Judith Hanley
Bluemont,VA
Summary
Highly respected and accomplished executive leader with a passion for helping others through mission-based work. Extensive experience in research and practical experience in child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, mental and behavioral health, special needs/disability, and other related fields. Doctorate earned in an intensive research program in addition to 24 years’ experience developing, managing, operating, sustaining, and overseeing all aspects of innovative programs that serve at-risk populations to produce maximum results with minimal capital. Developed and operated the Loudoun Child Advocacy Center. Directed all aspects of crisis center for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Led a structural and organizational change transition for a disability focused organization whose mission was to create community belonging and hope for those who otherwise may not have an opportunity for these essential aspects to life. Deeply committed to improving the lives of others. Proven leader with excellent management skills driving performance, program improvement, and quality initiatives. Excellent grant, contract, financial, and budget management skills. Detail oriented pertaining to contracts, guidelines, and other regulations. Strategic and visionary leader who helps create goals to succeed. Respected administrator of federal, state, and local funds with a reputation for top performance. Talented in ability to win community support, community engagement, and build crucial relationships with a shared sense of purpose. Team player who works closely and collaboratively with internal and external key stakeholders to advocate for marginalized populations. A respected visionary leader for improving the quality of life of others. Trauma informed and client centered.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Domestic Violence Program Coordinator
The Laurel Center
04.2024 - 11.2024
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the domestic violence program including the 24-hour emergency shelter and 24-hour hotline services.
- Provides leadership, supervision, and training to the domestic violence program staff.
- Oversee the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the Domestic Violence Program.
- Responsible for reviewing, evaluating, and making program adjustments as part of continuous quality improvement of the domestic violence program.
- Expands and strengthens a positive community image and develops staff in a manner that reflects the vision, mission, and goals of The Laurel Center.
- Responsible for grant writing and reporting.
- The Laurel Center, a 501(c)3 non-profit, whose mission is to empower those affected by domestic and sexual violence by providing a comprehensive program of crisis intervention and support services.
Executive Director
A Place To Be (APTB)
06.2022 - 12.2023
- Manage and oversee program, staffing, training, quality assurance, fiscal management, contract negotiations and management, and networking.
- Duties included: Lead the organization to ensure quality services provided to all clients; Chief Financial Officer duties; Supervise and mentor agency staff; Change organizational structure; Improve benefits and salary for staff; Create necessary positions and hire talent; Establish environment with staff reporting high levels of satisfaction and feelings of ownership; Coordinate, network and advocate on behalf of the organization and its mission; Expand to Village at Leesburg under the budget which was achieved by managing the acquisition of all required funding, negotiating a favorable lease contract, overseeing construction projects; etc.
- A Place To Be (APTB), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which creates community, belonging, and hope through music therapy, performance, and expressive arts.
Chief Executive Officer/ED
Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter (LAWS)
Leesburg, VA
11.2017 - 02.2022
- Manage all aspects of program, staffing, training, quality assurance with direct services provided to clients, evaluation, fiscal management, networking, and fundraising.
- Duties include: Participate with Board of Directors in leading the organization.
- Provide programmatic oversight to ensure compliance with grant, accreditation, and legal requirements and ensure completion of program objectives for all agency programs.
- Responsible for funding initiatives to include: grant writing, submitting requests for funding, oversight for The Resourceful Woman Thrift Store, and advocacy with current and potential funders.
- Develop, manage, fundraise, and monitor agency budget.
- Supervise and mentor agency staff regarding direct client services.
- Coordinate, network and advocate on behalf of victims/survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders, organizations, governmental departments, and community groups addressing domestic and sexual violence.
- Represent LAWS as a spokesperson for the organization, including public speaking events.
- Prepare and provide agency trainings.
- Loudoun Citizens for Social Justice/LAWS, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, which provides victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and child abuse with safety, hope and empowerment services to live as survivors free from the effects of violence.
Director
Loudoun Child Advocacy Center (a program of LAWS)
, VA
11.2007 - 02.2022
- First employee of the Loudoun Child Advocacy Center.
- Responsible for the creation of the CAC, developing the MDT, and all other aspects of the program.
- After establishing the CAC duties became: Manage all aspects of program, staffing, training, quality assurance, evaluation, fiscal management, networking, and fundraising.
