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A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CHILD ADVOCACY

November 11-12, 2010


Kalahari Resort and Convention Center, Wisconsin Dells
Conference Faculty

Bridget Bauman, J.D., Children's Court Improvement Lindsey D. Draper, J.D.,


Program Coordinator, Disproportionate Minority Contact Coordinator,
Wisconsin Director of State Courts Office Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance
Bridget Bauman has worked for the Director of State Lindsey D. Draper has overseen Wisconsin's adherence
Courts Office as the Children’s Court Improvement to the mandates of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Program Coordinator since 2004. Her primary Prevention Act regarding Dispro-portionate Minority
responsibility is to administer the Children’s Court Contact (DMC) as the state's DMC Coordinator since his
Initiative (CCI), a comprehensive review process 2006 retirement from service as a Circuit Court Commis-
designed to strengthen court processing in Chapter 48 sioner for Milwaukee County. In a legal career that
cases. Prior to her current position, she worked as an spanned 30 years and included work as a Commis-
Assistant Public Defender, primarily representing sioner; Assistant State Public Defender; and Assistant
children and juveniles in Child in Need of Protection or District Attorney with primary assignments being at
Services (CHIPS) and delinquency cases. She holds a Milwaukee County's Children's Court Center, Draper has
Bachelors degree in Psychology and Political Science, also served as the Juvenile Law instructor for the Milw-
and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. aukee County Sheriff's Department Train-ing Academy;
Chairman of the Wisconsin State Bar Law-Related Edu-
Jónelle Q. Brom, CAPSW, MSW, Out-of-Home Care cation Committee; Treasurer of the Board of Directors
Specialist, Wisconsin Department of Children and at St. Charles Youth and Family Services; and an instuc-
Families (DCF) tor of middle school children through the East Side Child
Jónelle Q. Brom received both her MSW and a BA in and Youth Ministry.
Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Louise Ennis, Ph.D., Psychologist,
She has practiced social work in public child welfare in
The Psychology Center
the areas of child protection and juvenile justice since
Louise Ennis has expertise in treating a wide variety of
1999. In her position with the State of Wisconsin,
personal concerns including depression, anxiety, anger
Jónelle Brom is responsible for the development and
management, eating disorders, personality disorders,
interpretation of statewide policies; outreach with
and adjustment disorders. Specialties include
stakeholder groups including county, private agency,
adolescent adjustment/counseling, couples counseling,
and tribal staff, foster parent associations, and national
anxiety/depression therapy, anger management, and
organizations; communication of federal requirements
life transition issues. She is comfortable consulting with
related to foster care; training and communication of
local physicians, lawyers, and social workers as
foster care regulations and requirements; review of
necessary and has served as a crisis counselor with the
exceptions to foster care licensing standards; the Levels
University Counseling Center. She also has education
of Care Foster Care Licensing Initiative; and
and training in mind-body techniques and how this
coordination of other state improvements to the foster
approach can impact overall personal health. Dr. Ennis
care system in response to recent federal reviews.
utilizes a cognitive-behavioral approach and has been
trained in the use of hypnotherapy as an adjunct to talk
therapy. Her goal-oriented therapeutic approach
focuses on individual strengths.

