Advisory Committee

Staff | Structure | Partner Organizations | Advisory Committee |

The work of the QIC-EC is shaped by the input many. Organizations and individuals at the national, state, and local levels have multiple opportunities to offer ideas and provide feedback. The National Advisory Committee (NAC) is a group of national experts in early childhood, child maltreatment prevention, child welfare, and health who provide guidance to the QIC-EC, particularly during the planning year (Year One). The NAC includes:

Bernie Dorsey
Conscious Fathering Coordinator
Parent Trust for Washington Children

Jim Hmurovich
President and CEO
Prevent Child Abuse America

Annette Wisk Jacobi
Chief
Family Support and Prevention Service
Oklahoma State Department of Health

Sandra Jimenez
Trainer/Consultant
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Nadja Jones
Senior Community Development Specialist
National Indian Child Welfare Association

Roxanne Kaufmann
Director of Early Childhood Policy
Center for Child and Human Development
Georgetown University

Panu Lucier
Executive Director
Alaska Children’s Trust

Patrick McCarthy
Senior Vice President
Annie E. Casey Foundation

Erwin McEwen
Director
Illinois Department of Children

Suzanne Randolph
Chief Science Officer
Mayatech Corporation

Rizwan Shah
Medical Director
Regional Child Protection Center
Blank Children’s Hospital

David Sanders
Executive Vice President of Systems Improvement
Casey Family Programs

Lisbeth Schorr
Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of Social Policy
Director, Project on Effective Interventions
Lecturer, Harvard University Medical School

Sonia Velazquez
Vice President
Children’s Division
American Humane Association

Fred Wulczyn
Research Fellow
Chapin Hall Center for Children

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