I have nearly two decades of experience strategically managing productive relationships between the public child protection agency, its stakeholders, the community, and community families in order to protect children from abuse and neglect.

If you are interested in expanding your public relations capacity within a public agency environment I can offer services that include training existing staff, evaluating current programming and objectives, and hands-on consulting for those engaging in purposeful relationship building for the first time.

Some of the previous presentations/trainings include:

• “Old Media/New Media: Core skills for engaging your community” IHS Webinar, August 2011
• “Social Media and Child Welfare” PCSAO Executive Directors Retreat, August 2011
• “The Three C’s of Permency” Child Welfare League of America, December 2007 “Public Relations in Practice,” PCSAO state conference, 2005
• Keynote Workshop: “Leadership In Child Protection,” PCSAO, 2001
• “The Media, Public Relations and Child Welfare” American Foster Care Resources, Inc. Long Island, CA, 2001
• “I Heard it Through the Grapevine: The Media, Public Relations and Child Protection;” Child Welfare League of America Regional Conference, 2001
• “Mission Possible: The Media, Public Relations and Child Protection;” Child Welfare League of America Regional Conference, 2000
• “One Child At a Time: Recruitment Strategies that Work:” NYAP National Conference, 1999.