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Liz Ghilardi, MSW, LCSW, Forensic Interview Program Anton S. Jamieson, Circuit Court Commissioner, Dane
Supervisor, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Child County Court Commissioner’s Office
Protection Center Anton Jamieson (Tony) is currently assigned as Lead
Liz Ghilardi has been employed at Children’s Hospital of Commissioner in Juvenile Court. Additionally, Tony
Wisconsin since l990. She has been with the Child handles family law and child support matters.
Protection Center, working as a forensic interviewer Previously, Tony worked as an assistant Corporation
since l992. She has completed over 1,500 interviews of Counsel in Dane and Waukesha Counties. His prior
children regarding allegations of child maltreatment and experience included prosecution of Mental
witness to violence. Ms. Ghilardi provides training for Commitments, Termination of Parental Rights, Child in
professionals, para-professionals & foster parents on Need of Protection and Services (CHIPS) cases and
issues of child sexual abuse, interviewing children, Status offenses. However, his first job out of law school
sexualized behavior and mandated reporting. She has was working for the Racine County Public Defender’s
also testified in court as an expert witness regarding Office, focusing on juvenile delinquencies.
child sexual abuse and interviewing. She currently
supervises eight forensic interviewers in the Children’s Detective Mike Johnson, Plano Police Department
Hospital & Health System throughout the state, and Mike Johnson holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal
continues to interview children and provide training. Justice with a minor in Psychology from Southwest
Kris Goodwill, J.D., Tribal Attorney, Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. Mike
Ho-Chunk Nation Department of Justice Johnson joined the Plano Police Department in
Kris M. Goodwill concentrates in the areas of child September 1982. After being assigned to the Patrol
welfare, social services, contracts, natural resources and division for four years, Johnson transferred to the
taxation. She received both undergraduate and law Criminal Investigations division and began investigating
degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Ms. Goodwill child abuse in 1986. He was most recently assigned to
is currently secretary and former chairperson of the the Juvenile division of the Plano Police Department.
Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin. She He is a founding member of the Collin County
currently serves on the Wisconsin Commission on Child- Children’s Advocacy Center, and in 1996 he was named
ren, Families and the Courts. Before joining Ho-Chunk the Center’s “Child Advocate of the Year.” Mike was
DOJ, she was employed as a Tribal Attorney for the Lac appointed to the National Board of Directors for the
Courte Oreilles and Oneida Tribes. Ms. Goodwill is an American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
enrolled member of the Menominee Tribe of Indians of (APSAC) in 1998, and was President of the APSAC Texas
Wisconsin. State Chapter. In addition to serving on numerous
national boards and task forces, including the National
Jordan Greenbaum, M.D., Medical Director, Child Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers, the Law
Protection Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Enforcement Subcommittee for several of APSAC’s
Jordan Greenbaum conducts medical evaluations on National Colloquiums, and the Working Group for the
children who have been physically or sexually abused or establishment of the National Center on the Sexual
neglected, testifies as an expert witness and serves on Behavior of Youth (NCSBY), Johnson has been
local multidisciplinary teams and committees. She is a instrumental in helping shape Texas laws relating to
past president of the American Professional Society on child abuse. He has served on the Texas State Attorney
the Abuse of Children. She has given local, regional, General’s Sexual Offender Protocol Task Force and
national and international presentations to attorneys, Senator Florence Shapiro’s Blue Ribbon committee to
law enforcement, child protection workers, medical formulate the now-instated “Ashley Laws.”A well-
personnel and mental health professionals. known national speaker, he is now taking his message
Carolyn Grzelak, J.D., Tribal Attorney, to the international arena, having been a featured
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin speaker at the International Society for the Prevention
Carolyn G. Grzelak received her B.A. from Miami of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN’s) International
University (Ohio) and her J.D. from the University of Congress in Durban, South Africa, the International
Washington. Previously, she worked for the Indian Law Association of Chiefs of Police Child Protection Summit,
Office of Wisconsin Judicare and the Native Allotment and the Norwegian Conference on Child Abuse and
Unit of Alaska Legal Services. Ms. Grzelak has devoted Neglect in Oslo, Norway.
her practice to Indian law by serving tribes and
individual tribal members. She is a member of the
Washington State Bar Association, the State Bar of
Wisconsin and Wisconsin’s Indian Law Section.
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Lance Jones, J.D., Program Manager, Kids Matter Court Julie S. Majerus, J.D., Policy Advisor, Division of Safety
Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) and Permanence, Wisconsin Department of Children
Lance Jones trains and supervises CASA volunteers in and Families (DCF)
Milwaukee County. With an extensive background in Julie S. Majerus, J.D., develops policy and legislation to
child welfare and poverty law, Lance is a graduate of the ensure compliance with federal mandates and
University of Michigan Law School. He has taught legal improved services for children and families in the child
ethics, trial advocacy and child welfare law as a Clinical welfare system. Julie co-leads the Division’s workgroup
Assistant Professor in the multidisciplinary Child on safety and permanence for immigrant families, and
Advocacy Law Clinic at the University of Michigan. He also works on policy affecting children protected under
was a staff attorney and interim executive director of the Indian Child Welfare Act. Prior to joining DCF, Julie
the Children's Law Center of Grand Rapids, Michigan was a staff attorney with the Public Defender’s Office of
and a staff attorney with the Child and Family Law Wisconsin for three years, where she represented
Center of Wayne County Neighborhood Legal Services juveniles and children in the child welfare system. Julie
in Detroit. He served as executive director of is a graduate of Rice University, and the University of
Community Legal Resources, a pro bono legal assistance Wisconsin Law School.
program serving nonprofit, community development
organizations throughout metropolitan Detroit. Mark Mitchell, Director of Tribal Relations,
Office of the Secretary,
Patrick T. Kane, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist, Department of Children and Families
The Psychology Center Mark Mitchell has been involved in the child welfare
Patrick Kane provides psychotherapy services with system in Wisconsin for more than 35 years. He was
children (age two and older), adolescents and families. involved in drafting major revisions to the Wisconsin
He specializes in child and family issues including Children's Code and has been directly involved in
treatments and evaluations of children and families codifying federal laws into state statutes. Mark has
affected by anger, aggression, child alienation, and all been with DCF in its various formulations since 1978
types of disabilities. His practice includes many children and has supervised programs including Indian child
and families with members who have ADHD and/or welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care, Kinship
Asperger's Disorder/High Functioning Autism and offers Care, independent living, domestic violence, and
group therapy sessions to help children learn social adoption search. In addition, he has been a senior
skills. Therapy techniques include assessment, policy analyst and legislative liaison.
evaluation, achievement, cognitive, and personality
testing and behavioral and cognitive-behavioral. He Robert Orcutt, J.D., Tribal Attorney,
provides evaluations of individuals and families for Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
schools (IEP) and forensic assessments for the courts. Robert W. Orcutt received his undergraduate degree
from High Point University in High Point, North Carolina
Kitty Kocol, Exectutive Director, Wisconsin Court and his law degree from Hamline University School of
Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Association Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before joining the Oneida
Kitty Kocol is a former administrator of Wisconsin’s Law Office, Mr. Orcutt served as an attorney for the
Child Welfare system and has served twenty-four years Menominee Indian Tribe. Rob is a member of the
in government and nonprofit organizations, advancing Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin and
policy and practice in social justice, safety and health. focuses his practice on Indian Law issues including:
With a commitment to improving the systems and Indian Child Welfare Act, litigation, health law, and self
services that support struggling families, Kocol served in governance.
Wisconsin Department of Justice as executive director
of the Office of Crime Victim Services; as Executive
Director of the non-profit Task Force on Family Violence
in Milwaukee; as Vice President of Communications and
Development for Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin; and
as Director of Marketing and Development for the
Milwaukee Center for Independence.

