Mentor Management Systems is a leader in the development and implementation of youth and ex-prisoner mentoring programs, and over the past 12 years, staff has worked with hundreds of mentoring efforts.

All MMS consultants are considered pioneers in the field of youth mentoring, and they have created program operating systems, trainings and materials for a variety of mentee populations.

Executive Vice President Judy Strother Taylor, a highly respected school-based mentoring program expert, is currently the Project Director for U.S. Department of Education-funded mentoring programs. Judy is also providing training to Children of Prisoners Mentoring Programs across the U.S. Judy’s publication, Training New Mentees: A Manual for Training New Mentees, which she wrote for the National Mentoring Center, has been one of the most highly used mentee training documents over the past few years.

MMS Vice President Dustianne North works with all types of youth mentoring efforts, and she is one of the leading professionals in the development of foster youth mentoring programs. Ms. North has recently produced a DVD training called “Discussing Difficult Issues,” which can be used by mentoring and other types of youth-serving organizations. Dustianne is currently in the process of completing her Ph.D. at UCLA, but she also finds time to assist MMS with various projects.

MMS President Jerry Sherk not only works with youth mentoring programs, but he has been an innovator in developing best practices for ex-prisoner mentoring efforts. Within the past year, Jerry has provided technical assistance to approximately 20 reentry mentoring initiatives. He has recently authored or co-authored a number of manuals in this area
for Public/Private Ventures, of Philadelphia. Jerry is currently writing a group mentoring manual to be used by Public/Private Ventures-funded programs.

Judy, Dustianne, and Jerry are all accomplished authors who have written a number of workbooks and publications for organizations such as the U.S. Department of Education, the National Mentoring Center, the Center for Applied Research Solutions, and Public/Private Ventures.