Troy Vincent, Sr. is the Executive Vice President of Football Operations at the National Football League, beginning his football career as the 7th overall pick in the first round for the Miami Dolphins in the 1992 NFL Draft. After 15 seasons of playing in the league, Troy continues to be nominated for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and has been inducted into the Hall of Fame for the Philadelphia Eagles, the State of Pennsylvania, the University of Wisconsin and Pennsbury High School.

In his current position with the NFL, he employs the highest standards to enhance and preserve football and its value to society. His transformational and visionary leadership approach promotes using the game of football to positively impact people’s lives through excellence and service by applying clarity, consistency and credibility to all aspects of football operations.

Vincent holds a broad range of responsibilities for the business of football, including game analytics, accountability, integrity of the game, development and growth, and policies and procedures relating to NFL games, including protecting players from unnecessary risk.“It’s a great blessing to have moved from serving our fans as a player to now serving them through the operations of the game. Football transcends race, age, gender and other elements of society and creates community by bringing people together across our great nation,” says Vincent. “The future of football is bright because the integration of technology, technique, and rule adjustments are making our game progressively better.”



As a national leader and advocate against domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse, Troy’s commitment to LEADERSHIP OVER VIOLENCE has allowed him to have a powerful voice for the voiceless. Troy demonstrates his character and desire to affect change by visiting shelters, speaking to men’s groups and challenging others to lend their platforms to fight injustice.



He is the only player in history to have received the NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year award, NFL Players Association Byron Whizzer White Award, Sporting News #1 Good Guy, and NFL Athletes in Action Bart Starr Award. Vincent also received the National Jefferson Award for Public Service for extraordinary public service and making the world a better place to live.

Tommi A. Vincent is a thought leader and passionate advocate for women, dedicated to

empowering individuals and driving the movement to end domestic violence. As a sought-after public speaker, she brings a wealth of experience to diverse topics, including women’s empowerment, flexible goal setting, effective leadership, parenting and marriage, and the art of choosing impact over being right. She also shares strategies for navigating life transitions with minimal disruption. In addition to her public speaking, Vincent coaches women on cultivating

emboldening lifestyle habits, helping them unlock their potential and live with greater

confidence, purpose, and resilience.

Passionate about sharing hard-won insights, Vincent has delivered keynote speeches for high-profile platforms, including the Essence Festival, iHeart Radio, Morgan Stanley, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the NFL, and Allstate. Her work has been widely recognized in leading media outlets such as The New York Times, WayMaker Journal, Hallmark Home & Family, Savoy Magazine, The Undefeated, CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, and WGN.

Her advocacy has earned her numerous accolades, including the 2022 Advocate of the Year Award by Women Against Abuse, the 2022 Champion Award from The LOHM, the 2023 Black Girl Magic Award from Urban Word NYC, and the 2023 Innovative Women in Community Award by Spectrum Circle. She also received the WANDA Food Shero Award and the Just Call Me Chef Maven Makes Moves Award, highlighting her commitment to community impact. 

A survivor of domestic violence herself, Vincent brings both personal insight and professional expertise to her work. She serves on the board of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, YOUNITY, and Survivor Justice Action, guiding public policy and initiatives that provide essential services such as shelter funding, crisis counseling, and safety planning. She is deeply committed to helping survivors transition from merely surviving to thriving, and she works to erase the stigma surrounding domestic violence so individuals and families can access the resources they need to heal. Vincent’s personal mission is to normalize the conversation, not the behavior. 

In 2023, Vincent and her husband, Troy, Executive Vice President of the National Football League, established The Vincent Commission in partnership with Niagara University. The commission includes research and education efforts centered on the perceptions, experiences, knowledge, perpetration, and victimization of gender based violence among college students. 

In addition to her advocacy, Vincent is the host of the Stay A While podcast, creating a space where women are encouraged to prioritize their mental well-being. She emphasizes that “the one unifying factor in every aspect of your life is you—so it’s critical to ensure you are good.” Drawing from her experiences with depression, she often incorporates lessons learned from her grandmother, Nana Edie, whose love and wisdom centered around cooking and family gatherings. Whether through workshops or coaching sessions, she uses food as a tool for healing, bringing people together around the table to foster authenticity, vulnerability, and meaningful connections.

Her culinary passion extends to her brand, “Tommi V.: Feels Like Comfort, Tastes Like Home,” blending professional cooking skills with the goal of creating nurturing spaces for clients. As a professional chef, she has worked with iHeart Radio, Morgan Stanley, and the NFL, offering meals that nourish both the body and the soul. She believes that cooking is not only a life skill but also a source of personal power. 

Vincent is also the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Vincent Country®, a lifestyle brand that celebrates the strength of the Black family and promotes the values of “Faith, Family, and Food.” Through this platform, she offers transformative life coaching, including an annual Women’s Retreat, where attendees receive practical tools and emotional nourishment over shared meals. 

Committed to community service, Vincent and her husband Troy also lead the Love Thy Neighbor Community Development & Opportunity Corporation (LTN), hosting events in Super Bowl cities to benefit local communities. Through collaborations with school systems, food suppliers, and resource providers, they aim to make a lasting impact wherever they go.

