United States Children’s Bureau, holding leadership positions as Special Assistant to the Associate

Commissioner, Senior Policy Advisor on Courts and Justice and overseeing the Children’s Bureau’s work

with the legal and judicial community. Prior to joining the federal government, David was an Assistant

Staff Director at the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law and served as Senior

Assistant Child Advocate at the New Jersey Office of the Child Advocate. David began his career as an

attorney at the Youth Advocacy Center at Covenant House New Jersey where he represented homeless,

runaway, and at-risk youth on a variety of legal issues and led the organization’s policy initiatives; he later

became Director of Legal and Clinical services.