Dr. Shawn Singleton is a board-certified pediatrician practicing in Arizona since beginning his residency at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in 2003 and served as Chief Resident from 2006 to 2007. Dr. Singleton is a member in good standing with the AAP, AZAAP, COCAN, Helfer Society, APSAC, and ISPCAN. He currently serves on the CFR teams for Maricopa and Pinal Counties.

In late 2018, he transitioned from work as a community based general pediatrician to the Child Protection (CARE, formerly SCAN) team in the Banner system. Dr. Singleton completed the required training in July 2019 and began providing in person consults and telephonic case advice and was promoted to the medical director of the CARE Team effective January 2020.

During his time with Banner, the CARE Team has continued to evolve as a system and community leader in delivering education to providers, nursing, medical/PA/NP students to help improve early recognition of child maltreatment. Additionally, the CARE Team has worked with partners to improve recognition of at-risk families and provide these families with connection to community and governmental resources.

Dr. Singleton is a medical practitioner with the Southwest Human Development’s Birth to Five Center of Excellence. His role on the multi-disciplinary team is to review medical records and provide advice as needed for additional medical evaluations. As a part of this role, he provides education on developmental surveillance and screening to one of the Family Practice residency programs.

Dr. Singleton’s goal is to develop innovative programs and/or utilize the excellent existing programs to help strengthen families thus reduce child maltreatment in addition to protecting children who have been victimized by maltreatment.
 

Jeffrey Holzberg is a community pediatrician, Director of Clinical Research, and Early Childhood Advocate with Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc., a Federally Qualified Health Center on the US-Mexico border in Douglas, Arizona. In his role as early childhood advocate, he is particularly interested in how we empower parents to care for themselves in the early years of their child’s life. He founded Aleli, an early childhood program that sets up play dates between parents and their children to bring the neuroscience of early childhood development into the lives of families.
 

Maria Lopez is a licensed social worker and the program manager for the Birth to Five Helpline at Southwest Human Development (SWHD). She has experience working with adults, families and children in community mental health settings and with child care providers and home visitors as a mental health consultant and supervisor. For several years, she also served as a faculty member of the Harris Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Training Institute at SWHD.
 

Angie Burleson, APP, CHt, is a Community Development Specialist and Executive Director of the Arizona ACEs Consortium and is committed to changing the conversation surrounding trauma and ACEs by empowering individuals and connecting communities to become resilient through a trauma-informed lens.

Jessica Stewart-Gonzalez, MPA, has been working with children and families for over 20 years and currently serves as the Office Chief for the Office of Children’s Health in the Bureau of Women’s and Children's Health at the Arizona Department of Health Services. She has been working at the department for 12 years, previously holding the positions of Program Manager and Program Director for the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program.

As Office Chief for the Office of Children’s Health, Jessica oversees more than $30 million in state and federal funds across the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program; High Risk Perinatal Program; Sensory Screening Program; Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs Program and the Strong Families AZ Helpline, Arizona’s Maternal and Child Health Helpline as part of the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

Additionally, Jessica is an integral part in the State Home Visiting System, managing the statewide data management system; administering the Strong Families AZ Home Visiting Alliance including the marketing and media efforts; and supporting the professional development framework for home visitors in Arizona.

Jessica has extensive experience participating on local and statewide committees and boards to inform policy and to develop and execute strategic action plans designed to improve social, mental, emotional and physical health outcomes for children and families. This participation extends throughout her professional and personal roles. Some of her efforts include participation on: the Interagency Leadership Team; ACEs Consortium; Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board; Fostercare Review Board; Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence; Stop Rape for Profit; Justice for Victims of Child Sex Abuse; Streetlight USA and has volunteered in the community as a Court Appointed Advocate; Girl Scout leader; licensed foster home; and is actively engaged with her children’s activities and school community.Jessica received her bachelor’s degree in Family Studies and Child Development from Arizona State University and a Master’s degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership from National University San Diego. Jessica has dedicated her career to working with children and families to navigate the mental and behavioral health system; foster care system; justice system; and special education system while advocating for and implementing prevention strategies and services to decrease the need for crisis interventions.