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Robert Yellowfox Boyd, ( Senior Vice President ), has worked in the field of Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention with special populations for over twenty five years. Robert has worked in many venues of services providers, including populations who are deaf, or hearing impaired, children and adults who present with psychiatric issues or diagnosed mental illnesses, and on-scene suicide prevention and crisis intervention services for both adolescents and adults, both in hospital settings, as well as school and agency settings. Rob was educated in Canada, and The United States, and holds advanced degrees in theologically-based psychology, counseling, and is also a certified trainer in crisis prevention techniques. The son of a Metis / Penobscot father, and French-Canadian mother, Rob is the father of two children, Robert jr. and Angela (Mic- Mac / French) and is the co-founder of Native Directions with James Bywater. Rob has worked extensively in Native American venues, both creating programs as well as developing opportunities aimed at educational enhancement for native children from a multiplicity of reservations. Rob specializes in services for young people with addictive issues, and their families.