Listen in as Chris Reinsma interviews mentoring experts, Dr. Jean Rhodes and Dr. Susan Weinberger about how the KIDS HOPE USA mentoring model embodies a number of the best practice elements of mentoring.

Dr. Susan Weinberger is the founder and president of the Mentor Consulting Group. She is a nationally recognized expert in establishing, maintaining, and evaluating school- and community-based mentoring programs and school-to-work initiatives. The program she designed has been replicated in more than 40 states.

Dr. Jean Rhodes' research interests include mentoring relationships, risk and protective factors in adolescent development, emerging adulthood, preventive interventions, and the bridging of research, practice, and policy. Her research examines the development of adolescents and young adults with special attention to the role of non-parent adults. She is currently involved in a range of research projects that address the role of both formal and informal mentors in vulnerable groups including children of prisoners, survivors of Hurricane Katrina, community college students, high school dropouts, and low-income children in after-school settings.