Keynote Speaker
David Lujan
Director, Arizona Department of Child Safety
David Lujan was appointed Director of the Arizona Department of Child Safety by Governor Katie Hobbs in April 2023.
He began his career as an attorney for the Arizona State Senate after graduating from Arizona State University with a Juris Doctor degree. He decided to run for elected office in 2004 and served as a state representative from 2004 to 2010 and as a state senator from 2011 to 2013. During this time, David helped launch Defenders of Children, a non-profit organization that provides free legal representation to abused children and adult victims of domestic violence. As staff attorney for the organization, he worked with Arizona’s and Utah’s attorney generals to open the first non-profit in Colorado City to provide legal services to victims of child abuse.
He became President and CEO of Children’s Action Alliance in November 2020. Under his leadership, the organization achieved a significant number of policy priorities, including increased stipends for kinship foster care providers; expanding access to health coverage for youth transitioning out of foster care; and $800 million in new annual funding for public education.
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