Melinda Bossenmeyer
- Industry: Education
- Occupation: Consultant
- Location: Lake Elsinore : CA : United States
About Me
Dr. Bossenmeyer is the President and developer of the Peaceful Playgrounds Program. She is a retired county office administrator and past elementary school principal. She spent 27 years as an educator and is the author of six published books on playgrounds and numerous articles on recess, playgrounds and play. She has presented over 100 conference sessions. She is recognized as a playground design expert, is Nationally Certified as a Playground Inspector, and served as a board member on the National Program for Playground Safety. She is the past chair for the Council on Play for AAHPERD and recently served as a writer on the California Physical Education Framework for the Department of Education. She publishes PLAY NICE a newsletter for 10,000 administrators and teachers across the nation. Dr. Bossenmeyer became interested in the childhood obesity crisis as a member of State Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell's California Task Force on Childhood Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease. She is an "expert witness" in legal cases involving physical education and recess injuries.
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