Dr. Bradley is the Program Director of Professional Development at the FSU Institute for Trauma and Resilience Studies (ITRS). Her work bridges frontline advocacy, research, and large-scale professional education. She began her career as an advocate for domestic violence survivors, working directly with victims and witnessing firsthand the profound impact caused by violence. These experiences continue to shape her commitment to education, accountability, and systems change. Now, she is responsible for leading the development of statewide training initiatives that transform complex, sensitive topics into practical, high-quality professional development experiences. Her research interests include child welfare, trauma-informed care, resilience, and the prevention of domestic violence. Her studies have been published in many peer-reviewed journals, including the Innovative Higher Education, the Journal of American College Health, Family Court Review, and the Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. 

Lori Wymore-Kirkland, MPA, is the Program Manager for Fairfax County’s Stronger Together Supervised Visitation & Exchange Program, where she oversees services for up to 200 court-involved families each year. With more than three decades of multi-state experience spanning child welfare, mediation, education, and residential treatment, Lori is a trusted expert in conflict resolution and family engagement. She is a past Board President of the Supervised Visitation Network and a seasoned local and national trainer. Lori holds an MPA from George Mason University and is a Certified Virginia Family Mediator and accredited Parent Coordinator, and Mentor Mediator, dedicated to guiding families through high-conflict transitions with trauma-informed care.

Emily McKee, MSSW, IMH-E®, is the Executive Director of Kymari House, a nonprofit providing trauma-informed Supervised Visitation, Safe Exchange, and Nurturing Parenting in Supervised Visitation services to children and families across Middle Tennessee. Under her leadership, Kymari House has experienced more than 450% growth in its annual operating budget, enabling significant expansion in programs, staff, community partnerships, and geographic reach while maintaining a commitment to accessible, high-quality Supervised Visitation. During that growth, Kymari House has been recognized locally as a Top Local Nonprofit, its signature fundraising event has been named a Favorite Community Event, and Emily has been nominated for the Center for Nonprofit Excellence in Middle TN’s Salute to Excellence Leadership Award.

Emily also serves as an adjunct professor with the University of Tennessee College of Social Work, where she teaches Organizational Resource Management and Development, preparing future Social Workers to navigate nonprofit leadership, fundraising, financial sustainability, and organizational management. She brings a practitioner’s perspective to nonprofit sustainability, grounded in the real-world challenge of growing critical services while finding the resources to keep them accessible to the families who need them.

Tara McKillips-Ohlemacher has served as Executive Director of The Kinship House, Inc. in Huron, Ohio, for more than 15 years, dedicating her career to creating safe, structured and child-focused environments for families navigating supervised visitation and exchange services.

Throughout her tenure, Tara has worked directly with families, attorneys, Guardian ad Litems, courts, caseworkers and visitation professionals while leading a team responsible for managing complex and often high-conflict family situations. Her experience includes developing and enforcing program policies, training and supporting visitation monitors, responding to safety concerns, navigating challenging parent and professional communications and making difficult decisions while maintaining neutrality and keeping the needs of children at the center.

Tara’s understanding of trauma and family conflict extends far beyond her professional role. She is also a CASA volunteer, advocating for children involved in the court system and helping ensure their voices, safety and needs remain at the forefront of decision-making.

Her commitment to this work is also deeply personal. Tara was herself a child impacted by trauma and raised in circumstances where her parents were not safe or appropriate custodians. That experience gave her an early understanding of what it means for a child to live within adult instability, conflict and decisions they cannot control.

Later in life, Tara raised two stepchildren beginning at the ages of one and three while navigating a highly contentious, trauma-filled divorce and an extremely difficult and toxic co-parenting environment. Experiencing high-conflict family dynamics from the perspective of a child, parent, stepparent, CASA volunteer and supervised visitation professional has given Tara a perspective that cannot be learned solely from a policy manual or training course. 

Tara brings a practical, real-world perspective to supervised visitation, one shaped by thousands of hours working directly with families and by witnessing how dramatically the challenges facing visitation providers have changed over the past 15 years. She understands firsthand how easily children can become caught in the middle of adult conflict and why professionals must be willing to establish boundaries, remain consistent and make decisions that bring the focus back to the child.

She is passionate about helping other professionals strengthen boundaries, support their staff, communicate confidently and avoid becoming pulled into the conflict surrounding the families they serve.

As a member of the Supervised Visitation Network, Tara values the opportunity to learn from other providers and to share the lessons, mistakes, strategies and experiences that can make this demanding work more manageable. Her presentation style is candid, energetic, interactive and grounded in situations that supervised visitation professionals encounter every day.

For Tara, child-focused practice is more than a professional philosophy. It is personal and it is the foundation of the work she has dedicated her career to doing.