Nancy A. Chandler
Chief Executive Officer
Georgia Center for Child Advocacy
Atlanta, GA

Nancy Chandler began her tenure as Chief Executive Officer of the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy in January, 2008. The vision of the Center is a safe community for all children. Services are specifically directed to children at risk for being victims of sexual abuse. Since the initial founding in 1987, the Center has provided forensic and therapeutic services to more than 8,600 children. In September 2007, the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy successfully accomplished the merger of the Fulton County Children’s Advocacy Center and the Georgia Center for Children. Children’s Advocacy Centers work within a multidisciplinary framework comprised of law enforcement, child protective services, prosecution, medical and mental health professionals whose goal is to ensure that children are safe and protected from further victimization.

Prior to that appointment, she served for 13 years as the Executive Director of National Children’s Alliance, the accrediting and membership association of the more than 700 Children’s Advocacy Centers across the United States. As the Executive Director of NCA, Ms. Chandler has spoke to more than 400 conferences and workshops across the country.

Before being asked to lead the national organization, Ms. Chandler served as the founding Executive Director of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center. She was a member of Leadership Memphis and was a founding board member of the National Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers. She currently serves on the National Advisory Committee for Darkness to Light, a primary prevention program aimed at reducing the incidence and consequence of child sexual abuse.