Multi-disciplinary Collaborative Practice

Abbie Newman is Chief Executive Officer of External and Global Affairs at Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center, where she has led the organization from its founding into a nationally accredited model of excellence in responding to child abuse. A registered nurse and attorney, Newman has over three decades of experience spanning pediatric care, legal advocacy, and nonprofit leadership. Widely recognized as a national and international expert on multidisciplinary responses to child abuse, child sexual exploitation, and human trafficking, Ms. Newman has presented extensively across the United States and abroad, including at the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) Congresses, the National Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference, and the Kempe Center International Conference. She chaired ISPCAN’s Distinguished Advisory Council Steering Committee on Creating a Framework for International Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Low-Resource Regions. Newman’s expertise has shaped policy and practice at state and national levels, through appointments to the Pennsylvania Governor’s Task Force on Child Pornography, the Victim Services Advisory Committee of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency, and multiple National Children’s Alliance task forces.