Diane Nunn to Receive First Annual Mark Hardin Award
Diane Nunn, Division Director of the Center for Families, Children & the Courts, is to receive the First Annual Mark Hardin Award for Child Welfare Scholarship and Systems Change. The award will be presented to Nunn due to her work embodying “Mark’s leadership style, characterized by humility, a ‘willingness to serve,’ and a deep driving compassion for children and families.” As an attorney, she focused on family and criminal law and served as a juvenile court referee for the Superior Court of Los Angeles. According to Justice Richard Huffman, Chair of the California Blue Ribbon Commission on Children in Foster Care, “Diane Nunn was a key architect of California’s legal framework for juvenile dependency practice, a tireless advocate for children, and a leader who has inspired literally hundreds of us in California and around the country.” Click here to learn more about Diane Nunn and the Mark Hardin Award.
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