Tammy Piazza Hurley

Tammy Piazza Hurley, BS, is the director of child welfare, trauma, and resilience Initiatives at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and has over 29 years of experience leading initiatives addressing child abuse and neglect, intimate partner violence, and trauma-informed care. Tammy serves as the director of the new AAP National Center for Relational Health and Trauma-Informed Care in partnership with and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which aims to build the capacity of pediatricians and pediatric healthcare providers to provide pediatric trauma-informed care. She oversees the work of the AAP National Council on Child Abuse and Neglect and the Council on Foster Care, Adoption, and Kinship Care; guides the AAP collaboration on the Zero to Three Infant-Toddler Court Program Safe Babies initiative; and has previously worked on grant projects addressing the prevention of child abuse and neglect, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and supporting children and women experiencing violence.

Tammy serves on the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Advisory Board, is a collaborative partner for the Building Capacity for Comparative Effective Research on IPV in Pediatric Healthcare Settings, and is the AAP liaison to the Ray E. Helfer Society.

Prior to joining the AAP, Tammy taught high school math, holding a BS in mathematics from Illinois State University, and is the proud mom of two young adult daughters.