Episode 151. Pam Darnall – President and CEO, Family & Children’s Place
Pamela Darnall served as the President and CEO of Family & Children’s Place in Louisville, Kentucky.
Family & Children’s Place is a non-profit organization that plays a crucial role in helping children and families affected by trauma, abuse, and neglect.
The organization provides various services aimed at intervention, prevention, and treatment.
Pam Darnall focuses her professional life on helping children and families facing abuse and violence.
Pam was named President and CEO of Family & Children’s Place in 2014, setting the organization’s vision, leadership, and coordination.
From 1994 to 2008, Pam served as president of The Family Place. She played an essential role in the merger of The Family Place and Family and Children First to create Family & Children’s Place.
Her prior experience includes 10 years with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in a supervisory and training role for Child Protective Services.
Pam has worked or served on many prominent community service committees.
These include The Early Childhood Task Force – known as the “KIDS NOW” quality rating system, the Center for Non-Profit Excellence Advisory Committee, the Mayor’s Violence Free Neighborhood Advisory Committee, and the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health Committee, among others.
She has testified before state legislative committees, has been a mediator for Jefferson County Family Court, and has presented on various topics relating to child abuse and non-profit mergers.
Pam received a Leadership Fellowship through the Community Foundation of Louisville and is a graduate of Leadership Louisville.
In her free time, Darnall is an avid marathon runner. She is married to Danny Darnall, an attorney in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.