ASPEN Honorary Board

Didi Conn, star of stage, screen, and television. Best known for her roles as "Stacy", on the popular children's television series, "Shining Time Station" and as the effervescent "Frenchy" in the superhit movie, "Grease."

Linda Ellerbee has built her reputation on the respectful and direct way she speaks to kids about important issues of the day. Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, which just celebrated its 15th year, is the longest-running kids' news show in television history. The award-winning Nick News with Linda Ellerbee aired a look at the lives of kids challenged by different types of autism in Private Worlds: Kids and Autism. The show premiered April 22, 2007 on Nickelodeon. It has been Awarded the 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Children's Programming.