Dana works to make sure all child and family serving professionals, as well as foster parents, adoptive parents and others, have the information they need to support children and families by strengthening protective factors. She is the lead trainer for early childhood development, middle childhood development, and responding to abuse and neglect trainings. Dana is also a protective factors trainer and an adverse childhood experiences (ACE) master trainer and one of the lead facilitators teaching new ACE master trainers.
Prior to joining Children’s Trust, Dana worked with the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy (now Fact Forward) for nearly 10 years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English and secondary education from Carson-Newman University and a master’s degree in higher education and student affairs from the University of South Carolina. Dana is a certified speaker, trainer and coach with the Maxwell Leadership team.
