The work of the Child Welfare Training Collaborative is guided by an advisory council made up of 41 representatives from 25 organizations.
Tanya Chambers-Ashford
Amerigroup
Cheryl Benefield
Department of Education
Jerry Bruce
Program Attorney for J4C, Division of Communications, Children, Families and the Courts
Judicial Council
Administrative Office of the Courts
Dr. Elizabeth Beck
Professor, School of Social Work, Georgia State University
Lee Biggar
Director of Knowledge Management, Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
Dr. Angie Boy
Program Manager, Stephanie Blank Center for Safe and Healthy Children – Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Dr. Brian Bride
Director, School of Social Work, Georgia State University
Dr. Shannon Self-Brown
Director of Doctoral Program, GSU School of Public Health; Associate Director for Research and Development, National SafeCare Training and Research Center (NSTRC)
Deborah Chosewood
Office of Prevention, Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
Ursula Davis
Senior Research Associate, Center of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Health, Georgia State University
Lisa Dawson
Director of Injury Prevention, Georgia Department of Public Health
Donna Dent
Assistant Director DBHDD/Office of Behavioral Health Prevention
Ann Digirolamo
Associate Project Director, Center of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Health, Georgia State University
Meaghan Gibson
Injury Prevention Program, Child Occupant Safety, Georgia Department of Public Health
Brenda Gillespie
Georgia Center for Resources and Support
Hanah Goldberg, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Policy
GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students
Jay Hayes
Investigator, Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Dr. Sharon Hill
Professor, Georgia State University
Deidre Hollands
CASA Programs Operations Director
Judge Michael Key
Juvenile Court Judge, Troup County
Dr. Kelly Kinnish
Clinical Director, Georgia Center for Child Advocacy
Joshua Kirkham
Atlanta Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Beoncia Loveless
Child Death/Serious Injury Specialist, Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
Nathan Mitchell
Douglas Sheriff’s Office
Dr. Christie Moore
Director of Professional Learning, Bright from the Start, Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning
Jennifer Stein
Prevent Child Abuse Georgia
Laurence Nelson
Director, Education and Training, Georgia Division of Family & Children Services
Astrid Prudent
Senior Research Associate, Center of Excellence for Child and Adolescent Health, Georgia State University
Heather Rowles
Executive Director, Multi-Agency Alliance for Children
Allison Setterlind
Director, Georgia Head Start Collaboration Office, Bright From the Start, Georgia’s Department of Early Care and Learning
Claire Wood
Together Georgia
Judge Peggy Walker
Retired Judge
Judge Ashley Willcott
Dekalb County, Juvenile Court Judge
Arianne Weldon
Director, Get Georgia Reading