Join us for an ACRC Webinar!

12 - 1 p.m. CST

Learn how Silver Lining Mentoring has launched e-Mentoring to extend support to young people transitioning out of care. This session explores how to integrate e-Mentoring into your program and connect transition-age youth to mentors to ensure ongoing support after program exit.

Presented by:

Leah Harrigan (she/her), is the Assistant Director of Education and Training at Silver Lining Mentoring, where she supports educational opportunities for child welfare practitioners and volunteer mentors matched with youth impacted by foster care. With a background in classroom teaching, clinical social work, and social service leadership, Leah focuses her work on delivering trauma-informed mentorship practices for young people in care.

Throughout the past seven years working in direct service and program management roles at Silver Lining, Leah has focused on sharing best practices for enduring mentoring relationships to elevate meaningful learning opportunities for the child welfare community. Leah holds an M.A. in Child Study and Human Development from Tufts University and a certificate in Social Impact Management and Leadership from the Institute for Nonprofit Practice.

Christina Haines (she/her), is working to create a future where involvement with the child welfare system is rare and, when it does occur, sets a young person on a firm path toward wellbeing, financial independence, and self-determination in adulthood. Christina has immersed herself in understanding and improving the child welfare system through firsthand experience. She is a former foster parent, mentor, current volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) to youth in foster care, and child welfare philanthropist.

Christina first became involved with Silver Lining Mentoring as a volunteer mentor in 2015. She joined the organization as a staff member in 2018. As Chief Strategy Officer since 2024, she ensures Silver Lining Mentoring plays a leading role in growing the mentoring movement for youth impacted by foster care, ensuring high-quality, consistent relationships are front and center. Christina spearheads strategic planning for the organization, advises on resource allocation, and shapes innovation toward impact. Earlier in her career, Christina served as Associate Director for Policy and Institutional Outreach of the Harvard Global Health Institute, an interdisciplinary research, and education initiative. She also worked in growth capital for the nonprofit sector at venture philanthropy firm, New Profit, as the Manager of the Reimagine Learning Fund, a capacity-building fund aimed at improving the K-12 education system to better serve students impacted by poverty or trauma.

Christina earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Marist College and a Master of Liberal Arts from Harvard with a concentration in government.

Registration Rates:
Free to Members / $50 Non-Members
Attendance Certificates available upon request - Must be registered and logged in to Zoom under your own name to receive credit