In child welfare and foster care litigation, this Master of Social Welfare (MSW) serves as an expert witness evaluating standards of care, regulatory compliance, and service delivery within foster family agencies and behavioral health programs. With more than 20 years of professional experience, her areas of expertise include foster care placement practices, adoption services, early childhood programs, parent advocacy initiatives, abuse and neglect allegations, incidents involving children and vulnerable adults, family strengthening interventions, mental health service coordination, parenting skills development, housing stability planning, and therapeutic support services. She provides expert consultation to attorneys in civil cases involving alleged abuses and incidents affecting children, adolescents, and adults in foster care settings.

Her professional background includes founding and serving for more than 20 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of a nonprofit foster care and behavioral health organization, where she exercised executive and board-level decision-making authority over foster family agency operations, therapeutic foster care, transitional housing services, adoption programs, and parent advocacy initiatives. In that leadership capacity, she developed agency standards consistent with state regulations, supervised multidisciplinary staff, expanded services across multiple counties, and participated in statewide public policy initiatives affecting foster care reform and child welfare legislation. Her credentials include certified training in Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (MAPP) and Parent Resources for Information, Development, and Education (PRIDE), reflecting specialized qualifications in foster parent preparation and child welfare practice standards. She holds a Master of Social Welfare degree and bachelor’s degrees in psychology and child psychology. Professional involvement has included advisory board service, board presidency, and membership in statewide child and family services alliances, as well as participation in accreditation processes and regulatory frameworks governing foster care and mental health services. Her expert witness work centers on objective evaluation of foster care practices, policy compliance, and service adequacy in civil child welfare litigation.