- Duties include: Facilitating and coordinating the Loudoun CAC’s Multi-Disciplinary Team, Advisory Board, and Signatory meetings which are comprised of members from all child protective and investigative agencies in Loudoun County; assisting law enforcement and child protective services during the interview with children, their families, and videotaping; facilitating the process of reaching consensus on policies, procedures and protocols for investigating child abuse cases; managing the space to ensure that it is child-friendly, well-maintained, and fully-functional; supervise child advocacy center staff; scheduling and facilitating the provision of specialized training regarding the function, protocols and procedures for child abuse professionals; developing and maintaining system for Case Review including process, documents, agendas, etc; developing, maintaining and utilizing system for tracking of cases; completing all required progress reports and remain in good standing with all funders; fundraising efforts to ensure sustainability of the program; trauma informed services; and ensuring child is always the focus during the investigative process.
Independent Consultant
Donna D. Klagholz, Ph.D. & Associates, LLC
Great Falls, Virginia
03.2007 - 10.2007
- Evaluate programs for community-based and educational organizations in the areas such as: early childhood development, child abuse prevention, education and social resiliency, school readiness, and violence and substance abuse prevention.
- Duties and responsibilities include: being informed on all aspects of research, evaluation, and practices related to program area; obtaining raw data from clients; ensuring integrity of data; conducting statistical analyses computed in SPSS; critical analysis of outputs; write-up of results; and preparing visually pleasing report to be marketed to clients’ constituents.
- A consulting firm which provides research and program evaluations for community-based and educational organizations in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC.
Vice President, U.S. Programs
INMED Partnerships for Children
Loudoun County, Virginia
09.2005 - 09.2006
- Rebuilt and strengthened local and national programs in the face of severe budget cuts brought about as local, state, and federal government as well as private donors faced their own budget problems.
- Managed all aspects of program, staffing, training, quality assurance, evaluation, fiscal management, networking and fundraising for INMED’s U.S. programs.
- Directed programs in Loudoun County, Virginia and Compton, California.
- A non-profit 501(c)(3) development organization dedicated to inspiring communities in the United States and globally and fostering their ability to develop healthy, educated children with increased opportunities for the future.
Director, MotherNet/Healthy Families Loudoun
INMED Partnerships for Children
Loudoun County, Virginia
03.2000 - 09.2006
- Ensured quality programs/services were provided to program participants by successfully and efficiently managing the overall operations of the program; developed and maintained personnel policies and practices; oversaw day-to-day personnel and administrative management; and planned, organized, and provided in-service trainings of staff.
- Evaluation: Ensured program met all process and impact goals.
- Developed internal process and impact evaluation infrastructures; conducted statistical analyses; monitored program goals and objectives; and developed and designed innovative programs based on evaluations.
- Received annual recognition by independent evaluators as one of the few programs that consistently exceeded statewide goals and objectives.
- Community Outreach: Developed and maintained collaborative relationships with local, state, and national public/private entities as well as with key partners to work together to fulfill a common mission.
- Administration: Recruited, trained, supervised management level staff; provided culturally competent clinical supervision to staff; oversaw fiscal management and record keeping, including annual budgets; generated support for the program by raising necessary funds through grants, donations, and other monetary and in-kind support; managed grants efficiently and effectively.
Director, U.S. Programs
INMED Partnerships for Children
Loudoun County, Virginia
01.2004 - 09.2005
- Managed all aspects of program, staffing, training, quality assurance, evaluation, fiscal management, networking and fundraising for INMED’s U.S. programs.
Director, Evaluation
INMED Partnerships for Children
Loudoun County, Virginia
06.2002 - 01.2004
- Managed all aspects of program, staffing, training, quality assurance, evaluation, fiscal management, networking and fundraising for INMED’s U.S. programs.
Research Assistant/Graduate Student
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
01.1995 - 01.1998
- Directed and managed all aspects of a longitudinal and cross-sectional study designed to examine the psychophysiological correlates of social, emotional, and cognitive development in 14- to 24-month-old toddlers.
- Supervised research assistants.
- Wrote evaluations and presented research at national and international conferences.
Instructor
University of Maryland, Department of Human Development, College of Education
College Park, Maryland
01.1999
- Provided students with in-depth knowledge of children’s emotional, social, cognitive, and physical development from conception to 5 years.
- Received high ratings from all students in all teaching areas reviewed.
