
Karen Nolte, LCSW
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
Chief Executive Officer of Family Forward

Rebecca Orsi, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: rebecca.orsi@cuanschutz.edu
Assistant Research Professor at the Kempe Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz

Jared Parrish, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: jared.parrish@alaska.gov
Senior Epidemiologist at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services

Peter Pecora, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: PPecora@casey.org
Professor for the University of Washington
Managing Director of Research Services for Casey Family Programs

Suzanne Perkins, Ph.D., M.Ed.
- Email: sperkinz@umich.edu
Research Investigator in the Research Center for Group Dynamics in the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan

Clark Peters, PhD, JD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: peterscm@missouri.edu
Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at The University of Missouri- Columbia

Emily Putnam-Hornstein, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: eputnamhornstein@unc.edu
John A. Tate Distinguished Professor for Children in Need and Director of Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Director Children’s Data Network at the University of Southern California

Rebecca Rebbe, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: rebbe@unc.edu
Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Vetta Sanders-Thompson, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: vthompson22@wustl.edu

Miriam Schiff, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
Full Professor and Zena Harman Chair at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Kristen Seay, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: kdseay@mailbox.sc.edu
Associate Professor in the College of Social Work at University of South Carolina
Principle Investigator, The Duke Endowment Assessing the Role of Social Determinants in Foster Care Entry and Exit

Terry Shaw, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: tshaw@ssw.umaryland.edu
Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work
Research Division Director at the Institute for Innovation and Implementation

James D Simon, PhD, LCSW
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: jsimon7@calstatela.edu
Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Los Angeles

Matthew Stagner, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: stagner-matthew@norc.org
Senior Fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago

Mini Tandon, DO
Lead of Project Surround
Professor of Child Psychiatry at Washington University in Saint Louis

Sheree L. Toth, PhD
Director of TRANSFORM – Rochester Capstone Center
- Email: sheree.toth@rochester.edu
Executive Director of Mt. Hope Family Center and Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Rochester.

Nancy Weaver, PhD
Co-Lead of the Community Engagement Core (CEC)
- Email: nancy.weaver@slu.edu
Professor at Saint Louis University

Allison West, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: awest25@jhu.edu
Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University


Abigail Williams-Butler, PhD
Member of the Scientific Learning Collaborative
- Email: aw643@ssw.rutgers.edu
Assistant Professor at Rutgers University

Diane Wittling
Center Coordinator
- Email: dwittling@wustl.edu

Liwei Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Email: liwei.zhang@uga.edu
Assistant Professor at University of Georgia