Amber McKeen

Amber McKeen

Risk Consultant

Praesidium

Amber McKeen, MSW, MPH is a Risk Consultant at Praesidium specializing in working with independent K12 schools. McKeen’s passion for abuse prevention runs deep, spending nearly her entire professional career over the last 15 years working to prevent child abuse in various capacities. McKeen’s most recent role prior to joining the fantastic team at Praesidium was with the CDC Foundation, leading a highly skilled team of CDC scientists to update and expand CDC’s 2007 publication “Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in Youth Serving Organizations: Getting Started on Policies and Procedures”. McKeen has planned and provided dynamic trainings to over 30,000 professionals across hundreds of live and online events. McKeen truly believes in Praesidium’s mission to prevent abuse of children and vulnerable adults and enjoys working with schools to find dynamic solutions to foster a culture of safety.

Online Courses

Past Webinars

  • How to Save Your School Money with PurchasingPoint This item is protected

    December 6, 2024
    This webinar provides an overview of the PurchasingPoint program, tour of the PurchasingPoint portal and examples of vendor discounts and sign-up processes. Webinar recorded on November 7, 2024
  • Defining Roles and Responsibilities for a Successful Construction Project This item is protected

    November 14, 2024
    Construction project are more complex than ever. Learn the different management roles of a construction project from the owner and architect to the construction manager and other key facilitators.
  • Inflation in Independent and Higher Education: The Case for the HEPI This item is protected

    November 1, 2024
    Access to reliable inflation data and using the most appropriate inflation measure is critical to accurate budgeting and planning. That's why Commonfund produces the Higher Education Price Index (HEPI), an inflation index.
  • Trends in Tuition Discounting: Insights from NBOA Research This item is protected

    October 25, 2024
    Learn about the research findings from the Tuition Discounting Report for PK-12 Independent Schools: 2021-2023, NBOA's recently released multi-year data analysis.
  • Addressing Student-to-Student Issues This item is protected

    October 17, 2024
    Research shows sexual incidents between youth make up approximately half of sexual abuse incidents. Through research and collaboration with leading experts, this session explores how schools leverage research to update policies and procedures.

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