Why does Dr. Pamela J. Pine do what she does?
More than 25 years ago, Dr. Pamela J. Pine learned about the vast devastation caused by child sexual abuse (CSA) and committed herself to doing something about it. Since then, she has dedicated her life’s work to preventing, treating, and stopping CSA and other adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), because children — and the adults they become — deserve to be safe, happy, and healthy. Dr. Pine understands what the world could look like if ACEs were prevented, and she continues this important work because it is simply the right thing to do.
SPEAKING AND KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS
One of Dr. Pine’s primary presentations, “Addressing Childhood Trauma in the Workplace – Increase Healing, Productivity, and Your Bottom Line,” reveals how unresolved early trauma quietly drives adult mental and physical health issues, burnout, and reduced productivity—costing U.S. businesses $4.28 billion annually and $144K per affected employee. With nearly two-thirds of American adults reporting at least one adverse childhood experience (CDC) and with one in five reporting four or more, the impact on workplace performance, focus, and relationships is profound: anxiety, exhaustion, difficulty concentrating (“presenteeism”), and strained relationships at work – the core ingredients of burnout and performance problems. This session offers leaders a clear understanding of how trauma shows up at work and provides trauma-informed, evidence-based strategies to strengthen communication, engagement, and organizational resilience – practical steps that enhance employee wellbeing, boost productivity, and elevate the bottom line. Trauma-informed leadership isn’t just compassionate or only about mental health – it’s about unlocking performance at scale!
Dr. Pine’s most requested talks include:
- Childhood trauma affects us all: What we all need to know and why
- Helping Communities Heal and Thrive: Trauma-Informed Practices that Work in the Real World
- Building Resilient Leaders: How Childhood Experiences Shape Workplace Performance
- Creating Psychologically Safe Workspaces: The Science Behind High-Performing Teams
- Trauma-Informed Practices That Work in Real-World Communities
Summary Speaking Engagements and Keynotes
This was taken in 2016 during a major conference about African business development.
Dr. Pine presenting at the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) Conference, 2017.
Dr. Pine spoke as the chosen charity presenter representing the Combined Federal Campaign at a Navy CFC event at the Pentagon in 2018. With Mr. Bill O’Donnell, Department of the Navy, Assistant for Administration; Jillian Short, Mrs. Downtown DC America; Mr. Tom Dee, Vice Director Navy Staff; and Mr. Steve Grozinski, Director Administration and Resource Management Division, Headquarters, USMC
Audience at Pamela’s speaking engagement at University of Maryland 2015 – standing room only!
Dr. Pine has addressed audiences of thousands in lecture halls and in the community. Here she is at the Race to Stop the Silence®, an event that she planned and orchestrated for 10 years, using her original and award-winning research (with Dr. Bey Ling Sha) that addressed how to “raise awareness about an issue that no one wants to talk about.”
The information at this conference and others is also presented in a comprehensive article expected to be published in 2022: Pine, P., Maresala Thomson, A., Chan, E., Stevelos, J., Wagers, S. (in final review). Speak Up – Stop the Silence®: Research and Focus on Worldwide, Comprehensive Child Sexual Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Mitigation. Journal of Advanced Research in Social Sciences.
Speaking Engagements (Cont’d)
| July 2016 London House of Commons, Parliament Developing a Comprehensive CSA Prevention and Mitigation Program |
| 2016 Training for Nurses, Prince George’s County, Maryland Information on CSA for Nurses |
| 2015 and 2016, Government of Cyprus Training CSA and ACEs – Three-day comprehensive training |
| 2015 ongoing, in partnership with The Nanny League Virtual Training for Nannies on CSA and ACEs |
| From 2011-2014, the main focus, training and otherwise, was on outreach, education, and training through an international art-as-advocacy and all-Europe program. |
| 2011, Dayspring Residential Housing Center, Baltimore Training for Parents on CSA |
| 2008 Long Beach CA Judicial Council of California /Juvenile Law Institute Conference Child Sexual Abuse, Policy, Judicial Action |
| September 2008, at the University of Maryland Judicial and Other Court-related Personnel Training on Judges Bench Book on CSA |
| September 2007 First African Conference on CSA – Kenya Organized by the African Network for the Prevention and Protection Against Child Abuse and Neglect (ANPPCAN). Enhancing Knowledge Through Research, Practice, and Partnership to Protect Children Against Child Sexual Abuse. |
| September 2006 Ithaca Cornell Institute of Public Affairs, Cornell University Stop the Silence®-The Need for Social, Policy, and Legal Action Regarding Child Sexual Abuse |
| 2005, Florida Seventh Annual Interdisciplinary Public Relations Research Conference Presentation of “Top 3 paper” |