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ABOUT THE CHILD PROTECTION CENTER
HISTORY | LEADERSHIP | STAFF | NEWSLETTER
The Child Protection Center mission is to prevent child abuse, and to protect and treat children and families affected by child abuse.
HISTORY
The Child Protection Center, Inc. (CPC) was established in 1980. CPC initially provided only child abuse intervention services through the Child Protection Team (CPT). This program works together with the Department of Children and Families and Law Enforcement in the investigation of child abuse cases and also coordinates community-wide services for affected children.
In 1986, the need for services to help families and children recover from the effects of child abuse led CPC’s directors to approve development of the Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (SATP) to provide psychotherapy for children and families suffering from the trauma of sexual abuse.
In 1991, the services of CPT and SATP were extended to children abused by a non-caregiver – a population previously not served. Also in 1991, CPC’s Medical Director and Executive Director identified the need for a primary child abuse prevention program to teach children, parents, and care providers the attitudes, skills and behaviors necessary to keep children safe. The Personal Safety Education Program (PSEP) was planned and service provisions began in early 1992.
Knowing that responding to and treating early indications of aggressive behavior is essential to successfully break the cycle of abuse, the Kid Kindness Program (KKP) began providing psychotherapy in 1993 to children who exhibited such behavior or have abused other children.
Court ordered Children and Families Supervised Visitation Program (CFSVP) was begun in 1995 to facilitate visits between non-custodial parents and their children. These visits are supervised by extensively trained volunteers in a clean, safe and healthy environment for children.
The year 2006 brought about an expansion of PSEP to include Community Awareness to expand the knowledge and sensitivity of child abuse issues. This program is now called Personal Safety and Community Awareness (PSCA).
To successfully address the issue of child abuse, efforts in prevention, intervention and treatment must be implemented. The unique comprehensive continuum of services developed over the more than twenty-eight year history of the Child Protection Center, Inc. exemplifies such an effort.
LEADERSHIP
President & CEO
Hal H. Hedley, Ed.D.
Hal began his career in his home state of Virginia as an elementary school teacher, then high school coach and eventually a high school principal. In 1985, Hal and his wife and four children moved to Sarasota where Hal then served as Circuit Director of the Guardian ad Litem Program for three years. In 1989, Hal was selected to be the Executive Director of The Community Coalition for Families, Inc. – soon to be named the Child Protection Center, Inc. In 1998, Hal left CPC to help the Special Olympics Sarasota build the first community based sports training center. After completing that project, Hal worked for Jewish Family and Children Services and MCC for five years before returning to CPC. Hal is a recipient of the Florida's Finest Award presented by the late Governor Lawton Chiles in 1996. His life goal is to see a Child Advocacy Center in Sarasota and watch the incidence of child abuse dwindle and finally go away completely.
Child Protection Team Vice President, Client Services
Doug Staley
Director of Development
Carolyn Haworth
Director of Finance
Marian Siegel
Children and Families Supervised Visitation Program (CFSVP), Program Director
Carroll Leis
A graduate of Ohio State University, Carroll has served as the Financial Marketing Director for the Ohio Credit Union and was the Creator/Editor and Publisher of the Apple Tree Gazette, a local travel and tourism magazine, before relocating to Sarasota, FL.
Before joining the Child Protection Center in 2000, Carroll was the Director of Outside Connection, a local Sarasota non-profit focused on helping women make a successful transition from prison back into their communities. She also served as a volunteer coordinator and HIV/AIDS test coordinator for the Community Aids Network.
Carroll has led the CFSVP as Program Director since 2004 and continues to work to reestablish family relationships in our community.
Carroll has been married to her husband Dick for almost 50 years and they have three children.
Personal Safety and Community Awareness Program (PSCA), Program Director
Mandy O’Malley
Mandy O’Malley’s ten year career at the Child Protection Center has focused on the prevention and intervention of child maltreatment. In her current capacity as the Director of the Personal Safety and Community Awareness Program, she is charged with the creation and implementation of a variety of educational programs for youth and adults to raise understanding and awareness of child abuse and neglect throughout the community. A graduate of Florida State University, Mandy is currently enrolled at the University of Nebraska where she is pursuing her Master’s Degree in Youth Development. Happily married to her grade school best friend, Mandy’s own children serve as her inspiration to affect change for the future.
Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (SATP), Clinical Director
Steve Steiner
Steve Steiner graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Psychology from Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. before earning his Master’s in Social Work from Barry University in Miami, FL, in 1986. He came to Sarasota to work on licensure and soon after met Janet Pearlman at a conference , a long time sexual abuse survivor advocate who convinced him to join the Sexual Abuse Treatment Program. Steve worked with boys and their families for many years before taking a Clinical Supervisor position with a local agency. Through SATP Steve met Ruth Shapiro, who became his colleague and mentor, and they shared a practice for many years while she was the Director of SATP. Steve remained in contact with the staff at CPC waiting for an opening to return to this wonderful program, and last year not only did the Clinical Supervisor position become available but the agency rallied for more hours–which allowed Steve to leave his other job and focus on SATP. He is extremely excited to be a part of the CPC family and has brought some of his former students and staff to the program as well. His clinical expertise is Play Therapy and Family Therapy.
Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (SATP), Program Director
Douglas Staley
Kid Kindness Program (KKP), Program Director
Ross Thompson
Ross Thompson directs the Kid Kindness Program for the Child Protection Center. He has assisted the youth of our community by providing counseling for 20 years and has worked with CPC for more than 15. Mr. Thompson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and National Certified Counselor with an expertise in treating childhood trauma and reactions to childhood abuse. As a counselor he has assisted thousands of youth and guides other counselors in their professional development. As past president of the State Sexual Abuse Intervention Network, he provided instruction for local and state professionals in understanding the impact of sexual abuse on children and productive ways to care for them and their families.
Mr. Thompson graduated from the University of Florida and completed his Master’s Degree from Nova University. He participates in the community by providing parenting education, and counseling support for local churches, volunteers in the classroom for his children, and has coached baseball, football and soccer. Married for 21 years, his main goal in life is to have a happy family and to help others have them also.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Trish McConnell
Board President
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Bill Bastek
Board Vice President
Marilee Roberts
Board Secretary
Bamboo Homes
Dawn Buff
Assistant State Attorney
Judge David Denkin
12th Judicial Circuit Court
Ellen Drews
Community Volunteer
Susan Elkins
Second Vice President
Northern Trust Bank
Sgt. Chris Iorio
Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office
Melissa Kelley
Community Volunteer
Graci McGillicuddy
Community Volunteer/Philanthropist
Robb Olsen
Vice President of Marketing SNN
Katelynn Lilly
Star Student
***Katherine Keeley, M.D.
CPT Medical Director
Pediatrics Associates of Sarasota
Michael Perry
Attorney at Law, Board Counsel
Ex-officio Board Member
STAFF MEMBERS
* Denotes number of years at CPC
Administration
Harold H. Hedley, President & CEO *14
Marian Siegel, Director of Finance
Carolyn Haworth, Director of Development
Josephine Eisenberg, Development Coordinator
Gail Rulison, Human Resource Coordinator/Administrative Assistant
Child Protection Team
Doug Staley, Vice President Client Services *13
Dr. Katherine Keeley, M.D., Medical Director *13
Susan Barber, Medical Coordinator/Nurse *7
Brooke Bell, Case Coordinator
Danielle Shetler, Case Coordinator
Sheila Gingerich, VOCA Case Coordinator
Diane Ogden, CPT Secretary *7
Personal Safety and Community Awareness
Mandy O’Malley, Program Director *10
Jeni Silver, Parenting Educator/Victim and Family Advocate *14
Jeanette Altman, Prevention Educator
Mimi Fleck, Prevention Educator
Sexual Abuse Treatment Program
Doug Staley, Program Director *13
Steve Steiner, Clinical Director/Therapist
Melinda Tritschler, Therapist
Tylar Smith, Therapist
Gale Pearson, Therapist
Robin Kruger, Therapist
Linda Resh, Co-Facilitator *22
Lori Haynes, Co-Facilitator
Kathryn Marcinkiewicz, Co-Facilitator
Kacia Zuill, Therapist
Jim Payne, Therapist
Christine Hill, Therapist
Tammy Allshouse, Therapist
Aldo Botter, Therapist
Tonine Garberino, Therapist
Kyla Whipple, Therapist
April Kent, Intern
Jackie Levine, Therapist
Lisa Maier, Intern
John Cournyer
Children & Families Supervised Visitation Program
Carroll Leis, Program Director *7
Joan Beneke, Volunteer Coordinator
Beth Piel, Case Coordinator
Kid Kindness Program
Ross Thompson, Program Director/Therapist *15
Maribeth McDermott, Therapist
Susan Krinsk, Therapist *16
Joy Striepe, Therapist
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