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Dr. Melissa T. Merrick

President and CEO - Prevent Child Abuse America

Jennifer Jones, MSW

Chief Strategy Officer

Kathleen Strader

National Director, Healthy Families America

Dr. Bart Klika

Chief Research Officer

Kelly Christopher

Chief Development Officer

Mary Lubben

Chief Financial Officer

Elizabeth Solhtalab

Chief Public Policy and Government Relations Officer

Kelly Crane

Director of Policy & Government Relations

Anita Odom

National Director of State Chapters

Takkeem Morgan

Senior Communications Director

Jourdan Darensbourg

Executive Assistant to the CEO & Board Liaison

Dr. Karen Guskin

Managing Director of Healthy Families America Research

Kit Patterson

HFA Senior Director of Training & TA

Kerrie Green

HFA Learning Management Director

Irmes Conceptia Dagba

Senior Communications Manager

Kiersten L. Sutton

Special Projects Manager

Lara Melnik

Director of Corporate and Foundation Partnerships

Catherine Hope Coleman

Event Manager

Alina Birenyte

Controller

Catherine Murphy

Senior Research Manager

Christi Pritchard

HFA Project Manager

Yomaira Molina

HFA Operations Manager

Jade Angulo

Data Analyst

Christa Austin

HFA Principal Trainer

Jennifer Baxter

HFA Quality Improvement Data Specialist

Andy Berkhout

Senior Manager, Data Innovations

Danah C. Bialoruski

Development Manager 

Shameka Erby

HFA Operations Coordinator

Bailey Brewer

HFA Operations Coordinator

Gretchen Brogdon

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Kelly Foster

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Tomeaka Jupiter

HFA Training & TA Manager

Cristina Massey

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Sue Pence

Finance Consultant

Lenny Rivota

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Danita Roberts

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Diana Sanchez

HFA Site Development Specialist

Laura Shoaf

HFA Senior Principal Trainer

Sarai Perez

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Dr. Eric Thibodeau

Research Scientist

Shayna W. Cooper

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Reagan Eshleman

HFA Training & TA Specialist

Kristen Lawrence

Chapter Network Coordinator

Melea Rose-Waters

HFA Policy and Government Relations Manager

LaTasha Webster

Project Coordinator

Our Board of Directors

Michael Axelrod

Board Chair. Managing Partner at Trinova Partners LLC

Stephen Ban

Retired, Former Managing Director, Investment Solutions, Hightower Advisors

Lynnwood Bibbens

Chairman & CEO, ReachTV; Founding Partner & CEO, The Invictus Firm

Clinton Boyd, Jr. PhD

Research - Chapin Hall

Andrew Brady

Market President of Verizon Consumer Group’s Great Lakes market

Thomas Carhart

Founding Principal - South Street Advisors LLC

Kathy Dang

VP Operations and Health Plans at Spring Health

Maura Somers Dughi

Lifetime Member. Retired.

Brian Epperson

CEO, Target River

SuEllen Fried

In Memoriam

Habeebah Grimes

Chief Executive Officer, Positive Education Program

Carley Kramer

Senior Manager, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Danielle Laraque-Arena, MD

FAAP, FCOPP Professor, Columbia University | Senior Research Scientist, NYAM | President & Professor Emerita, SUNY Upstate Medical University

Dr. Antoinette (Toni) Laskey

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine and Division Chief, Center for Safe and Healthy Families, Primary Children’s Hospital

Lolita McDavid, MD, MPA

Medical Director of Child Advocacy and Protection - University Hospitals

Kimberly Merchant

Managing Director - BMO Financial Group

Dr. Melissa T. Merrick

President and CEO - Prevent Child Abuse America

Jerry Milner, DSW

Co-Director and Co-Founder, Family Justice Group, LLC

Kevin Moore

Chief Growth Officer, UnitedHealthcare Community & State

Bruce Perry, MD, PhD

Co-Vice Chair. Principal, Senior Fellow, and Professor - Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University

Marco Quintana

Senior Vice President, Team Lead, Wintrust Commercial Banking - Construction, Engineering & Architectural Division

Robert Rotondi

North America Head of Client Implementation and Integration for HSBC Global Payment Solutions

Jodi Scheurenbrand

Treasurer. CFO - New York Private Schools. National Vice President of Finance - Kappa Delta

Susan Stockton

National President of Kappa Delta

Kalen Thornton

Global Chief Brand Officer at Pizza Hut

Ramya Venkat Parekh

Executive Strategy Director, Accenture Song

Matt Walch

Immediate Past Board Chair. Partner - Latham & Watkins

Maureen Willett, JD

Retired, Operations Vice President at State Farm Insurance

Bernardo Wolfson

Founder & CEO - Realize, LLC

Dr. Marilyn Zimmerman

Co-Principal Investigator and Senior Director of Policy & Programs - National Native Children’s Trauma Center

Impact Partners

  • Rev. Darrell Armstrong, Pastor (President/CEO), Shiloh Baptist Church
  • P. Leigh Bishop, Esq., Director, Babies and Toddlers (BaT) Task Force, NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner
  • Thomas (TJ) Fox, SVP of Industrial IoT and Automotive for Verizon Business
  • David Goldblum, Chief Executive Officer at Conscious Contact Entertainment
  • Alexandra Dickson Gray, Documentary Filmmaker
  • Andrè Rice, President Muller & Monroe Asset Management, LLC
  • Andrea Robertson, Immediate Past Chair, Prevent Child Abuse America Board of Directors; Group Executive, MasterCard Worldwide (retired)
  • Alexis Strongin, MD

Associate Board

  • Emma Andelson, American Medical Association
  • Jared Boyce, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Jarrett Dawson, Verizon Wireless
  • Sandra George, American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Claire Helpingstine, CDC Foundation
  • Jillian Krupko, Marmon Rail
  • Lauren Medina, StackAdapt
  • Maggie Prisinzano, McKinsey & Company
  • Elaina Wargo, YMCA of Metro Chicago

Prevent Child Abuse America is the nation’s oldest and largest organization committed to preventing child abuse and neglect before it happens. ​We promote programs and resources informed by science that enable kids, families, and entire communities to thrive—today, tomorrow, and for generations to come.

Prevent Child Abuse America is a registered 501(c)3 organization. Our tax ID/EIN number is 23-7235671. View our 2022 990 form.

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More services

Community Services

Find free or affordable food, housing, goods (e.g., diapers and formula), transit, health, money, care, education, work, and legal help and resources.

Childhelp

Call or text for crisis intervention, information, literature, and referrals. Operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Missing & Exploited Children

Have you seen a missing child? Contact the Cybertipline 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. Reports may also be made online at www.cybertipline.com.

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National Runaway Safeline

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