Gene Roehlkepartain, Ph.D., senior scholar at Search Institute, has played key roles in the organization’s pioneering work on developmental relationships, Developmental Assets, and youth thriving. Author, co-author, or named editor of numerous books, articles, and reports, including Reframing partnerships with families: Six mindset shifts for moving toward relationship-centered family engagement. His doctorate is in education curriculum and Instruction with a specialization in the ecology of family, youth, and community development from University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities.