Our Team

Patty Terzian

Project Director

Patty Terzian is the Project Director at Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center (WRCAC). Patty is an experienced nonprofit leader, strategist, speaker, and executive coach. Motivated by the impact of strong teams and empowered leaders, Patty guides the development of initiatives and programs designed to help professionals enhance their skills, cultivate leadership, and strengthen resilience in their roles. She joined WRCAC in 2018 as a trainer and technical assistance provider and has over twenty years of experience in the nonprofit sector, including the Children’s Advocacy Center Movement. Prior to joining WRCAC, Patty served as the Executive Director of the Oregon Network of Child Abuse Intervention Centers (now known as Oregon Child Abuse Solutions), the accredited State Chapter of Children’s Advocacy Centers where she worked for 9 years. Patty has worked with Children’s Advocacy Centers and State Chapters throughout the country to lead facilitated learning experiences and strategic planning. When she is not working, you can find Patty spending time with her family and exploring the mountains, lakes, and forests near her home in Portland, Oregon. 

Caitlin Smith

Chapter Specialist – Chapter Development and Resources

Caitlin Smith is a Chapter Specialist at the Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center (WRCAC). In this capacity, Caitlin leads initiatives aimed to support and strengthen Chapters of Children’s Advocacy Centers in the Western Region. Her responsibilities include facilitating strategic planning, providing training and consultation, and engaging in leadership coaching. In her previous role at the West Virginia Chapter, Caitlin supported programmatic and leadership development for CACs, supported multidisciplinary teams’ partnerships (MDTs), and helped child-serving professionals and systems strengthen their response to child victims of abuse. With over a decade of experience in the field, Caitlin has been working with CACs since shortly after earning her degree in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame in 2011. 

Cara Vock

Training Specialist

Cara Vock is a Training Specialist with Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center (WRCAC). Cara is an experienced leader, advocate, and facilitator. Driven by a love for connection and innovation, Cara helps to grow, strengthen, and enhance advocacy programs across the West. With over a decade of experience in the CAC movement, Cara has held many roles, including CAC family advocate, forensic interviewer, Chapter Program Director, and Regional Chapter Development Program Manager. Cara brings a passion of leveraging systemic change to influence the core services provided to children and families at CACs. With a deep commitment to making a difference and professional development, Cara provides crucial support to programs across the region. Residing in Normal, IL, you can find Cara learning, creating, and building deep connections with others.

Joyce Prusak

Training Specialist

Joyce Prusak is a Training Specialist with Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center (WRCAC). In this role, Joyce provides training and technical assistance focused on multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) and other issues related to strengthening the children’s advocacy center movement in the Western Region. Additionally, she works collaboratively on training and resources for MDT facilitators through WRCAC’s partnership with Regional Children’s Advocacy Centers across the country. Joyce has worked in the child advocacy field since 2007. She served as executive director of the Coffee County Children’s Advocacy Center for over fifteen years. During that time, she also served as Chair of the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Tennessee as well as interim director of the TN chapter. Joyce earned her bachelor’s degree in government from Georgetown University and her master’s degree in organizational leadership from Johns Hopkins University. Joyce spent the early days of her career life in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill and also worked on both state and national political campaigns.

Kelsey Roberts

Communication & Quality Assurance Specialist

Kelsey Roberts is a Communication & Quality Assurance Specialist at Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center (WRCAC), where she oversees communication materials, designs and edits digital publications, manages data quality in Salesforce, and coordinates trainings and events to keep projects on track. Since joining WRCAC in 2021, she has applied her prior experience as Supervisor of IT Communications & Training—where she directed global system rollouts, developed and delivered trainings, and managed internal communications—to strengthen resources and support professionals across the western region.

Mari Mukai

Training & Communications Coordinator

Mari Mukai is a Training & Communication Coordinator at Western Regional Children’s Advocacy Center (WRCAC), where she works to support the growth and development of State Chapters, Child Advocacy Centers, and multidisciplinary teams. Mari holds a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Alaska Anchorage and has spent most of her career advocating for children and families. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Alaska Children’s Alliance, the State Chapter and membership organization of Alaska’s Child Advocacy Centers.

Al Killen-Harvey

Trainer

Al Killen-Harvey is the co founder of The Harvey Institute, a training and consultation company whose mission is improving health care outcomes through integrating sexual health. For the past 24 years he has worked at the Chadwick Center where he has served in a variety of clinical and training positions. Al is a frequent presenter, nationally and internationally, on a wide variety of topics related to children and adolescents as well as sexual identity and gender identity.  He currently serves on the Advisory Board of The Children’s Advocacy Centers of California and is a past board member of CAPSAC.

Andrea Hazen, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Andrea’s current work primarily focuses on mental health screening, assessment and treatment for children and families involved with child welfare services. She has expertise in child maltreatment and intimate partner violence research and program evaluation, and has published extensively on those topics. Dr. Hazen oversees the treatment outcome program for the Trauma Counseling Program and for the KidSTART Mental Health Clinic and serves as the evaluation lead for WRCAC and other projects focused on the delivery of trauma informed services in child welfare systems and on the implementation of screening, assessment, and evidence-based treatment to address the mental health needs of children involved with child welfare services.

Chris Perkins

IT Data Analyst

Christopher Perkins has more than fifteen years of experience with data and website management and administration and served as the project manager for the web-based California Mandated Reporter training portal. Chris manages WRCAC’s electronic learning and communication systems.