Takkeem Morgan
Takkeem Morgan joined Prevent Child Abuse America as Senior Director of Communications in August 2024.
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Jennifer Jones, MSW
Jennifer Jones joined Prevent Child Abuse America as Chief Strategy Officer in February 2021. Previously, she served as the director of the Change in Mind Institute and the co-director for Safety and Resilience for the Alliance for Strong Families and Communities. At the Change in Mind Institute, Jones helped to advance a common understanding of the core story of brain development and integrate this knowledge into the social and public services sectors. She led all aspects of the institute, including recently raising $1.7 million for the Texas Change in Mind Learning Collaborative and National Impact Study. Jones also served as the project director of the Child Safety Forward Initiative, a three-year Department of Justice cooperative agreement working with five jurisdictions to develop community-led, systematic solutions to reduce child fatalities caused by child maltreatment.
Dr. Melissa T. Merrick
Melissa T. Merrick, PhD, is President and CEO of Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America), the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization dedicated to the primary prevention of child abuse and neglect. She has more than 20 years of clinical, research, and leadership experience related to the etiology, course, and prevention of child abuse and neglect.
Kelly Christopher
In her role as the Chief Development Officer, Kelly Christopher has the privilege of sharing Prevent Child Abuse America’s incredible work with partners across the country. She thrives on building strategic partnerships with organizations and people who help to improve outcomes for all young people by fostering more equitable systems, services, and communities.
Kathleen Strader
Healthy Families America (HFA) National Director Kathleen Strader, MSW, IMH-E®, has been involved with HFA since 1993. For 10 years, she led a county-wide, hospital-based HFA collaborative in metropolitan Detroit, where she still resides with her husband of over 30 years and her dogs, Wilson and Maverick, and with her three adult children, all of whom live nearby. She became a nationally certified HFA Trainer in 1998 and Peer Reviewer in 2000.
Anita Odom
“Growing up in poverty and under oppression taught me the importance of equity. Having a career where I can influence societal conditions to create equal opportunity for all families and children, is simply a gift and privilege.”
Dr. Bart Klika
“After working in group care for a number of years, I became exhausted by the revolving door of children needing services as a result of violence and trauma. I was convinced that there had to be another way. Prevention is the way forward!”
