Emily Franz brings both a familiarity and passion for the GOTR program to GOTR-STL. As a student at the University of Notre Dame, Emily served as the Campus Liaison for the newly established GOTR Michiana council. Along with fellow students, Emily led fundraising initiatives, planned a variety of events and held the council's fall 5k on Notre Dame's campus. After completing her bachelor's in psychology, Emily moved to St. Louis and has been an elementary school teacher. As she explained, "I was looking for an internship during my break from teaching this summer and I thought Girls on the Run would be a great fit. Not only is GOTR-STL an awesome organization, but I would love to go into nonprofit work in the future." Emily is working with both program and development teams, compiling and analyzing data in order to gain a better understanding of the demographics of sites, participants and supporters for our fast approaching fall 2013 season.  

Like Emily, Danielle Sitze was drawn to the mission of GOTR-STL and the opportunity to match her personal and professional interests. "I believe that it is so important to support our youth by being positive role models and help mentor them towards healthy life decisions, both mentally and physically." She is currently working towards her master of social work at St. Louis University with a community concentration and nonprofit administration certification; her goal is to work in program delivery for a nonprofit, eventually growing into a leadership position. Danielle's work with the program team this summer includes updating program spreadsheets, assembling helpful hints for coaches, compiling and analyzing demographic information and volunteer data to identify trends, supply inventory and assisting with new coaches training. Danielle will continue her internship with GOTR-STL through the fall season, as well as complete her first half marathon!