Our Experts

As a leading provider of child welfare services and technical assistance, Casey Family Services has many staff members who are able to serve as experts to the media and its coverage of issues affecting vulnerable children and families. Below is a brief list of experts and their areas of interest. The agency’s Communications Department offers assistance with all communications needs. For more information, contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or call the office at 203.401.6955.

Roye Anastasio-Bourke
Public Affairs Manager
Recruiting foster and adoptive parents

Eliot Brenner, Ph.D.
Deputy Executive Director of Field Operations
Clinical issues involving children and families, including trauma and depression

Gretta Cushing, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Substance abuse among foster and adoptive youth

Lauren Frey
Project Director for Permanency Services
Foster care and adoption
Recruiting foster and adoptive parents
Achieving permanence for children and youth in foster care

Sarah Greenblatt
Director of the Casey Center for Effective Child Welfare Practice
Older children and youth in foster care
Achieving permanence for children and youth in foster care
Social work promising practice

John Hodgins
Senior Communications Associate
Social networks and children and youth

David Johnston
Senior Program Associate for Life Skills
Preparing youth for adulthood
Vocational training for young adults

Ben Kerman, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Evaluation
Program evaluation
Understanding child welfare data

Diane Kindler
Director of Clinical Services
Adoption
Clinical issues impacting children and families

Sania Metzger
Director of Policy
Disproportionality and racial equity in child welfare
Guardianship and relative caregivers
Adequate legal representation for families in child Welfare
National child welfare legislation

Raymond Torres
Executive Vice President of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Executive Director of Casey Family Services
Foster care and adoption
Administration and management of child welfare systems
Involvement of Hispanic families in child welfare