Researcher and Data Analyst
Linkages to Learning Program, University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland
01.1998
- Organized and prepared data collected by the Linkages to Learning Program, a school-based intervention program.
- Duties included: computing reliability, dimensions, and subscales, and creating composite variables for dozens of questionnaires collected from parents, teachers, and children.
Education
Ph.D. - Human Development with a specialization in Child Development
University of Maryland
05.2000
B.A. - Psychology
Allegheny College
05.1992
Skills
- Trauma Informed
- Client Centered
- Client Focused
- Crisis De-Escalation
- Intervention
- Support Services
- Attention to Risk Management
- Suicide Assessment
- Leadership
- Supervision
- Safety Planning
- Grant Management
- Contract Management
- Critical Analysis
- Problem Solving
- Strategic Planning
- Program Development
- Organizational Development
- Business Development
- Expert Witness
- Key Decision Maker
- Community Outreach
- Engagement
- Public Relations
- Visionary Leader
- Staff Development
- Evaluation
- Accountability
- Accreditation
- Audit
- Regulatory Compliance
- Professional Relationship Building
- Advocacy
- Education
- Budgetary Development
- Administration
- Fidelity to National Models
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Operations Management
- Fiscal Management
- High Standards of Operations
- Program evaluation
- Grant writing
- Crisis intervention
- Quality assurance
- Fiscal management
- Community outreach
- Staff supervision
- Networking strategies
- Public speaking
- Team collaboration
- Conflict resolution
- Data analysis
- Project management
- Strategic planning
- Financial administration
- Staff evaluation
- Community building
- Program management
- Resource management
- Facility management
- Standard operating procedures
- Persuasive communication style
- Data management
- Crisis management
Awards
- Ally in Prevention, SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now) of Northern Virginia, 12/2018
- Outstanding Nonprofit Executive Finalist, Chamber, 12/2018
- Nonprofit of the Year, Loudoun Times Mirror - LAWS, 12/2018
- Favorite Nonprofit/Community Organization, Loudoun Now - LAWS, 12/2018
- Nonprofit Executive Leadership Finalist, Chamber, 12/2024
Publications
- Card, J. A., Mundy, P.C., & Schmidt, L. A., 04/1997, Frontal EEG of social communication skills in 14-to 18-month-olds., Poster presentation at the Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC
- Card, J. A., Mundy, P. C., & Fox, N. A., 04/1998, Brain development and joint attention in 14- to 18-month-olds., In Mundy, P. C. (Chair), Joint attention: New research on social, cognitive, and neurological processes in typical and atypical development., Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta, GA
- Fox, N. A., & Card, J. A., 1999/2002, Psychophysiological measures in the study of attachment., In Cassidy, J. & Shaver, P. (Eds.), Handbook of Attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (pp. 226-245)., New York: Guilford Press.
- Card, J.A., 1999, Relations between child self-report of emotional distress symptoms and characteristics of the family, community, and child., (Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, 1999).
- Mundy, P., Card, J., & Fox, N., 2000, EEG correlates of the development of infant joint attention skills., Developmental Psychobiology, 36, 325-338.
- Mundy, P., Fox, N.A., & Card, J., 2000, EEG coherence, joint attention, and language development in the second year., Poster presentation at the Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton.
- Card, J.A., Brown, C.L., Fernandez, I., & Gonzales, C., 05/2001, Lessons Learned: Engaging and Retaining Hispanic Families., Prevent Child Abuse Virginia, Power of Prevention Conference, Richmond, VA.
- Card, J.A., & Vasquez, M.E., 2001, MotherNet/Healthy Families Loudoun’s Policies and Procedures Manual.
- Galano, J., Huntington, L., Schuchert, J., & Card, J., 03/2002, Using Evaluation to Develop a Sustainable Healthy Families Initiative in Virginia: Evaluation challenges, accomplishments, and lessons learned., Prevent Child Abuse America National Conference, Dallas, TX.
- Mundy, P., Fox, N., & Card, J., 2003, EEG Coherence, Joint Attention and Language Development in the Second Year., Developmental Science, 6, 1, 48-54.
- Huntington, L., Galano, J., & Card, J., 05/2004, Healthy Families Virginia: The Contribution of Comprehensive Home Visiting to School Readiness., Prevent Child Abuse America National Conference, Orlando, FL.