A firm believer in the power of your story, Vincent published her debut book, In Her Words: A Book of Quotes by Phenomenal Black Women, in 2022. She is currently working on her second book, slated for release in 2025, which will blend practical coaching insights with legacy-inspired recipes, inviting readers to learn, share, and heal through life’s challenges.

When she’s not speaking, coaching, or cooking,Vincent enjoys spending time with her family, making memories with her husband, their children, and loved ones through Vincent Country® adventures. Her mission is clear: to uplift women, foster healing, and empower families to thrive in every aspect of life.

Lisa M. Jones is a research associate professor of psychology at the Crimes against Children Research Center (CCRC), University of New Hampshire. Dr. Jones received a Ph.D. in clinical psychology in 1999 from the University of Rhode Island. She has over 20 years’ experience researching child victimization and adversity exposure, with a focus on commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) and youth, sexual abuse, bias and hate crime victimization, and technology-based victimization of children.

She is currently serving as PI on a 5-year CDC-funded R01 randomized controlled trial evaluation of youth-focused trafficking prevention education program delivered to at-risk youth in the state of Minnesota. She is also serving as PI of a study funded by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) to conduct a 5-year quasi-experimental evaluation of a specialized intensive services for youth trafficking victims developed by the non-profit Love 146. In other research areas, Dr. Jones is serving as PI on an NIJ-funded study to identify processes for improving national surveillance of child sexual abuse cases in youth serving organizations (YSOs). She is PI on a privately funded randomized controlled trial (RCT) of the Common Sense Education digital citizenship curriculum, after having recently completed an RCT of the Google Be Internet Awesome digital citizenship program. Finally, she recently completed a NIJ-funded national study of hate crime investigations conducted by law enforcement. Dr. Jones has published over 100 papers and chapters on these and other child victimization topics and regularly presents across the country and internationally on these topics.

Mary L. Pulido, Ph.D. joined The World Childhood Foundation USA as the Executive Director in October of 2023. Prior to that time, she served as the Executive Director of The New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, the first child protection agency in the world. She has held senior management positions at the Child Protection Center of Montefiore Medical Center (a Child Advocacy Center), the Children’s Village, and at Covenant House/Under 21.

Dr. Pulido’s protocol for crisis debriefing following child fatality and critical incidents is utilized throughout the New York City Child Protective Services system. Dr. Pulido is a member of the Medical Reserve Corps of the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. She served on the National Board of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and is a Board member of the NYS Chapter of the APSAC Board and is Co-Chair of their Public Policy Committee.

In 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Dr. Pulido to the New York City Child Fatality Review Team (CFRT) where she served until 2015. She recently served as a principal investigator on a project to design a child sexual abuse prevention curriculum for elite, Olympic gymnasts, coaches and parents following the child sexual abuse scandal involving Larry Nassar. She was also the Principal Investigator for an NIH grant to test a child sexual abuse prevention curriculum in the NYC public School system.

Dr. Pulido holds a Ph.D. in Social Welfare from the City University of New York, and master’s degrees in social work from Hunter College School of Social Work and in Teaching from Sacred Heart University. She holds the rank of adjunct Assistant Professor at the Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College. In 2019, she received the Trailblazer Award from the Silberman School of Social Work at CUNY for her contributions to the greater good of the people in NYC. In 2022, she was named one of the “Responsible 100” citizens by City and State New York, for her contributions for improving the lives of children in NYC. In May 2023, she was the

Commencement Speaker for the School of Social Work at Sacred Heart University.

She has published in the areas of detection and prevention of child abuse and neglect, providing supervised visitation services, crisis debriefing, child sexual abuse prevention and preventing secondary traumatic stress. She has been featured on WNBC, The New York Daily News, NY1, WPIX-TV, ABC News, cbsnews.com, Inside Edition and is a dedicated blogger on issues of child protection for Medium.

Darrell Armstrong, EdS-MFT, MDiv, DDiv, is pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church (Trenton, NJ) a thriving multicultural and multigenerational community of faith, which under Armstrong’s leadership became the first house of worship in the US to officially declare itself a No-Hit Zone. He also serves as the President of APSAC.

His policy training at Stanford University (BA in Public Policy), theological training at Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div.), and therapeutic/clinical training at The College of New Jersey (Ed.S. in marriage & family therapy) have uniquely prepared him to be a respected voice in the national and international child welfare and family strengthening communities. He is a certified trauma professional and credentialed master-trainer in the National Partnership for Community Leadership’s Fatherhood/Responsible Male Involvement. He is also a founding member of the Police Chaplaincy Units in both the Trenton and Ewing Police Departments, where he focuses on connecting clergy to multidisciplinary teams through their local child advocacy centers.



From 2006 to 2009, he served as Director, Assistant Commissioner, and Director of the Division of Prevention and Community Partnerships in the NJ Department of Children and Families. There, he oversaw a $100M budget of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention funding and was responsible for co-writing New Jersey’s first statewide “Prevention Plan.”

In 2016, he was appointed the Chief Administrative Officer to the United Nations for the Baptist World Alliance where he advocated for Human Rights and espoused Family Strengthening policies and practices on a global level.



He is founder of F-A-A-I-T-H (Faithleaders Against Abuse In The Home), a new global non- governmental organization (NGO) working to help houses of worship around the globe become trauma-informed/responsive, resilience-minded, strengths-based, family-oriented, centers of hope and mindful faithfulness.