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Spotlighting the Opening Plenary: Inspiring Solutions
Championing Wellness and Safe Zones
by Troy Vincent, Sr. and Tommi Vincent
Troy Vincent, Sr. is the Executive Vice President of Football Operations at the National Football League, beginning his football career as the 7th overall pick in the first round for the Miami Dolphins in the 1992 NFL Draft. After 15 seasons of playing in the league, Troy continues to be nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for the Philadelphia Eagles, the State of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin and Pennsbury High School.
In his current position with the NFL, he employs the highest standards to enhance and preserve football and its value to society. His transformational and visionary leadership approach promotes using the game of football to positively impact people’s lives through excellence and service by applying clarity, consistency and credibility to all aspects of football operations.
Tommi A. Vincent is a thought leader and passionate advocate for women, dedicated to empowering individuals and driving the movement to end domestic violence. As a sought-after public speaker, she brings a wealth of experience to diverse topics, including women’s empowerment, flexible goal setting, effective leadership, parenting and marriage, and the art of choosing impact over being right. She also shares strategies for navigating life transitions with minimal disruption. In addition to her public speaking, Vincent coaches women on cultivating emboldening lifestyle habits, helping them unlock their potential and live with greater confidence, purpose, and resilience.
Evidence in Action: Translating the Latest Research into Best Practices
by Lisa Jones, PhD, MA
Lisa M. Jones is a research associate professor of psychology at the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC), University of New Hampshire. Dr. Jones received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1999 from the University of Rhode Island. She has over 20 years’ experience researching child victimization and adversity exposure, with a focus on commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and youth, sexual abuse, bias and hate crime victimization, and technology-based victimization of children.
She is currently serving as PI on a 5-year CDC-funded R01 randomized controlled trial evaluation of youth-focused trafficking prevention education program delivered to at-risk youth in the state of Minnesota. She is also serving as PI of a study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct a 5-year quasi-experimental evaluation of a specialized intensive services for youth trafficking victims developed by the non-profit Love 146. In other research areas, Dr. Jones is serving as PI on an NIJ-funded study to identify processes for improving national surveillance of child sexual abuse cases in youth serving organizations (YSOs). She is PI on a privately funded randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Common Sense Education digital citizenship curriculum, after having recently completed an RCT of the Google Be Internet Awesome digital citizenship program. Finally, she recently completed a NIJ-funded national study of hate crime investigations conducted by law enforcement. Dr. Jones has published over 100 papers and chapters on these and other child victimization topics and regularly presents across the country and internationally on these topics.
Exploring Innovative Solutions to the Explosion of Online Sexual Abuse
by Mary Pulido, PhD, FAPSAC
Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. joined The World Childhood Foundation USA as the Executive Director in October of 2023. Prior to that time, she served as the Executive Director of The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first child protection agency in the world. She has held senior management positions at the Child Protection Center of Montefiore Medical Center (a Child Advocacy Center), the Children’s Village, and at Covenant House/Under 21.
Dr. Pulido’s protocol for crisis debriefing following child fatality and critical incidents is utilized throughout the New York City Child Protective Services system. Dr. Pulido is a member of the Medical Reserve Corps of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She served on the National Board of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and is a Board member of the NYS Chapter of the APSAC Board and is Co-Chair of their Public Policy Committee.
State of the Organization
by Darrell L. Armstrong, EdS-MFT, MDiv, DDiv
Darrell L. Armstrong, EdS-MFT, MDiv, DDiv, is pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church (Trenton, NJ) a thriving multicultural and multigenerational community of faith, which under Armstrong’s leadership became the first house of worship in the US to officially declare itself a No-Hit Zone. He also serves as the President of APSAC.
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