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Martha J. Holden is a Senior Extension Associate with the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research and the director of the Residential Child Care Project. As project director, she provides technical assistance to implement CARE, a program model for residential child caring agencies, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention System to residential and educational organizations, training programs in violence prevention, and a program in the Investigation of Institutional Maltreatment, throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia

Martha Stipanuk was the James Jamison Professor in Nutrition in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University, where she was a faculty member since 1977 until her retirement in 2018. She received her B.S. from the University of Kentucky, her M.S. from Cornell University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in nutritional biochemistry.

Dr. Stipanuk's professional career focused on the study of amino acid metabolism, particularly the metabolism of the sulfur-containing amino acid cysteine

Mary Maley is an Extension Associate with the Bronfenbrenner Center for Translational Research (BCTR) in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. She serves as Director of the statewide Center of Excellence for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs at ACT for Youth.

Mary’s research and extension interests are closely integrated to facilitate linkages between evidence and practice. Areas of focus include synthesizing and communicating social and behavior research on positive youth

Mary Ruberti, LMSW, is an extension associate with the BCTR.  Ms. Ruberti has worked in child welfare and residential treatment for over 30 years in various roles including direct care worker, supervisor, social worker, training coordinator, and quality assurance manager. Ms. Ruberti has been affiliated with the Residential Child Care Project at Cornell since 1993.  She has had the privilege of providing training and technical assistance to agencies implementing Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) and Children

Dr. Michael Toglia is a Courtesy Professor in the Department Human Development, at Cornell. His training is in cognitive psychology and he holds a primary appointment as Professor of Psychology at the University of North Florida. In Human Development he has taught primarily in summers (Memory and the Law) since 2013. During Fall 2015 he was a Visiting Lecturer while on sabbatical leave, offering Children and the Law. From 2003-2011 he was Executive Director of