Board of Directors

Bruce Norton - Bruce Norton has been a rescuer his entire life and brings more than forty years of experience in emergency medicine, crisis intervention, and crisis management and is the founder of Families Renewed, Inc. His passion for alleviating the suffering of others officially began when he was fourteen years old, volunteering as a trained crisis intervention counselor for a crisis intervention center and suicide hotline in Columbia, Maryland. Bruce was, and still is, the youngest person ever to volunteer as a crisis intervention counselor there. Informally, Bruce began studying emergency medicine when he was 12 years old. On that birthday, he received exactly what he asked for, a watch, a stethoscope, and a blood pressure cuff. During that part of his life, Bruce's idea of going to bed with a good book was reading Harrison's Guide to Internal Medicine and Marriott's Practical Electrocardiography.

When he turned eighteen, Bruce, who had already been certified in CPR and First Aid since age twelve, became a certified CPR Instructor and began his more formal training to eventually become a paramedic, fulfilling one of his childhood dreams. Since then, he has functioned as a paramedic, instructor, and preceptor in fourteen different fire departments and ambulance companies spanning seven different jurisdictions across two different states. His medical experience is not just in the prehospital setting. He has also worked providing medical care and as an instructor in four different hospitals, as well as teaching on the college level as a faculty member. He has taught physicians, nurses, paramedics, and the lay public courses from basic first aid to Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Emergency Cardiac Care. Bruce also served as Affiliate Faculty for the American Heart Association where he also had input in course management and instructor training. Bruce also currently travels to Guatemala on medical missions trips where he sees, assesses, and treats patients in a clinic setting as a medical provider.

With all that he has done medically, Bruce did not abandon his roots in crisis intervention counseling. During that time he was also trained in critical incident stress debriefing as a part of a team called to help prehospital emergency first responders process the intense emotional responses that often occur as a result of their involvement in a critical incident.

Bruce is also very family oriented and is not a stranger to complicated family structures. He has a wife and children who currently reside in Guatemala. He is currently working bring his Guatemalan family into the United States. He also has a biological daughter and a non biological daughter he raised for someone else starting when she was 14. Both daughters lived with him at their home in Pennsylvania. He understands what is involved in being a single dad, what is involved in the transition to being a dad of adult children, what is involved in long distance relationships, and has experience raising children suffering from childhood traumas. Finally, Bruce is "dad" to countless boys and girls whom he has "unofficially" adopted. He currently serves as CEO and Chairman of Families Renewed, Inc.

Crystal Dailey - Crystal Dailey works at UPMC Memorial in the UPMC Leader Surgery Center as an insurance and authorization specialist. She has been with Leader since 2016, when they were located in Apple Hill. Before working at UPMC, Crystal worked in political fundraising and brings that expertise to Families Renewed.

Crystal is a member of Living Word Community Church in Red Lion, Pennsylvania, and is a resident of Red Lion. She is originally from the Mechanicsburg Area. She is the proud mother of five wonderful grown children, four sons and one daughter. She has two dogs, a 13-year-old Papillion named Romeo and a 1 ½ year old husky named Mira. In her spare time, Crystal enjoys spending time with her kids, music, reading, camping, traveling, trivia nights, and singing in her band, Crossroads Connected.

As someone who found herself as single mother, Crystal can appreciate the need for Families Renewed. When her life took an unexpected turn, Families Renewed was there to help her through her difficult situation. As a board member she is honored to be a part of an organization that is passionate about changing the lives of individuals, families, and our community.

Howard Groh - Howard Groh was born and grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. After graduating with a Finance degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, he pursued a career in the finance industry focused on investments. He then transitioned into a project role focusing on developing the best products and processes for his internal and external customers.

Howard is married and has three sons and three grandkids. He and his wife Ki recently celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary. Howard has always been very active playing sports and playing music. Having three sons who were very involved in sports and other activities, he turned his passion for playing sports into coaching and mentoring youth. Inspired by his wife, he reignited his love of playing music into leading a youth worship team at his church and helping kids with their faith.

His passion for helping kids has led him to taking part in Families Renewed. He believes that children and families need all the help they can get in today's challenging world. With things changing so fast and our society losing many moral values, families sometimes need help getting back on track and living our lives how God intended.

Belinda Busch, MA, NCC - Belinda is a National Certified Counselor and holds a master's degree in Counseling from Messiah University with a concentration in Marriage, Couple, and Family work. She completed her undergraduate degree in Communications and Rhetorical Studies at Syracuse University. Belinda completed her graduate fieldwork at Community Services Group and Penn Medicine providing group, couple, and individual counseling.

Belinda also spent eight years as an early childhood educator and has a passion for working with children of all ages. Belinda's therapeutic interests include managing anxiety, depression, grief, life adjustments, work-life balance, sexuality, sensory processing, and ADHD. Belinda is also a certified Prepare-Enrich Facilitator and enjoys providing premarital and couples counseling. Her experience as both a counselor and educator makes her input invaluable, expecially when it relates to our LifeBST program.

She is married and the proud mother of two children and two silly dogs. A New Jersey native, Belinda has lived in central PA for over a decade. Outside of work, she enjoys hockey games, living history, going to the beach, exploring the local food scene, and traveling with her family and friends.

Donavan Bratton - Donavan is our most recent addition to the Board of Directors. Donavan brings a unique experience and expertise to the board. More information on Donavan will be coming soon. We are very blessed to have Donavan on our team.

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