BFT’s Directors
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Randi Howard, M.A., BFT Founding Partner
- Master of Arts in Human Relations Services/Counseling
- Registered Music Therapist
- Has been working with children and families since 1977 including:
- Children’s Treatment Services
- Family program development
- Program quality assurance
- Administrative experience
- Developmental disabilities and mental retardation
- MO First Steps
- Formed Bringing Families Together in 1999
- Community involvement including:
- Missouri Coalition of Children’s Agencies
CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR:
Liz Ervin, B.A., BFT Founding Partner
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with an emphasis in Family and Early Childhood Development from the University of Missouri- Columbia
- Has been working with children and families since 1988 including:
- Foster Family Development
- Residential Treatment Foster care case management
- Formed Bringing Families Together in 1999
- Active member in Missouri’s Coalition of Children’s Agencies
- Politically active regarding children’s issues, including child abuse/neglect law and formulating best practices in social work
RESOURCE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR:
Kim Brown, M.B.A., BFT Founding Partner
- Bachelor of Arts in Independent Studies, SEMO 2008
- Masters of Business from Western Governer’s University 2015
- Has been working with children and families since 1990 including:
- Residential treatment
- Foster care case management
- Foster/adoptive family development
- MO First Steps
- Adoption
- Formed BFT in 1999