Staff & Board

Staff

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Nadine Ayudiani

Research Assistant

Nadine is a research assistant for the Be REAL: Resilient Attitudes and Living study and the NEW Moms Connect study. 

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Becca Calhoun

Becca Calhoun

Director of Community Programs and Training

Becca leads CCFW’s training, partnerships, research, and program development for CCFW's well-being promotion programs for new parents (NEW Parents Connect), providers (REAL Pro), and youth and young adults ( Be REAL).

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Shayla Collins

Continuing Education Specialist

Shayla designs and leads CCFW mindfulness and compassion programs for providers working with children and youth. She also supports the implementation of mindfulness-based programs for parents.

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Autumn Eo

Research Assistant

Autumn is a research assistant for the NEW Parents Connect study and the NEW Moms Connect study.

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Lynn Fainsilber-Katz

Professor of Psychology and CCFW Associate Director

Dr. Katz research focuses on children’s social and emotional development in the context of family relationships, including marital conflict, domestic violence, and parent’s use of emotion coaching,

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Keenan Kaemingk

Associate Director of Program & Operations

Keenan leads CCFW’s programmatic functions such as courses, lectures, conferences, and workshops. He also supports the logistical and administrative aspects of the Center.

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Kevin King

Professor of Psychology and CCFW Associate Director

Dr. King directs the RADLab (Regulation and Affect across Development Lab). The RADLab team studies how teens and young adults regulate their impulses and emotions, with a focus on how that regulation influences health risk behaviors like alcohol, marijuana use, binge eating, and suicidal behaviors.

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Liliana Lengua

Professor of Psychology & CCFW Director

Dr. Lengua is CCFW's founding director and an internationally recognized expert on children’s vulnerable and resilient responses to stress, how parenting and children’s temperament contribute to those responses, and the impact of adversity on parenting and children’s social-emotional development.

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Sara McDermott

Be REAL Program Manager

Sara leads CCFW’s partnerships, training, research, and program development for Be REAL.  

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Aliza Pilisuk

Aliza Pilisuk

Program Coordinator

Aliza coordinates administrative processes for CCFW's public programming and events.

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Kizz Prusia

Be REAL Adolescent Program Manager

Kizz is the Be REAL Adolescent Program Coordinator at CCFW. In this role, he will perform a variety of planning and program functions working towards the creation of a modified version of the Be REAL program adapted for adolescents.

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Stephanie F. Thompson

Research Scientist

Dr. Thompson is a researcher in the areas of maternal mental health, parenting, and children’s neurophysiological and behavioral adjustment. She teaches graduate students on the accurate diagnosis of childhood disorders and the development of children’s social and emotional well-being.

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Board

Anisa M. Ibrahim, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Pediatrician, Seattle Children's Hospital
Director, Harborview Medical Center Clinic

Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine
Pediatrician, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic and Seattle Children's Hospital

Erin Okuno, MPA

Director, Office of Education Ombuds (Appointed by Governor Inslee)

John Sabol

President, John and Nancy Sabol Foundation

Judy Chase (MBA), retired

Community Advocate

Lenna Liu, MD, MPH

Professor of Pediatrics at University of Washington School of Medicine
Pediatrician, Odessa Brown Children's Clinic and Seattle Children's Hospital

Mark Greenberg, Ph.D.

Emeritus Professor, Penn State University
Founding Director of the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center
Co-founder, CASEL

Mona Grife

High School, Postsecondary, and Community Strategies Manager, King County, Children, Youth, and Young Adults Division

Ronald J Rabin, MS, MA

Executive Director, Maritz Family Foundation
Principal, R J Rabin & Associates

Ruth Kagi

Former Washington state representative (1999-2019) and chair of the Early Learning and Human Services Committee.

Yaffa Maritz, MA, LMHC

Founder and Director, Community of Mindful Parenting
Co-founder, Listening Mothers