Kelly Kinnish, PhD

Kelly Kinnish, PhD is the Director of of the National Center on Child Trafficking in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University. Previously she was with the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy for 14 years. As Director of Clinical Services at GCCA, she oversaw the Center’s clinical service programs to sexually abused and traumatized children. She was also the Director of Project Intersect, a SAMHSA-funded program of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network focused on improving the well-being of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC). She is active in both state and national task forces and working groups addressing this complex public health concern with particular focus on effective mental health interventions and collaborative systems response. She is an approved national trainer and consultant for Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) with over 25 years’ experience working with maltreated and at-risk children and families in clinical, research, and administrative capacities.