Sami Bradley is experienced working hands on with children birth to 18 as a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner who specialized in Play Therapy, Family Therapy, and Child Parent Psychotherapy. She also is a Circle of Security Facilitator. She has presented at trainings and conferences on early intervention, infant and toddler mental health, and other mental health concerns. Sami also has previous working experience with Early Developmental Network and Head Start. She earned her Masters of Education in Community Counseling from University of Nebraska at Kearney, and has special endorsements for being a Registered Play Therapist from the Association of Play Therapy.

Stacy Scholten currently serves as the Assistant Vice President of Early Childhood Mental Health at Nebraska Children and Families Foundation. In this position she provides technical assistance to communities who desire to partner with early childhood providers and systems to enhance the social emotional development of young children. Before coming to Nebraska Children in 2019, Stacy worked for twelve years in the child welfare system in both Nebraska and the Seattle Metro/Western Washington region. Seven of the twelve years was at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services bringing system and DHHS divisional partners together to address the well-being of children and families involved with child welfare. She has her master’s degree in early childhood development and is passionate about preventing families’ long-term involvement in systems through early childhood and dual-generation services.