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Henry J. Plum, J.D., Plum Law Office Mindy Rowland, Attorney,
Henry J. Plum’s practice includes extensive trial DeWitt Ross & Stevens, S.C.
experience as a special prosecutor, guardian ad litem Mindy Rowland is a partner at DeWitt Ross & Stevens
and parents’ counsel on child welfare, juvenile law and S.C. and also heads up the Firm’s Labor & Employment
other child-related issues. He also serves as legal Relations Practice Group. She focuses her practice on
counsel to private social service agencies as well as representing companies in employment-related matters
public child welfare agencies. In addition to his litigation with an emphasis in litigation, including disputes
experience, he also conducts numerous seminars for regarding restrictive covenants, discrimination,
judges, lawyers and other professionals on child-related harassment, wage and hour claims, FMLA claims and
issues for state, national and international agencies. contract disputes. Ms. Rowland regularly practices in
Mr. Plum is a current board member of the National state and federal courts through the State of Wisconsin,
Association of Counsel for Children (NACC) and is also as well as before the Equal Rights Division and the Equal
legal advisor/parliamentarian for the International Employment Opportunities Commission. She also has
Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect arbitrated several matters before the American
(ISPCAN). He is a Marquette University Law School Arbitration Association, the Financial Industry
graduate and has served as a board member as well as Regulatory Authority (formerly the National Association
chair of the Children and Law section of the State Bar of for Securities Dealers) and Police and Fire Commissions.
Wisconsin. Currently he serves as the chair of the Ms. Rowland has recently presented on the following
legislative committee for Children and Law section of topics: The Facebook Frenzy: How to Deal with Your
the State Bar. Employees’ Newest On-the-Clock Pastime; What Impact
Does the ADA Amendments Act Have On Your
Theresa L. Roetter, J.D., Annen Roetter, LLC Business?; Are You a Conflict Competent Organization?
Theresa L. Roetter is a partner at Annen Roetter, L.L.C., How to Prevent Destructive Conflict and Violence in the
in Madison, Wisconsin. She received her J.D. from Workplace. Aside from representing her clients, Ms.
Marquette University in 1993 and her Bachelor of Arts, Rowland has served in several capacities for the Legal
cum laude, from St. Norbert College in 1988. Ms. Association for Women, including President, Treasurer
Roetter practices state-wide in the areas of adoption, and Special Events Coordinator.
assisted reproduction and family law, frequently serving
as a guardian ad litem. She is a Fellow in the American Dr. Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director,
Academy of Adoption Attorneys and American Academy Montgomery Center for Research in Child &
of Assisted Reproductive Technology Attorneys and a Adolescent Development (MCRCAD)
member of the National Association of Counsel for Leonard Sax graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the
Children. Ms. Roetter chaired the Children and the Law Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and then
Section of the State Bar from 2004-2006 where she went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where he
continues to serve as a Director. She is the author of earned both a Ph.D. in psychology and an MD. He
the Grandparent’s Rights chapter in the Wisconsin State completed a three year residency in family practice at
Bar publication Advising Older Clients and Their Families Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
(Vol. I) and co-author of the chapter on Independent From 1989 through 2008, he was a practicing physician
Adoption in the Wisconsin Attorney’s Desk Reference. in suburban Maryland. In 2005, Doubleday published
his first book, Why Gender Matters. His second book,
Boys Adrift, was published in 2007; his most recent
book Girls on the Edge, was published earlier this year.
In 2002, Dr. Sax founded the Montgomery Center for
Research in Child & Adolescent Development
(MCRCAD). In 2008, he left medical practice to devote
himself full-time to MCRCAD. In 2010, he will lead
workshops at more than fifty venues, not only in the
United States but also in Australia, Bermuda, Canada,
and New Zealand. He has been a guest on the TODAY
Show, CNN, PBS, NPR, BBC, CBC, and many other
national and international media.

