W. Wilson Goode, DMin, MA, is the former mayor of Philadelphia, an American Baptist minister, and champion of children of the incarcerated. He has a Master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and a Doctor of Ministry from Palmer Theological Seminary. Dr. Goode a senior fellow at Public/Private Ventures where he created and manages the Amachi Mentoring Program, the largest national effort to date working with children of the incarcerated. He is the author of In Goode Faith (Judson Press), and Building from the Ground Up: Creating Effective Programs to Mentor Children of Prisoners.