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Date: August 31, 1995
For Release: Immediately
Contact: Michael Kharfen, ACF (202) 401-9215
Secretary Shalala Appoints Four New Members
to U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect
HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala today announced the appointment
of four new members to the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and
Neglect.
The 15-member board was established under Section 102 of the
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act Amendments of 1988.
Members reflect the country's ethnic, racial, and geographic
diversity and are knowledgeable in child abuse and neglect
prevention, intervention, treatment or research.
Each year, the board submits a report to the Secretary and
Congress recommending ways to coordinate federal child abuse and
neglect activities and carry out the purposes of the Child Abuse
Prevention and Treatment Act. The board's most recent report, "A
Nation's Shame: Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States"
addressed the issue of child fatalities at the hands of parents and
other caretakers.
The board recently selected Michael W. Weber of Minnesota as
Chairperson and Randell C. Alexander, M.D., of Iowa as Vice-
Chairperson.
The newly appointed members are:
- Barbara J. Baldizar, Nashua, N.H.
Former State Senator Barbara
Baldizar currently serves as a consultant on Family and Domestic
Violence Policy, and has recently completed her tenure in the New
Hampshire General Court. Vice Chair of the Senate's Capital Budget
and Judiciary Committees, Ms. Baldizar also served on the Public
Institutions, Health and Human Services, Banks, Senate
Administration and Capital Budget Overview Committees. Prior to her
election to the Senate, she served in the New Hampshire House of
Representatives for three terms. Ms. Baldizar chaired the New
Hampshire Task Force on Perinatal Chemical Dependency, and is a
leading force in the state's fight to stop domestic violence. In
addition to her appointment to the Domestic Violence Protocol
Committee, she has worked in her legislative capacity to refine the
manner in which law enforcement agencies are able to deal with
domestic violence disputes. Most notable are the wiretapping and
stalking bills which she sponsored during the 1994 legislative
session. Ms. Baldizar also served on the Board of Directors of the
Nashua Children's Association and the Board of Directors of Southern
New Hampshire Services. Ms. Baldizar will occupy the Social
Services seat.
- B. Kay Lybeck, Phoenix, Ariz.
B. Kay Lybeck is a graduate of New
Mexico State University and is currently serving her second term as
the President of the 29,000 member Arizona Education Association.
She has also served as the vice president and treasurer of the
Association. As an educator with 24 years of teaching experience,
Ms. Lybeck designed and implemented at-risk programs at the middle
school level and taught levels 3, 5, 7 and 8 for the Tucson Unified
School District. Ms. Lybeck has served on the Arizona School
Chemical Abuse Prevention Inter-Agency Committee; City of Phoenix
School Safety Task Force; Arizona Governor's Task Force on
Education; Subcommittee on Finance; Arizona Town Hall Conference
concerning K-12 education issues; Children's Action Alliance;
"Success By Six" Advisory Board Arizona, and served as the co-chair
of the National Education Association Western Regional Conference.
Ms. Lybeck will fill the Teacher's seat.
- Lt. Bill Walsh, Dallas, Texas.
Lt. Bill Walsh is a 17-year veteran
of the Dallas Police Department and Commander of the Investigation
Section, which includes the Child Abuse Unit, the Family Violence
Unit and the Child Exploitation Unit. In 1989, he co-founded the
Dallas Children's Advocacy Center and currently serves on its board
of trustees. Lt. Walsh also serves on the national boards of the
American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children and the
National Network of Children's Advocacy Centers. Additionally, his
current memberships include the Committee on the Assessment of
Family Violence Interventions of the National Research Council, the
National Institute of Justice Family Violence Program Review Team,
and the Texas Child Fatality Review Team Project Committee. Lt.
Walsh also serves as a trainer and consultant to the Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and the National
Resource Center on Child Sexual Abuse. In 1989, he started the
Dallas County Child Death Review Team, the first review team to
operate independent of the Child Protective Services internal review
in Texas. Lt. Walsh has received many awards for his work during
his career, including being selected as the 1990 Dallas Police
Officer of the Year. Lt. Walsh has lectured widely on the
investigation of child abuse and family violence both nationally and
internationally. Lt. Walsh will occupy one of two At-Large seats.
- Murray Levine, Ph.D., Buffalo, N.Y.
Dr. Levine has served on the
Board since March 1994, and was reappointed by the Secretary to
continue to hold the psychology seat. Dr. Levine is currently
Professor of Law, Professor of Psychology, and Director of the
Research Center on Children and Youth at the State University of New
York at Buffalo. He has written extensively on a number of legal
issues relating to child abuse and neglect. He was a member of a
team of lawyers and psychologists who prepared an amicus brief for
the American Psychological Association in Maryland v. Craig. He
also served as a member of APA's Working Group on Legal and Policy
Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect. His book, Helping Children: A
Social History (with A. Levine) is considered a classic study of the
evolution of child welfare services in the United States. He is a
Fellow of the APA and of the American Psychology-Law Society.
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