Michele Nigliazzo, JD is an attorney whose 25-year career has included practicing in Utah, Missouri and Texas. Upon the adoption of her fourth child, who experienced extensive trauma and neglect, Michele realized children deserve powerful representation in court. As a …
Alex has contracted with ATN for communication-related tasks since 2014. This time around, Alex is ATN’s Social Media and Communications Coordinator, responsible for sharing ATN’s message across the various social media platforms and traditional media. He holds a Bachelor of …
Julie Michelle Henderson is the Trauma-Sensitive Schools Coordinator at ATN and attends the University of Texas at Arlington where she is earning a Masters Degree in Social Work. She is the single mom of five children (ages 13-23), three biological and …
Kirsten is a mother to 4 kids (2 adopted and 2 bio). Kirsten started her career over 20 years ago working for nonprofits and providing support to individuals with special needs. She oversaw a variety of programs and learned that in …
Ralph is a recently retired life-long educator who, over his 42- year career, taught at all levels of public school. His more than two decades as an administrator culminated in serving as Principal of St. Anne’s School in Albany, NY …
Temeka is a licensed clinical social worker with over 16 years of experience in child welfare, with expertise in schools, hospitals and community-based settings. She is also certified as an administrator through the Maryland Department of Education and as a …
An educator with a passion for developing trauma-informed leaders, Taneesha is the CEO and Founder of Focused Minds Education Group in Atlanta, GA. Taneesha’s professional journey has taken her from high school English teacher to a professional development and leadership …
Janyne completed a forty-year career in education before retiring to fully heal from the effects of her own early childhood trauma. During this healing process, she became acquainted with ATN’s work and began to connect the ways early insecure attachment …
Sandy Wirtel is an attorney in Kansas City, Missouri whose practice focuses on children in the law. She represents both children and parents in child abuse & neglect, termination of parental rights, delinquency, adoption and other matters. Her interest in …
Danny Pancratz is the Director of Product Development at Americas’ SAP Users’ Group. In his role, he has helped oversee many conferences as well as community programs. Danny’s connection to ATN is through his family, having seen his sister-in-law thrive …