Mary MacLeod joined the National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI) as its first chief executive in October 1999. Formerly of Barnardo's, Lothian Region Social Work Department, ChildLine and the Universities of Edinburgh and North London, she has written widely about child and family welfare. Publications include: Why Me? a study of bullying; Children and Racism; Child Protection: Everybody's Business and Unhappy Families, Unhappy Children. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Warwick, a member of government and non-government research and policy advisory groups on children and family issues, a member of the Family Justice Council and a Board member of NCB.

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