Marsha Kline Pruett PhD, MSL, ABPP

Leadership

Professional and Institutional Service

Leadership across professional associations, task forces, advisory groups, and interdisciplinary family-focused reform efforts.

Task forces and reform work

  • Connecticut Governor’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Mental Health, Expert Panel on Prevention
  • Connecticut Governor’s Commission on Divorce, Custody and Children
  • Tristate (CT, MA, NY) Leadership Group for High Conflict Child Custody Reform
  • Wingspread Leadership Conference on Family Law School Education Reform Project (The Johnson Foundation, AFCC, and Hofstra School of Law)
  • APA and ABA Collaborative Working Group on Child Custody and Parenting Plans (representing APA for the APA/ABA Steering Committee on Children, Families, Divorce and Custody)
  • American Psychological Association Task Force in Child Custody
  • American Psychological Association Task Force on Guidelines for Practice of Parenting Coordination
  • Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Child Centered Family Laws
  • Massachusetts Judicial Task Force on Voice of the Child

Organizations and advisory roles

  • Advisory committee member for Child Trends’ Co-parenting Network Study for Young Fathers (CNSYF), funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
  • American Board of Couple and Family Psychology, Member-at-Large
  • Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC)

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts

AFCC is an interdisciplinary, international association of professionals dedicated to improving the lives of children and families through the resolution of family conflict. AFCC promotes a collaborative approach to serving the needs of children among those who work in and with family law systems, encouraging education, research, innovation, and the identification of best practices.

  • Board of Directors, Member (2006–2012)
  • Board of Directors, Executive Committee: Secretary, Vice President, President-Elect, President, Immediate Past President (2013–2018)

Recognition

  • John VanDuzer Award for Service and Leadership, Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (2020)