Presenters

Barbara Finch

Director, Children and Adult Networks

Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services

Florene Bednersh, PhD, MEd

Retired Executive Director, volunteer

Children and Family Resource Services

Terri Allison

Early Care and Education Consultant

Resilient Santa Barbara County and MoonLit Consulting

Lisa Fraser

Executive Director

Center for Family Strengthening, San Luis Obispo

Kathleen Van Antwerp, EdD

Certified Child Behavioral / Mental Health Specialist

Executive Director, Ventura County Child Abuse Prevention Council

Robert F. Anda, MD, MS

Keynote Speaker

Co-Founder, ACE Interface, LLC
Co-Prin. Investigator, ACEs Landmark Study

Ama Atiedu

Presenter

Pediatric Resiliency Collaborative (PeRC) Program Manager, Cottage Health

Magdalena Benitez, MSW

Affinity Group Facilitator

Family Strengthening Consultant

Carrie Collins

Affinity Group Facilitator

Family Advocate Services Director
Link Family Resource Center

Kenneth Ginsburg, MD, MS, FAAP

Presenter

Physician, Children’s Hospital, Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics, Univ. of Pennsylvania

John Horton, MD

Presenter

Pediatric and Integrative Medicine physician

Medical school instructor, author

Julie Kurtz

Presenter

Founder and CEO

Center for Optimal Brain Integration®

Dr. Sayida Peprah, PsyD

Presenter

Executive Director, Diversity Uplifts, Inc. 
Licensed clinical psychologist

Sara Rex

Presenter

President/CEO, SPEAK, Inc.
Strategist, consultant, motivational speaker

Jim Roberts

Affinity Group Facilitator

CEO
Family Care Network, Inc.

Andria Barnes Ruth, MD

Presenter

Co-chair, Pediatric Resiliency Collaborative
Pediatrician, Goleta Neighborhood Clinic

Danielle Shaw, MD

Affinity Group Facilitator

Pediatrician / Staff Psychiatrist
Casa Pacifica Center for Children & Families