Barry Gelston, M.Ed.

President

“GHF has made a profound impact on my life. I have been a member of GHF as both a parent and as a professional. I found my people and discovered that I had something unique to offer our community. GHF was my portal into the gifted community.

Today, I am honored to be the President of GHF and to bring forward the mission of the organization to a new generation.”

Lisa Sticca-Conrod, JD, MS

Vice-President, General Counsel

“GHF is an amazing place for professionals and homeschooling parents to share information and resources to enrich the homeschooling experience for both the gifted child and the parent. I am so honored to be part of this organization which has this fantastic legacy of providing support for homeschooling families of gifted children, and I sincerely hope that my experience, both personal and professional, can be of the highest value to an organization of this caliber.”

Tricia Delles

Treasurer

“I discovered GHF while researching support and educational alternatives for my 2E son. Even as an observer, GHF felt like a lifeline to a community that understood my family. GHF has helped me become more comfortable with our outside-the-box choices and I’d love to see that knowledge and support passed on to more families who feel misunderstood in traditional educational paths. I’m grateful for the knowledge and support of the parents and professionals in this group and I’m thrilled to be able to give back.  “

Katherine Turner

Secretary

“GHF’s beautiful collective of experts (not know-it-alls), veteran parents and educators (not reductive rule-dispensers) and fellow self-doubting noobs (most of whom discover they’re gifted themselves) held me steady and equipped me with the confidence, knowledge and resources to do what’s best at different stages of development for each of my four gifted (three, 2e) kids, both educationally and emotionally – how does someone adequately say ‘thank you’ for that?! I’ve been involved in GHF’s social media for about 3 and half years now, and what started out as a way to manifest my gratitude has evolved into a never-ending cycle of getting more sustenance from this community than I can ever repay, so I happily surrender and am content with doing what I can.”

Kris Happe, M.Ed.

Director, GHF Choices

 “Quite simply, connection and community.”

Carol Malueg, M.A., GCT, 2e​

Director, GHF Choices

“I found GHF, or GHF found me, when my youngest was midway through her senior year of high school.  For both of our kids we had employed strategies like acceleration, online learning, partial homeschool, and early college to help them maintain their joy in learning. I am a strong advocate for helping gifted learners find their best educational fit within their unique constraints, which include time, location, access, and know-how.   GHF opens many doors for families who are interested in, or actively pursuing, a non-traditional path to K-12 education for their gifted learners.  I wish I’d found GHF sooner, but I am so very glad to now be a part of the work GHF does to support families on this amazing journey.”

Kasi Ann Peters

Director, GHF Choices

“GHF brings together both of my passions; homeschooling and supporting families of gifted children! As a parent group facilitator, I’ve always known that gifted families need a unique community and as a mom of 2 gifted children, who is also homeschooling, it’s clear that being extra outside the box requires an even more unique community.  GHF is that community and I’m grateful to have the opportunity to help create our support system!”

Lin Lim, PhD

Director, GHF Choices

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”.

~ Marcel Proust

My journey with my two complex outliers led us through public, private, homeschool, online, specialty schools, and radical acceleration. This journey through the range of educational environments, opened my eyes to seek a community that supports both our children and parental health and wellbeing. GHF is my place where parents from different places, backgrounds, values, and experiences come together to find a safe community that increases our understanding and learning across our lifespans.