Kimberly Martini-Carvell, MA is Associate Director for Capacity Building, Organizational Learning & Professional Advancement for Connecticut Children’s Office for Community Child Health. Martini-Carvell is also Executive Director of the Help Me Grow National Center. Prior to joining the National Center, she worked as associate vice president for programs at The Village for Families and Children in Hartford where she created and managed prevention and early intervention and treatment programs for families and children. She has also worked as a child and family development consultant for the United Way of Central & Northeastern Connecticut, as director of the CT Family Development Institute of the Children’s Trust Fund, and as an adjunct professor for the University of Connecticut’s School of Family Studies.
During her career, Martini-Carvell has also served on the national Zero to Three Policy Committee, the national Childhood Traumatic Stress Network’s Birth-6 Workgroup, and the leadership team of the Connecticut Parent Educators Network. She also served as a fellow at the National Council on Family Relations and a master facilitator for the Child and Family Partners certificate program. Martini-Carvell has presented the Help Me Grow Model at numerous national and international convenings, including the bi-annual World Association of Infant Mental Health Congress.