Don't Miss Fran Mainella, Former Director of the National Park Service

Fran Mainella, a highly accomplished Parks and Recreation professional, will speak on Thursday, February 3, about the movement called "No Child Left Inside." Mainella was the first woman director of the National Park Service, a position she held for nearly six years. Now a visiting scholar at Clemson University's Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, she has also served as the director of Florida's State Parks, the executive director of the Florida Recreation and Park Association, and the president of both the National Recreation and Park Association and the National Association of State Park Directors.

Mainella currently serves on Newsweek Magazine's Environmental Advisory Board. (To view an article Mainella penned in Newsweek regarding 'No Child Left Inside, click here) She also serves on the board of the National Society for Park Resources, the Children and Nature Network, and is an American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration fellow.

Gain valuable knowledge and insight from one of the most accomplished Park and Recreation professionals out there on Thursday's featured session, Getting Back to Nature: No Child Left Inside by Fran Mainella at 11 a.m. in the Marquis room.

Read Mainella's interview in NRPA's P&R Magazine here.

Check out these videos to get a better idea of the No Child Left Inside message:

Get 'Em Outside

No Child Left Inside: Rethinking No Child Left Behind

More information on "No Child Left Inside"can be found at nclicoalition.org.