Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D., is the Executive Director of The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first child protection agency in the world. She has held senior management positions at the Child Protection Center of Montefiore Medical Center (a Child Advocacy Center), the Children’s Village, and at Covenant House/Under 21.

Dr. Pulido’s protocol for crisis debriefing following child fatality and critical incidents is utilized throughout the New York City Child Protective Services system. Dr. Pulido is a member of the Medical Reserve Corps of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. In 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Dr. Pulido to the New York City Child Fatality Review Team (CFRT) where she served until 2015.

She serves on the National Board of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and on the NYS Chapter Board of APSAC and is Chair of their Public Policy Committee, and is a member of the World Childhood Foundation’s Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Pulido holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the City University of New York and Master’s Degrees in Social Work from Hunter College School of Social Work and in Teaching from Sacred Heart University. She is an adjunct Assistant Professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. She has published in the areas of detection and prevention of child abuse and neglect, child sexual abuse prevention, providing supervised visitation services, crisis debriefing, and preventing secondary traumatic stress.

Executive Assistant Sandra Singh has over two decades of not-for-profit, administrative and human resources experience. Prior to joining The NYSPCC in 2002, Sandra worked as a Human Resources Associate for The Children’s Health Fund and several locations of Montefiore Medical Center. Currently as Executive Assistant, Sandra supports the Executive Director and Assistant Executive Director to ensure smooth and effective operation of the NYSPCC. Sandra also handles all confidential personnel matters regarding hiring, compensation, benefits administration and recordkeeping. Additionally, Sandra serves as the Assistant Secretary to the Board of Directors, scheduling the Board of Director meetings, preparing the meeting minutes, and handling other items needed to ensure efficient functioning of Board related matters.

Jacqueline L. Holloway, PhD, is the Director of Research and Evaluation at The NYSPCC. As Director, Jacqueline is actively engaged in executing federally funded research initiatives as well as advancing The NYSPCC’s ongoing programs through rigorous evaluation. Before joining The NYSPCC, Jacqueline was the director of research at a health-tech start-up company, where she managed a team of grant writers and supervised NIH funded research projects across domains including culturally competent nutrition education, health literacy, and language learning tools. Prior to that position, Jacqueline worked for many years at the Stress and Motivated Behavior Institute based at the East Orange VA Hospital, examining the psychophysiological bases of behavior, learning, and memory in both clinical and non-clinical populations, while receiving her degree in Integrative Neuroscience from UMDNJ. It was during that time, under the direction of Dr. Richard Servatius, that Jacqueline developed her skills and passion for understanding the impact of stress, trauma, and resilience on the development of psychopathology. At present, in collaboration with The NYSPCC’s clinical, research, and executive teams, Jacqueline aims to apply her background and experience to expanding The NYSPCC’s research program, cultivating partnerships and funding, and advancing the critical work of the Society through comprehensive mixed-methods research.

Joseph T. Gleason is the NYSPCC’s Director of Archives. His career includes positions in secondary education and administration, juvenile supervision and counseling law enforcement and child protection. Joining The NYSPCC in 1974, he served as Officer-Investigator, Criminal Court Investigator, Family Court Representative, Senior Investigator, Field Supervisor and Training Supervisor before undertaking his present duties. Since 1990, his responsibilities have included management of the archival holdings of The NYSPCC, which document the history of the NYSPCC and the origins of child protection. During that period, he has responded to more than 500 inquiries, prepared over 350 family history reports and has assisted researchers preparing doctoral dissertations, published articles, videos, text books, biographies, films, and histories of child protection in America. Additionally, he oversaw a five-year archival preservation project that included the digitization of all archival materials, the conservation of its bound volumes and hard-copy files, and the preservation and museum-mounting of Mary Ellen’s dress at the time of her rescue. An acknowledged expert on the history of The NYSPCC and the origins of child protection, Joe addresses genealogical societies and human services organizations, is consulted by professionals, authored The NYSPCC History Journal, and is a member of the New York Archivists Roundtable of Metropolitan New York.