Sarah Fitzgibbons, Ed.D. LMHC, IMH-E® has spent 25+ years practicing, researching, supervising, teaching, and developing programs in the field of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health (IECMH), with a specific expertise in infants and young children impacted by trauma, loss, attachment disruptions, child welfare, and parent-child relationship assessments. Sarah works as the Vice President of Programs and Practices at The Society for the Protection and Care of Children (SPCC) in Rochester, NY where she oversees multiple programs, and professional development initiatives, with the aim to nurture quality practices for children and their families across sectors. She teaches IECMH course work at the University of Rochester, provides reflective supervision/consultation for professionals, and serves as the Board Co-Chair for the New York State Association of Infant Mental Health (NYS-AIMH). Sarah actively works with other local, state, and national leaders to advance the field, ensure fidelity, change policy, and increase capacity through initiatives and collaborative efforts. Sarah is deeply committed to cultivating and nurturing IECMH expertise across our community and state through relationship-based, culturally sensitive practice, teaching, reflective supervision, and consultation. She is currently involved in research and publication projects related to reflective supervision, identity, race, power, privilege, and formally expanding inclusivity definitions of RSC. Sarah holds a bachelor’s degree in music therapy from Nazareth University, a master’s degree in transpersonal counseling psychology from Naropa University and completed post-master’s training in IECMH through the University of Colorado (The Kempe Center). She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Rochester’s Warner School of Education, in Counselor Education & Supervision, with her dissertation: The Relationship between Reflective Supervision and Practitioner Reflective Capacity. Sarah has been most deeply challenged, enriched, and inspired as an IECMH leader through her role as a daughter, a mother of her two children, a partner, through moments of connection with others, and legacy of her ancestors.