This ses­sion fea­tured two lead­ers and prac­ti­tion­ers ded­i­cat­ed to cre­at­ing more nur­tur­ing and safe com­mu­ni­ties for chil­dren and fam­i­lies: Dr. Wan­da Boone and Kristie Stutler.

Dr. Boone is the CEO and founder of Togeth­er for Resilient Youth (TRY) in Durham, North Car­oli­na. Found­ed in 1992, TRY is a coali­tion of coali­tions work­ing through a grass­roots frame­work to pre­vent trau­ma and the chal­lenges that occur when it occurs. Today, TRY is serv­ing youth — par­tic­u­lar­ly black and Lati­no youth — across North Car­oli­na, as well as in sev­er­al oth­er states and inter­na­tion­al­ly. Dr. Boone is a fore­run­ner and rec­og­nized as an expert in the field of resilience, Adverse Child­hood Expe­ri­ences and trau­mainformed living.

Kristie Stut­ler is the vice pres­i­dent of Pol­i­cy and Influ­ence at Urban Strate­gies, Inc., a nation­al non­prof­it with more than 40 years of com­mu­ni­ty plan­ning and devel­op­ment expe­ri­ence. She worked with sys­teminvolved youth for near­ly 20 years and for three years served as the lead on juve­nile jus­tice reform for the Ken­tucky Depart­ment of Juve­nile Jus­tice. As a result of this work, in two years, Ken­tucky DJJ saw a 42% reduc­tion in the num­ber of youth placed in their res­i­den­tial pro­gram­ming. She is an alum­na of the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Chil­dren and Fam­i­ly Fellowship.

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