Join Us in Supporting Recess · Global Recess Alliance

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Supporters

Name	Country	Affiliation
Dr Michael Marten	Scotland	Mackie Academy, Stonehaven
Stacie Smith	Canada
Lynn Campanella	Canada	Playocracy Inc.
Emer Ring	Ireland	Mary Immaculate College Limerick
Carol Vyhonsky	United States
Karin Wetherill	United States	RI Healthy Schools Coalition
Kirsten Abel	United States	Doctoral Student
Shana Green	United States	CATCH Global Foundation
Jill Wood	US	Bayou City Play
Professor Jan White	UK	University of Wales Trinity St David
Katie Roth	Latvia	Ērgļu vidusskola
Whitney Woodward	USA	Haygood WCM
Karen Jordan Pfarr	United States	AACPS
Jill Wessel	USA	Playworks
Neel Gupta	India
Robert Murray	United States	Ohio Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
Margarita Azmitia, Ph.D.	United States	University of California Santa Cruz
Christopher Bolling	United States	Pediatric Asssoicates, PSC
Stephanie Garst	USA	US Play Coalition
Peter Dargatz	United States	Woodside Elementary
Samantha Moore, LMSW	USA	Independent
Carly Bedard	United States	Play Advocate
Sule Serter	Turkey	Aktif Yasam Dernegi - Actı
Sahin Cevik	Turkey	İndepend
Yesim Kunter	UK

Expert Testimonials

Andrew Garner, MD Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019 Outstanding Pediatrician of the Year, Ohio, Co-author of 2018 AAP Clinical Report, “The Power of Play”

Jeffrey Hutchinson, MD Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Colonel (ret.), U.S. Army, Co-author of 2018 AAP Clinical Report, “The Power of Play”

Christopher F. Bolling, MD, FAAP,
Pediatric Associates, PSC Crestview Hills, KY, Volunteer Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine