Kristie Adams, M.Ed. is the Chief Learning Officer at Family Scholar House, where she has been since 2008. Kristie has a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a concentration in psychology/sociology and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology. Her passion is working with and for children to have a safe/ healthy childhood, so that they can grow confidently into their dreams. Kristie has worked with families/children for over 25 years. She has received training/certification in Music Together, Mindfulness, Conscious Discipline, MotherRead, Trauma Informed Care, Human Trafficking, Financial Empowerment, Domestic Violence, and Sexual Assault. She provides training on Children Exposed to Batterers and Trauma Informed Care to teachers, victim’s advocates, school social workers, community agencies and churches. Additionally, Kristie has experience in designing/ implementing programming for children/teens/adults, supervision; compilation of program data/reporting outcomes, and program oversight. In 2002, Kristie led a research study on Children Exposed to Domestic Violence.
In her role as Chief Learning Officer, she oversees Family Scholar House practice and evaluation components to establish high levels of quality, accuracy, and process consistency. Kristie plans, identifies, directs, and evaluates program and practice needs and trends and provides professional development opportunities and training to staff, supervision to direct service staff, researches best practices, designs new programs, and provides technical assistance to Family Scholar House, US Affiliates and Data Associates to foster a culture and framework of innovation and excellence. Kristie lives in Louisville with her husband, a teacher, and her two children. She enjoys supporting their interests of rowing and soccer along with attending broadway shows.