Dr. Stefanie F. Smith is Chief Clinical Officer at the Hanna Boys Center, a trauma-informed therapeutic boarding school/ residential center for adolescent boys. Hanna transforms the lives of youth, families and communities impacted by trauma and adversity through resilience, connection and spiritual wellness. As CCO she oversees the clinical team (including masters and doctoral trainees), admissions, and the training of all staff, including residential and teaching staff. In these capacities, she trains and supervises on culturally responsive, trauma-informed practices and trauma-specific interventions, and helps design trauma-informed policies and procedures as well as implement activities for the boys that reflect the latest science on the impacts and treatment of complex trauma. She also conducts program evaluation and research. Finally, Dr. Smith helps train and consult to community agencies.

The Society of Care is a leading trauma resource for self-identified Native American youth and their families in Nebraska. We care for our relatives by providing accessible, affordable and culturally sensitive behavioral care. As passionate advocates, we give Native youth a voice, connect them to services, provide wellness education, instill cultural pride and empower them to build resilience. We believe in a brighter future for our relatives and are guided by caring deeply, transforming lives and healing communities.

Sophia Duffy, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Dominican University in River Forest, IL, a leading Hispanic Serving Institution committed to social justice and the creation of a more just and humane world. As a professor, Dr. Duffy teaches courses on the neuropsychology and treatment of complex trauma while researching culturally grounded practices to address the impact of complex trauma on wellbeing. By training, Dr. Duffy is a clinical trauma psychologist specializing in culturally grounded, decolonized understanding and treatment of complex traumas, historical traumas, and intergenerational traumas. As a practicing clinician, Dr. Duffy provides trauma therapy and clinical supervision to early career and training trauma therapists. Sophia is also part of the NCTSN Complex Trauma/DTD’s Guiding Stars Project.

I am trained as a developmental psychologist and have been involved with issues and programs directly addressing the complexities of trauma exposure and its impact on children and families. I have been deeply involved with state and local operations following major disaster incidents, most notably Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, over 20 plus events, including school shootings, natural disasters of all types, including the Gulf Oil Spill (2010). Currently I am the Senior Advisor to the NCTSN/SAMHSA CAT II knowledge transfer grant known as the Terrorism and Disaster Coalition (TDC4) for Child and Family Resilience. This project reaches across many states and local trauma informed initiatives using a low cost coalition model designed to provide knowledge access to NCTSN coalition members, affiliates and other child and family service groups. Currently, over 300 professionals and advocacy involved persons participate in TDC4 activities.