Memberships Appointments
- Action Alliance Director’s Network, Virginia, 2017 to 2022
- Best Practice Team- Foster Care, Loudoun, 2012 to 2013
- CACVA Legislative Advisory Board, Virginia, 2011 to 2022
- CACVA Network, Virginia, 2007 to 2022
- Child Protective Services/Domestic Violence Committee, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2009 to 2013
- Community Action Agency, Board, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2004 to 2006
- Community Policy and Management Team (CPMT) Continuum of Care Governance Board (CoC), Loudoun County, Virginia, 2005 to 2006, 2017 to 2022
- Domestic Abuse Response Team (DART) Child Protection Subcommittee Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coordinating Council, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2011 to 2014, 2011 to 2012
- Domestic Violence Steering Committee, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2008 to 2022
- Healthy Families Virginia’s Advocacy Steering Committee, Virginia, 2001 to 2006
- Healthy Families America’s Research Practice Council, National, 2002 to 2006
- Human Services Coalition, Northern Virginia, 2000 to 2006
- Interagency Coordinating Council, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2001 to 2006
- Leadership Loudoun, Class of 2004, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2003 to present
- Loudoun Cares Advisory Board, Board of Directors, Treasurer, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2003 to 2011
- Loudoun Child Advocacy Center Advisory Board, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2007 to 2022
- Loudoun County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART), Loudoun County, Virginia, 2008 to 2022
- Loudoun Health Partnership, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2000 to 2006
- Loudoun Human Services Network, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2001 to 2023
- March of Dimes’ Northern Virginia Program Services Committee, Northern Virginia, 2018 to 2022
- Medical Care for Children Program/Loudoun Kids Health Partnership, Advisory Board, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2001 to 2006
- Northern Virginia Perinatal Council/Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, Northern Virginia, 2000 to 2006
- NOVA Domestic Violence Task Force, Northern Virginia, 2017 to 2022
- Promoting Safe and Stable Families, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2001 to 2006
- YouthNet Steering Committee, Loudoun County, Virginia, 2018 to 2022
Key Qualifications
- Doctorate in Human Development
- Trauma Informed, Client Centered & Client Focused with Specialization in Child Development
- Crisis De-Escalation, Intervention & Support Services
- Talented and Motivated Individual
- Attention to Risk Management
- Suicide Assessment
- Leadership & Supervision
- Safety Planning
- Grant & Contract Management
- Critical Analysis & Problem Solving
- Strategic Planning Development & Implementation
- Streamline Processes
- Program Development & Implementation
- Removal of Barriers to Achieve Organizational Goals
- Organizational & Business Development
- Expert Witness in Court
- Key Decision Maker
- Community Outreach, Engagement & Public Relations
- Visionary Leader
- Staff Development, Evaluation & Training
- Evaluation & Accountability
- Accreditation, Audit & Organization Regulatory Compliance
- Professional Relationship Building/Sustaining
- Advocacy & Education as Subject Matter Expert on All Aspects of Organization
- Budgetary Development & Administration
- Fidelity to National Models
- Representative to Local, Regional, State & Federal Stakeholders
- Primary Manager of Operations & Fiscal Contracts
- Ensure High Standards of Operations
Timeline
Domestic Violence Program Coordinator
The Laurel Center
04.2024 - 11.2024
Executive Director
A Place To Be (APTB)
06.2022 - 12.2023
Chief Executive Officer/ED
Loudoun Abused Women’s Shelter (LAWS)
11.2017 - 02.2022
Director
Loudoun Child Advocacy Center (a program of LAWS)
11.2007 - 02.2022
Independent Consultant
Donna D. Klagholz, Ph.D. & Associates, LLC
03.2007 - 10.2007
Vice President, U.S. Programs
INMED Partnerships for Children
09.2005 - 09.2006
Director, U.S. Programs
INMED Partnerships for Children
01.2004 - 09.2005
Director, Evaluation
INMED Partnerships for Children
06.2002 - 01.2004
Director, MotherNet/Healthy Families Loudoun
INMED Partnerships for Children
03.2000 - 09.2006
Instructor
University of Maryland, Department of Human Development, College of Education
01.1999
Researcher and Data Analyst
Linkages to Learning Program, University of Maryland
01.1998
Research Assistant/Graduate Student
University of Maryland
01.1995 - 01.1998
Ph.D. - Human Development with a specialization in Child Development
University of Maryland
B.A. - Psychology
Allegheny College