National Planning Committee

Members of the conference's national planning committee are listed below:

Sharon Amatetti
Center for Substance Abuse
Treatment, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services
Administration
Rockville, MD

Sue Benjamin
Office of Refugee Resettlement,
Administration for Children and
Families
Washington, DC

Tom Birch
National Child Abuse Coalition
Washington, DC

Mary Campbell
American Psychological Association
Washington, DC.

Dana Carr
Safe and Drug-Free Schools
Program, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, U.S.
Department of Education
Washington, DC

Jon Conte
American Professional Society on the
Abuse of Children
Seattle, WA

Patricia Craig
National Association of County
Human Services Administrators
Washington, DC

Rayanne Darensbourg
Family and Youth Services Bureau,
Administration on Children, Youth
and Families
Washington, DC

Howard A. Davidson, J.D.
American Bar Association, Center on
Children and the Law
Washington, DC

Beverly Watts Davis
Center for Substance Abuse
Prevention, Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services
Administration
Rockville, MD

Gordon Duvall
National Fatherhood Initiative
Gaithersburg, MD

Lori D. Frasier, M.D.
American Academy of Pediatrics
Salt Lake City, UT

Barbara J. Hatcher
American Public Health Association
Washington, DC

Sharon E. Hemphill
Boys & Girls Clubs of America
Atlanta, GA

Sondra Jackson
Black Administrators in Child
Welfare
Washington, DC

Ann Johnson
Prevent Child Abuse America
Chicago, IL

Jill Kagan
National Respite Coalition
Annandale, VA

Caren Kaplan
Child Welfare League of America
Washington, DC

Marilyn Keel
Family Advocacy Program, U.S.
Department of Defense
Arlington, VA

Dean Kline
Freddie Mac Foundation
McLean, VA

Valerie Krajec
Child Care Bureau, Administration
on Children, Youth and Families
Washington, DC

Ron Laney
Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, U.S.
Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Nita Lescher
American Humane Association,
Children's Division
Englewood, CO

Meryl Levine
Parents Anonymous^®, Inc.
Claremont, CA

Anita Light
American Public Human Services
Association
Washington, DC

Myra Liwanag
Coalition for Asian American
Children and Families
New York, NY

Gretchen Menn
Administration on Developmental
Disabilities
Washington, DC

Mary Volpa Mentaberry
National Council of Juvenile &
Family Court Judges
Reno, NV

Kim Musheno
Association of University Centers on
Disabilities
Silver Spring, MD

Susan Notkin
The Center for Community
Partnerships in Child Welfare
Washington, DC

Hae Young Park
Health Resources and Services
Administration
Rockville, MD

Nadja Printup-Jones
National Indian Child Welfare
Association
Portland, OR

Teresa Rafael
National Alliance of Children's
Trust and Prevention Funds
Seattle, WA

Karen Rich
National Exchange Club
Foundation for the Prevention of
Child Abuse
McAlester, OK

Anita L. Rosen
Council on Social Work Education
Alexandria, VA

Patricia Rowell
American Nurses Association
Washington, DC

Roland Santiago
Center for Mental Health Services,
Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration
Rockville, MD

Joseph Semidei
Committee for Hispanic Children
and Families
New York, NY

Mana Sonawane
National Network for Youth
Washington, DC

Gretchen Test
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Baltimore, MD

Tracy Whitaker
National Association of Social
Workers
Washington, DC

Diane Whitehead
National Head Start Association
Alexandria, VA