Dr. Jerry Dunn is the Executive Director of Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis and oversees the clinical, forensic, research and training activities of the agency's two sites. She is a licensed psychologist and is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences at University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dr. Dunn provides leadership for the CAST (Child Advocacy Studies) program and the Center for Practice Based Learning in Behavioral Health, a simulation lab focusing on home-based settings. Her clinical and academic interests involve the assessment and treatment of children, youth, and families impacted by traumatic stress and/or maltreatment as well as workforce development in child-serving sectors. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, interned with the St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the Community Psychological Service.
Dr. Dunn maintains active membership in child-centered organizations at the local, state and federal levels. She serves on the Advisory Council for the Missouri Child Trauma Network, sits on the Board of Directors for the National Children’s Alliance and acts as the agency liaison to the National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network.
