FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Thursday, Aug. 31, 1995
Contact: Michael Kharfen (202) 401-9215
SECRETARY SHALALA APPOINTS
FOUR NEW MEMBERS TO U.S. ADVISORY BOARD ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT
HHS Secretary Donna E.
Shalala today announced the appointment of four new members to the U.S.
Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect.
The 15-member board was
established under Section 102 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act Amendments of 1988. Members reflect the country's ethnic, racial,
and geographic diversity and are knowledgeable in child abuse and neglect
prevention, intervention, treatment or research. Each year, the board
submits a report to the Secretary and Congress recommending ways to
coordinate federal child abuse and neglect activities and carry out
the purposes of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act.
The board's most recent
report, "A Nation's Shame: Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect in the United
States" addressed the issue of child fatalities at the hands of parents
and other caretakers. The board recently selected Michael W. Weber of
Minnesota as Chairperson and Randell C. Alexander, M.D., of Iowa as
Vice- Chairperson. The newly appointed members are:
Barbara J. Baldizar, Nashua,
N.H. Former State Senator Barbara Baldizar currently serves as a consultant
on Family and Domestic Violence Policy, and has recently completed her
tenure in the New Hampshire General Court. Vice Chair of the Senate's
Capital Budget and Judiciary Committees, Ms. Baldizar also served on
the Public Institutions, Health and Human Services, Banks, Senate Administration
and Capital Budget Overview Committees. Prior to her election to the
Senate, she served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives for
three terms. Ms. Baldizar chaired the New Hampshire Task Force on Perinatal
Chemical Dependency, and is a leading force in the state's fight to
stop domestic violence. In addition to her appointment to the Domestic
Violence Protocol Committee, she has worked in her legislative capacity
to refine the manner in which law enforcement agencies are able to deal
with domestic violence disputes. Most notable are the wiretapping and
stalking bills which she sponsored during the 1994 legislative session.
Ms. Baldizar also served on the Board of Directors of the Nashua Children's
Association and the Board of Directors of Southern New Hampshire Services.
Ms. Baldizar will occupy the Social Services seat.
B. Kay Lybeck, Phoenix,
Ariz. B. Kay Lybeck is a graduate of New Mexico State University and
is currently serving her second term as the President of the 29,000
member Arizona Education Association. She has also served as the vice
president and treasurer of the Association. As an educator with 24 years
of teaching experience, Ms. Lybeck designed and implemented at-risk
programs at the middle school level and taught levels 3, 5, 7 and 8
for the Tucson Unified School District. Ms. Lybeck has served on the
Arizona School Chemical Abuse Prevention Inter-Agency Committee; City
of Phoenix School Safety Task Force; Arizona Governor's Task Force on
Education; Subcommittee on Finance; Arizona Town Hall Conference concerning
K-12 education issues; Children's Action Alliance; "Success By Six"
Advisory BoardžArizona, and served as the co-chair of the National Education
Association Western Regional Conference. Ms. Lybeck will fill the Teacher's
seat.
Lt. Bill Walsh, Dallas,
Texas. Lt. Bill Walsh is a 17-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department
and Commander of the Investigation Section, which includes the Child
Abuse Unit, the Family Violence Unit and the Child Exploitation Unit.
In 1989, he co-founded the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and currently
serves on its board of trustees. Lt. Walsh also serves on the national
boards of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
and the National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers. Additionally,
his current memberships include the Committee on the Assessment of Family
Violence Interventions of the National Research Council, the National
Institute of Justice Family Violence Program Review Team, and the Texas
Child Fatality Review Team Project Committee. Lt. Walsh also serves
as a trainer and consultant to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention and the National Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse. In
1989, he started the Dallas County Child Death Review Team, the first
review team to operate independent of the Child Protective Services
internal review in Texas. Lt. Walsh has received many awards for his
work during his career, including being selected as the 1990 Dallas
Police Officer of the Year. Lt. Walsh has lectured widely on the investigation
of child abuse and family violence both nationally and internationally.
Lt. Walsh will occupy one of two At-Large seats.
Murray Levine, Ph.D., Buffalo,
N.Y. Dr. Levine has served on the Board since March 1994, and was reappointed
by the Secretary to continue to hold the psychology seat. Dr. Levine
is currently Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, and Director
of the Research Center on Children and Youth at the State University
of New York at Buffalo. He has written extensively on a number of legal
issues relating to child abuse and neglect. He was a member of a team
of lawyers and psychologists who prepared an amicus brief for the American
Psychological Association in Maryland v. Craig. He also served as a
member of APA's Working Group on Legal and Policy Issues in Child Abuse
and Neglect. His book, Helping Children: A Social History (with A. Levine)
is considered a classic study of the evolution of child welfare services
in the United States. He is a Fellow of the APA and of the American
Psychology-Law Society.
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