Kelly Wells is a Principal TA Consultant at the American Institutes for Research and leads all the training and technical assistance for the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE), serving both state education agencies and local education agencies/districts. She has worked across systems—education, mental health, public health, child welfare, juvenile justice—developing, implementing, integrating, and sustaining evidence-based/informed programs and services to meet the needs of children, youth, and families in the community in which it serves. She specializes in building the capacity of state and local systems to develop, implement, and sustain a comprehensive approach to school mental health promotion, positive school climate, and youth violence prevention.