Karabelle Pizzigati currently serves as a policy and leadership development consultant to public and private agencies focusing on issues affecting children and families and on advocacy in their behalf. She is the former director of public policy for the Washington, D.C.-based Child Welfare League of America, a national association that links more than 1,100 public and voluntary child-serving agencies. As CWLA's top advocate on Capitol Hill, she led the development and implementation of a national child welfare agenda.

Before joining CWLA, Dr. Pizzigati served as the staff director of the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families of the U.S. House of Representatives, a panel that helped focus public attention on a diverse array of issues, including prenatal care, early childhood education, youth development, and work and family matters.

She serves on several national and state advisory and policy-making panels, including the Technical Work Group for the National Longitudinal Study of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the Maryland State Board of Education, and Board of Directors of Parents as Teachers National Center.

She received her doctorate in child development and family studies from Cornell University.


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