Amelia Franck Meyer

About Amelia Franck Meyer

Amelia Franck Meyer is the founder and CEO of Alia: innovations for people and systems impacted by childhood trauma. Alia provides thought leadership and deep-dive systemic interventions, training, consultation, demonstration projects, and leadership coaching to transform child welfare. Amelia has worked in over half of the states and many countries internationally to promote innovative ideas and to radically re-think child welfare. She is leading a national movement to create a child welfare system across the country where all people - youth and their caregivers - can thrive. At Alia, Amelia also works to convene change makers and advance the tools and knowledge base in the field of child welfare. This is why, when no other tools existed, she led the initiative to bring together academic, research and professional partners at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare to develop the Youth Connections Scale (YCS) and the Wellbeing Indicator Tool for Youth (WIT-Y), both nationally recognized, evidence-informed and widely applied tools. Before Alia, Amelia was the CEO of Anu Family Services, a child welfare agency located in 90 counties in Wisconsin and Minnesota. During her 15-year tenure, Anu produced nationally recognized child permanence and placement stability outcomes for children in out-of-home care and was on the leading edge of promoting and measuring wellbeing for youth and the child welfare workforce. Amelia is currently serving in the role of Senior Strategic Advisor at Anu, and Anu remains a strategic partner of Alia. Amelia’s work has not gone unnoticed, and she has won numerous personal and organizational honors. Amelia has spent her near 3 decade career dedicated to serving children and families in the areas of out-of-home care, family-based services and disability services. Amelia is sought out nationally and internationally for her innovations, speaking and strategic consulting in child welfare.

Experience

1. CEO

   Alia

   Jul 2016 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   Alia is a national organization dedicated to reimagining the child welfare system and its practices.Our Mission: We inspire and drive transformative change for the people and systems entrusted with the wellbeing of children.Our Vision: Families are upheld as the foundation of lifelong wellbeing for children. Our Values: Fearless Innovation |Audacious Optimism | Courageous Partnerships | A Sense of Urgency | Relentless Pursuit of Evidence

Education

• University of Minnesota

  Post-Graduate Certificate, Permanency and Adoption Competency

  2013 — 2014

• University of Minnesota

  MSW, Social Work

  1999 — 2001

• University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Master's of Social Work, Social Work

  1997 — 1998

• University of Southern California

  Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) , Organizational Change and Leadership

  2015 — 2018

• Illinois State University

  BS, MS, Human Biology, Psychology, Sociology/Marriage and Family

  1985 — 1995

• University of Minnesota

  Graduate Certificate, Disability Policy and Services

  1999 — 2001

Skills

• Nonprofits
• Policy
• Grants
• Non-Profit Administration
• Teaching
• Community Organizing
• Social Services
• Staff Development
• Public Speaking
• Non-Profits
• Organizational Development
• Board Development
• Psychology
• Research
• Event Planning
• Treatment
• Youth Development
• Program Development
• Behavioral Health
• Mental Health Counseling
• Case Management
• Foster Care
• Fundraising
• Psychotherapy
• Adolescents
• Training
• Child Development
• Child Welfare
• Grief, Loss and Trauma Training
• Team Building
• Program Evaluation
• Mental Health
• Philanthropy
• Crisis Intervention
• Coaching
• Workshop Facilitation
• Community Development
• Grant Writing
• Workforce Development
• Leadership Development