Kristen Brennan, Acting Director, has been with FPY since 2002, first as a volunteer member of the Mentoring Task Force, then as a staff program manager beginning in March 2004.  Kristen began her human services career in 1998 as a family advocate for a Head Start program serving 300 low-income families in New York State.  At Head Start she went on to manage family and community partnerships which involved supervision of staff providing family services.  After moving to VA and before joining the staff at FPY, she worked as a program coordinator for FACETS where she oversaw community center programs, including youth mentoring, in a subsidized housing community.

Kristen earned her B.S. in Psychology with honors from the University of Kansas in 1997.  She is also a certified community mediator, and has been responsible for effectively training colleagues in a variety of specializations, including Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect, Cultural Competency, Client Confidentiality, and Mentoring.  She also has an art/design background which allows her to bring an element of creativity to her work. As a Program Manager for FPY, Kristen works to develop and oversee FPY programs including Bullying Prevention, the Reston Youth Network, Mentoring Partnerships and more.


Betty Harvey is a retired Federal employee after serving 36 years.  During that time, she was also busy raising two daughters and going to college to finish her BA degree in Accounting.  However, her career took her in the direction of software development and project management.  As a result, Betty was responsible for leading many projects in her job plus continued to handle her regular work as she learned 36 plus payment applications maintained in operations and the changes required meeting legislative requirements or assisting in developing enhancements to these systems.  She worked for the Department of Treasury, Financial Management Service (known as the Government’s Financial Manager) and held several positions over the years as she worked her way up to Project Manager/IT Specialist. 

Since retiring in January of 2009, Betty has been interested in working part-time for a non-profit organization where she could keep up her skills and learn new business lines.  She joined the FPY staff in January, 2010, as our Office Manager.  Betty was also interested in doing volunteer work and by being employed with FPY, allows her to do both.  Thus far, her retirement has been really enjoyable as the FPY folks she works with are truly great and that makes her ‘second’ career that much better.