A key priority of this project is empowering CAC leaders. The Leadership and Learning Working Group focused on developing targeted training opportunities for current CAC Directors and CAC staff seeking to grow into leadership roles within the movement. Insights from a national leadership development survey highlighted the importance of equipping leaders with the skills to foster strong teams, promote retention, and drive meaningful change.  

The Leadership and Learning Working Group Report

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MEET THE LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING WORKING GROUP MEMBERS

Co-chairs 

Sue Ascione, MS, Interim Project Director, Northeast Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, Philadelphia, PA 

Gene Klein, LMHP, Executive Director, Project Harmony, Omaha, NE 

Members 

Lisa Bourgoyne, M.Ed., LPC-S, Director of Partner Relations (former), The Children’s Assessment Center, Houston, TX

Emily Chittendon-Laird, Director, Southern Regional Children’s Advocacy Center, Huntsville, AL 

Robert Fallbeck, MBA, Executive Director (former) The Crawford Child Advocacy Center, Fort Collins, CO 

Susan Goldfarb, MSW, Executive Director (former) Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk County, Boston, MA 

Kim Hamm, MSW, Director of Member Services, NCA, Washington, DC 

Chelsey Hucker, J.D., Executive Director (former), First Light, Grand Island, SC 

Rhonda Hudson, Executive Director, Ray of Hope Advocacy Center, Inc., Bartlesville, OK 

Jan Lutz, Executive Director, Indiana Chapter of National Children’s Alliance (former), Indianapolis, IN 

Daniele Lyman-Torres, Ed.D., CEO (former), The Child Advocacy Center of Greater Rochester, Rochester, NY 

Ellen Morrisey, MSSW, Chief Program Officer, Children’s Advocacy Center of Texas, Austin, TX 

Michele Mullen, MSW, LCSW, Senior Manager, Workforce Project, NCA, Washington, DC 

Abbie Newman, J.D., RN, CEO, External and Global Affairs, Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center, East Norriton, PA 

Char Rivette, MSW, LCSW, CEO, Chicago Children’s Advocacy Center, President, NCA Board, Chicago, IL 

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