Conference Faculty
Rev. Darrell L. Armstrong, Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, NJ; Director, Division of (Child Abuse) Prevention and Community Partnerships, NJ Department of Children and Families
Jill Aulenti, MSEd, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Clare Anderson, Center for the Study of Social Policy, Washington, DC
M.V. Lee Badgett, JD, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA
Janice Ballenger, Deputy Coroner, Office of the Coroner, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Richard P. Barth, PhD, Dean, University of Maryland School of Social Work
Marilyn Benoit, MD, Past President of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Amy Berg, Filmmaker, Disarming Films
Lisa Bliss, JD, HeLP Legal Services Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA
Laura K. Brennan, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Sylvia Caley, JD, MBA, RN, Health Law Partnership (HeLP) and HeLP Legal Services Clinic at Georgia State University College of Law, Atlanta, GA
James M. Callahan, MD, FAAP, FACEP, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Director of Medical Education, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Kate Chambers, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
Fernando Chang-Muy, JD, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Cindy W. Christian, MD, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Co-director, Safe Place: The Center for Child Protection and Health, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Carmen Collado, Director of Public Policy & Legislative Affairs, Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services, New York, NY
Laura Collins, Foster Care Social Worker, Co-founder and Co-facilitator of The Upper Room, Lutheran Children and Family Service, Philadelphia, PA
Marilee Comfort, PhD, MPH, Comfort Consults, LLC, Cheyney, PA
Nancy Cook, JD, Roger Williams University School of Law, Providence, RI
Cindy DeLago, MD, CARES Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Vivian M. Drayton, MSW, LSW, ACSW, Executive Director, Supportive Child Adult Network, Inc.
Ama Dwimoh, Executive Assistant District Attorney, Kings County District Attorney’s Office, Brooklyn, NY
John W. Fantuzzo, PhD, Diana Riklis Professor, University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education
Charles Figley, PhD, Editor of Traumatology; Fulbright Fellow and Professor; Director, Florida State University Traumatology Institute, College of Social Work, Tallahassee, FL
Jill Foster, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Jerry Foxhoven, JD, Director, Middleton Center for Children’s Rights, Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa
Raelene Freitag, MSW, PhD, Director, Children’s Research Center, Madison, WI
Maria Frontera, LSW, Health Federation of Philadelphia
James Gannaway, Director, Casey Family Services, Providence, RI
Richard J. Gelles, PhD, Dean, School of Social Policy & Practice, Joanne and Raymond Welsh Chair of Child Welfare and Family Violence, University of Pennsylvania
Alissa Glickman, PhD, Psychologist for the CARES Institute at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Jacqueline Block Goldstein, LSW, Program Director/Forensic Interview Specialist, Philadelphia Children’s Alliance
Phil Gordon, PhD, Comfort Consults, LLC, Cheyney, PA
Jim Henry, PhD, Professor, Western Michigan University School of Social Work, Southwest Michigan Children’s Trauma Assessment Center
Amy Hoch, PsyD, CARES Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Christine Jacobs, National Adoption Center/Adoption Center of Delaware Valley
Paula Kienberger Jaudes, MD, FAAP, President and CEO, La Rabida Children’s Hospital, Chicago, IL; Medical Director, Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
Judge Kathleen A. Kearney, Child Welfare Institute, Chicago, IL
M. Christine Kenty, PhD, Support Center for Child Advocates, Philadelphia, PA
Ron Keys, MEd, Greene County, Missouri Children’s Division, St. Louis, MO
Mariana Kuperman, Program Manager, Maternity Care Coalition, Philadelphia, PA
Roberta Laguerre, MD, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Alan M. Lerner, Esq, Practice Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Cheri Lovre, MS, Director, Crisis Management Institute
Joseph McBride, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, Adjunct Faculty, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice; Child & Family Therapist, Private Practice; Former Chief Social Worker and Director of Social Work Training, Philadelphia Child Guidance Center
Jackie McKeon, Health Services Director, Good Shepherd Services, New York, NY
MaryEllen McLaughlin, Assistant Executive Director, Good Shepherd Services, New York, NY
Jason Oliver, Co-founder and Co-facilitator of The Upper Room, Lutheran Children and Family Service, Philadelphia, PA
Theresa Parrino, LCSW, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
Marie Peoples, MA, CSACII, Carol Jones Recovery Center for Women, St. Louis, MO
Staci Perlman, MSW, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice
Jonathan Pletcher, MD, Lehigh Valley Hospital, PA
Robert Prentky, PhD, Justice Resource Institute, Bridgewater, MA
Trupti Rao, PsyD, Westchester Institute for Human Development, Valhalla, NY
Ramesh Raghavan, MD, PhD, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
David Rubin, MD, MSCE, Director of Research and Policy for Safe Place: Center for Child Protection and Health, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Barry Salovitz, MSW, Child Welfare Institute, Chicago, IL
David Sanders, PhD, Executive Vice President of Systems Improvement, Casey Family Services
Meredith L. Schalick, JD, MS, CARES Institute, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Steven Simms, PhD, Family Therapist and Licensed Psychologist; Senior Faculty Member, Philadelphia Child and Family Therapy Training Center
Mark Sloan, DO, Southwest Michigan Children’s Trauma Assessment Center
Ginger Smith, National Adoption Center/Adoption Center of Delaware Valley
Holly Smith, MA, Supervisor of the Boulder County Sexual Abuse Team; National Trainer and Consultant; Healthbridge Alliance: Center for Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue, Denver, Colorado
Lisa C. Smith, Professor, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, NY
Carol Wilson Spigner, DSW, Kenneth L. M. Pray Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy & Practice
Ilisa Stalberg, Director of Health and Safety Programs, Maternity Care Coalition, Philadelphia, PA
Daniel Stedjan, Foster Care Social Worker, Co-founder and Co-facilitator of The Upper Room, Lutheran Children and Family Service, Philadelphia, PA
Lisa Street, MSW, LCSW, Greene County, Missouri Juvenile Court, St. Louis, MO
Frank E. Vandervort, JD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Child Advocacy Law Clinic, University of Michigan
Tracy Vericker, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC
Pearl Wright, MA, MAC, Director of Clinical Operations, Supportive Child Adult Network, Inc.
Kristen Zabor, Foster Care Social Worker, Co-founder and Co-facilitator of The Upper Room, Lutheran Children and Family Service, Philadelphia, PA