Abbie Newman of Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center. Courtesy photo

Abbie Newman, Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center

Inspired by a local case of child abuse, pediatric nurse-turned-attorney Newman was the founding executive director of Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center, created in 2008 to provide healing and justice for victims of child abuse in Montgomery County. She worked tirelessly to build the collaborative multidisciplinary team into a nationally accredited Child Advocacy Center (CAC) which has served over 6,500 children and their families in cases involving sexual and physical abuse, trafficking and exploitation. Currently, as Mission Kids' CEO of External and Global Affairs, Newman draws upon her multifaceted experience to expand the organization's leadership efforts statewide, nationally and internationally, with the long-term vision of putting an end to child abuse.