Board of Directors

Executive Committee

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Channing Petrak

President

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Char Rivette

Vice President

Jerry Dunn

Jerry H. Dunn

Treasurer

Ernestine Briggs-King

Ernestine Briggs-King, Ph.D.

Secretary

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Jeffrey S. Noto

Immediate Past President

Committee Chairs

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Channing Petrak, M.D.

Governance Committee

Henry Shiembob

Corporate Development Committee

2024 Board of Directors

Uma Ahluwalia

Uma S. Ahluwalia, MSW, MHA

Managing Principal, Health Management Associates

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Jordan Benning, MEd

Project Director, Midwest Regional Children's Advocacy Center

Ernestine Briggs-King

Ernestine Briggs-King, Ph.D.

Director of Research, Center for Child & Family Health; Director, Data and Evaluation Program, UCLA-Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress; Associate Professor, Duke University School of Medicine

Jerry Dunn

Jerry H. Dunn, Ph.D.

Executive Director, Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis; Clinical Professor, University of Missouri-St. Louis

Deana Joy

Deana Joy

Executive Director, Children's Advocacy Centers of North Carolina

Lt. Joseph E. Laramie (ret.)

Lt. Joseph E. Laramie (ret.)

Former Program Manager, National Criminal Justice Training Center of Fox Valley Technical College

Vickie Melvin

Vickie M. Melvin, MSW, LSW

Director of Programs, Practice, and Quality Improvement, Philadelphia Children's Alliance

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Jeffrey S. Noto

Chief Financial Officer - Zayo Group

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Channing Petrak, M.D.

Medical Director, Pediatric Resource Center

Lou Anna Red Corn

Lou Anna Red Corn, J.D.

Fayette (Ky.) Commonwealth’s Attorney (Ret.)

Jeff Rich

Jeff Rich

Detective, City of Plano, Texas, Police Department

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Char Rivette, MSW, LCSW

Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Children's Advocacy Center

Henry Shiembob

Chief Security Officer, JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Charles Wilson

Charles Wilson, MSSW

Former Program Director, Chadwick Center, Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

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