DEBBIE BLACK has been the Office Manager at the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice for over ten years. Debbie works on a wide range of projects, some of which are editing The Prevention Report, formatting published documents and curricula, submission of financial and human resource data, and management of training handouts.

E-mail: debbie-black@uiowa.edu

ANGLEY BAKER, J.D., serves as a Program Assistant for the University of Iowa School of Social Work, National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice. She assists in providing technical assistance and research through the DMC Resource Center. Ms. Baker is also serving in an evaluation capacity with the Minority Youth and Families Initiative in Polk and Woodbury Counties and with the Compassion Iowa project, a capacity building project for community and faith based organizations throughout the State of Iowa. Ms. Baker earned her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law and her B.S. from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

E-mail: angley-baker@uiowa.edu

JEONG WOONG CHEON, Ph.D., is a Visiting Scholar at the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Research Fellow of the Korean Institute of Youth Development. He is also Lecturer at ChungAng University in Seoul. At the Korean Institute of Youth Development, Dr. Cheon has served as Director of the Division of Planning and Coordination. He has also served as Secretary General of the Korean Youth Research Association. He has written numerous publications on Youth Development, including Youth and Community (1995), and Introduction to Youth Services (1999). His research deals with the characteristics of newly-emerging youth problems and the formation process of youth service in view of socio-political environment changes, legal establishments and practical sides of youth services by comparing youth service developmental process in America.

E-mail: jwcheon@ku.edu

DIANE FINNERTY, M.S., is Director of Cultural Competence Initiatives at the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice. In this position, Diane develops and coordinates educational programs for non-profit, business, and social service organizations throughout the United States. Diane has a strong background in community-based services having worked in the areas of domestic violence, sexual assault intervention and prevention, and women's healthcare and since 1981 has consulted with organizations on issues of cultural competence and organizational development. Prior to coming to the National Resource Center, Diane served as Diversity Resources Coordinator in the University of Iowa 's Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, which is charged with overseeing the implementation of institution-wide diversity initiatives and civil rights education. Diane also serves as Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Iowa, teaching subjects that include: leadership in a diverse society, race/class/gender in the U.S., international business, and study seminars on immigration and global economics in England and Mexico.

E-mail: diane-finnerty@uiowa.edu

NANCY GRAF, B.A., is a Research Assistant with the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice at the University of Iowa School of Social Work.  Ms. Graf has contributed to many research and evaluation studies through data coordination, statistical analysis and report writing.  Her work has involved projects focused on outcomes measures, parent-child visits, abstinence education, adolescent pregnancy prevention, inter-agency and community collaboration, wraparound service models for Latino and African American youth, community decision making for permanency, substance abuse and mental health treatment programs for children and youth, mentor training for certified nursing staff, strengths-based models, and family development.  Her experience in research methods includes social network analysis, quantitative and qualitative methods, and work with surveys.  Her background also includes activities and leadership in youth-serving, parent/teacher, and faith-based organizations as well as early childhood and elderly care-giving.

E-mail: nancy-graf@uiowa.edu

MIRIAM LANDSMAN, Ph.D., M.S.W., is Executive Director of the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Iowa. Dr. Landsman has worked for the Center as a researcher, program evaluator, and technical assistance consultant for more than fifteen years. Her areas of expertise include child welfare services from family preservation through permanency planning, developing outcomes for family centered programs, and organizational commitment and staff turnover. Dr. Landsman has directed multistate research projects in child welfare services, statewide evaluations of family preservation and support, early intervention and pregnancy prevention, and communitybased programs and interagency collaboratives across a variety of service systems including child welfare, education, substance abuse, community action, and maternal and child health.

E-mail: miriam-landsman@uiowa.edu

BRAD RICHARDSON, Ph.D., is Research Scientist at the National Resource Center for Family Centered Practice and Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Iowa School of Social Work. Dr. Richardson has served as project director on numerous quantitative and qualitative research and evaluation projects. He has provided training and technical assistance on data management, outcome measures, research and evaluation, performance monitoring of work with families and how to utilize the results of evaluations to promote and demonstrate effectiveness along with incorporating those results into program improvement strategies. He currently serves as Iowa DMC Coordinator and as project director of the DMC Resource Center.

E-mail: brad-richardson@uiowa.edu

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Project Director Kellee Thorburn McCrory graduated from the University of Iowa with a Masters Degree in Public Health. Kellee is the Center Coordinator for the NRC's Iowa Center for Evaluation Research as the Center Coordinator. Her undergraduate work was in counseling and human services at California State University, Fullerton. Kellee has worked for the University of Iowa for five years and has conducts research and evaluation in the areas of public health, development and delay and substance abuse.

E-mail: kellee-mccrory@uiowa.edu