member of the Medical Ethics and Humanities Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and the Georgetown University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine Selective. She has authored several papers, the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; a Guidebook for Parents and Caregivers, and co-authored Making a Difference: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Public Awareness Guide. Kathy supervised the development of FASD prevention curricula for students K-12 and developed an FASD curriculum for addiction professionals and other allied health professionals. In 2001, she also co-founded the Circle of Hope, an international program for birth mothers of children with FASD.

In 2000, she was appointed to the National Task Force on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/Fetal Alcohol Effects by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. She has testified In the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives on behalf of several bills, worked with a writer of NBC’s Law and Order; Special Victims Unit to create a show about FASD, provided an interview on FASD for the BBC radio network, and has been featured in several documentaries, Glamour Magazine, and on NBC's Real Life"and the Later Today Show.

Kathy conducts workshops and provides lectures on the addictive disease process, prevention of FASD, screening and assessment of women at risk, addressing secondary disabilities and many other FASD-related topics.

Brianna Montgomery, Program Manager  

Brianna has been with NOFAS since 2008 and has served as Program Manager since 2009.  She oversees the NOFAS Information Clearinghouse and Affiliate and Stakeholder Networks, among other programmatic duties.  Her previous experience includes working for other noted non-profit organizations including Healthy Teen Network and Planned Parenthood. She is passionate about health advocacy and earned her BAS in Community Health Education at University of Minnesota Duluth in 2007.

Andy Kachor, Media and Communications Coordinator
Andy Kachor has served as the NOFAS Media and Communications Coordinator since 2010.  He produces interviews with leading FASD researchers and scientists, community advocates, and FASD family members, and coordinates social media for NOFAS.  Andy has a background in film-making, graphic design, and community media development.  Previously, he produced media for Appalshop, an arts and education organization based in Whitesburg, Kentucky.  He earned a BFA in media production from New York University.

Steven L. Green, Accountant

Steve Green has served as the NOFAS accountant since 1992.

For media inquires, contact:

Tom Donaldson

(202) 785-4585 Ext. 100

Kathy Mitchell

(202) 785-4585 Ext. 101