Betsy Alper

Betsy Alper, a social worker with Jewish Family Services in Rhode Island and a married mother of two boys, was the recipient of kindness from a stranger 25 years ago. Today she has decided to do a kind act every day and blog about it.

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Amy Dee-Kristensen

Motivational Humorist Amy Dee-Kristensen, The Truth Fairy Speaker, has been a professional speaker/workshop leader for over 20 years in the United States and abroad and is a member of the National Speakers Association. She juggles life as a popular, energetic speaker, a nurse, and most importantly a mother of two wonderful kids, a toy poodle, a challenged Pomeranian, and a wild tomcat. Her website is truthfairyspeaker.com

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Nita Hart

Nita Hart, a teacher by profession, is the single mother of a son who left her career to care for her mother during her final years. She creates the "heartpass"—a handcrafted clay heart that passes from one person to another as a symbol of kindness.

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Kathy Krieger

Kathleen Krieger is an elementary school principal in Lakewood, Colo., whose school recently won its second recognition as a national 2010 U.S. Blue Ribbon School. She is a native of Denver and has four children and two grandchildren.

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Rich Luker

Rich Luker, Ph.D., has spent 25 years investigating American social development, and in 1999, he identified a dominant sense of loss of community felt by most Americans. Today, Rich's work aims to spark the revival of community in America.

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Dafna Michaelson

In 2009, Dafna Michaelson traveled to find America's problem solvers and idea generators, then launched the Journey Institute to help people nationwide put their ideas into action in their communities. Her Classroom to Community lesson plans, based on the 50 in 52 Journey, are featured on The Random Acts of Kindness website.

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Andy Smallman

Andy Smallman discovered through an act of kindness—serving as a Big Brother—that he was meant to work with kids. Andy co-founded the Puget Sound Community School, a Seattle-based alternative middle and high school, and now also offers an online course in kindness.

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Heather Strack

Heather Strack is a law student in Colorado. A longtime community volunteer and leader, Heather encourages her peers to add a little kindness to their daily endeavors—in the classroom, at law school and in the courtroom.

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Lisa Walker

Lisa Walker is the Director of Charitable Affairs for Random Acts, a division of The Art Department, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. The organization's mission is to conquer the world one random act of kindness at a time.

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Phyllis Wall

Phyllis Wall of Plainview, Texas, has been married to Clinton for 35 years. She has served many of her city’s municipal committees and is a past Plainview ISD School Board Trustee & Secretary, and has received awards for her commitment. She has been a member of various organizations and has served the community through volunteerism for many years. She teaches 2nd-grade Sunday School and works in the Coats for Kids ministry at First Baptist Church. Mrs. Wall writes a community blog, for the local newspaper, and a personal blog each day. Through the blogs she strives to encourage.

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