It is my great pleasure to offer [these words] of appreciation to Mr. Jeffrey Crawford, Ms. Ashlie Wilbon, and The Grassroots Team in assisting the Children’s Rights Council (CRC) with an important business project. Quite earnestly, the project outcomes to redevelop our national network of Chapters will be much better served in direct response to the industrious and creative efforts expended by Mr. Crawford and Ms. Wilbon. Their academic performance and expression of interpersonal skills with senior executives and staff throughout the Agency consistently demonstrated the appropriate character, ability, discretion and trust in which much confidence and confidentiality was placed in addressing many sensitive issues.
Moreover, each exercised an appropriate level of polite and friendly respect, courtesy, and discretion in which input was readily solicited and fostered. Reports from staff indicate all dialogue was communicated in a way conducive to learning and analysis in an open, honest, nonjudgmental format supporting an environment of mutual respect, acknowledgment and recognition among the various chapter heads. Moreover, their efforts helped to support a participative process through consensus, cohesiveness, and cooperation that greatly contributed to an energetic, focused and amiable spirit throughout CRC. By helping the Chapters recognize how important their contributions and concerns are to not merely the specific functions of their own business, but to the implementation of the much larger national strategic initiative, Ms. Wilbon and Mr. Crawford have directly and succinctly assisted in helping to accomplish even the farthest most reaching goals of the Children’s Rights Council.
Mr. Crawford and Ms. Wilbon are further recognized in their efforts to produce the CRC Chapter Affiliation Plan. Their conclusions and recommendations have been enthusiastically received based on their use of well-founded, fact-based solutions; cause and effect relationships; that easily translate into actionable items. Moreover, their ability to organize and articulate the complexity of strategic concepts in a clear and concise manner is sufficiently well developed to present their work to the Children’s Rights Council Board of Trustees with little modification.
During the entirety of the project period, Ms. Wilbon and Mr. Crawford remained inspired by accomplishment, infused spirit and drive, fidelity and close self-identification with CRC and to its mission, goals, and objectives. In short, it is been the distinct pleasure of the Children’s Rights Council to have been the beneficiary of such helpful work as provided by Mr. Crawford and Ms. Wilbon in concert with the Grassroots Team and the University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business.
Sincerely,
Marcus A. Trelaine, MBA
Chief Operating Officer
Children's Rights Council