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Michael Vruno, J.D., Senior Staff Attorney, Gaurdian ad Kathleen West, MPH, DrPH, Senior Associate Director,
Litem Division, Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee UCLA and First Ladies Initiative
Mike Vruno has been a Staff Attorney with the Legal Aid Dr. Kathleen West is a public health professional with
Society of Milwaukee Guardian ad Litem Division since expertise on substance abuse – especially in the context
graduation from law school in 1984. Mike has of its affects on children, the family, intergenerational
represented thousands of children as GAL in Chips, substance abuse, and related mental health and drug
Guardianships, TPRs and family court cases. He has also and alcohol treatment and prevention issues. She has
handled approximately 30 Court of Appeals cases and worked for nearly three decades with inter-
argued two cases in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Mike generationally high risk families, and particularly with
earned his J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law multidisciplinary interventions addressing the whole
School in 1984 and a BS from the University of Illinois in family. She is currently working with US military families
1976. Mike first became involved with child welfare law and children in the context of post-traumatic stress
as a caseworker for Illinois DCFS from 1976 to 1981. He disorder and family resiliency challenges. She has an
has been a member of the Children and the Law Section extensive international health background as well, and
of the State Bar since inception and the National is currently applying her skills with women and children
Association of Counsel for Children since 1985, and has in post-conflict countries, specifically Sierra Leone. Her
served on boards and committees for both educational background includes undergraduate
organizations. Mike has served as a Legal Aspects and degrees in biology and anthropology and Masters and
Court Preparedness instructor for new BMCW Doctoral degrees in maternal and child health, health
employees since 2004. Mike has also made numerous policy, and reproductive epidemiology.
presentations on pediatric law issues for Milwaukee
CASA, State Bar CLEs, and other community
organizations.

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