Jenny Friedman

Jenny Friedman, Ph.D., has been volunteering with her family for more than 20 years. After receiving her doctorate from Northwestern University in 1984, she worked as a teacher and clinician. Herself the mother of three children, she has written more than 100 articles on issues of parenting, child development and education for both local and national magazines, including American Baby, Parenting and Parents. She is the author of The Busy Family's Guide to Volunteering, a comprehensive resource describing hundreds of volunteer projects for families. She is also founder and executive director of Doing Good Together, a Minneapolis-based nonprofit that provides information and support to help people raise compassionate and socially conscious children through family volunteerism.