Since co-founding the Center for Child Protection and Family Support (Center) in 1987, Joyce Thomas has served as the President and CEO providing leadership for quality services to children and families.  For almost four decades, Ms. Thomas has made significant contributions to the field of children's services in the District of Columbia and throughout the globe.  She has traveled all around the world to address issues of vulnerable children, visiting places as Paris, France; Helsinki, Sweden; Rio De Janerio, Brazil; Xelapo, Mexico; and Zurich, Switzerland. She was the Delegation Leader for the People to People Ambassador Program, which involved providing leadership to the interdisciplinary team of professionals from the United States and South Africa.  Visiting cities such as Cape Town, Johannesburg and Pretoria, Ms. Thomas along with the professionals examined elements of international public health and child welfare systems for children.

Ms. Thomas provides hands on clinical specialist that serves on numerous boards and commissions these include, the National Network to End Intermit Partner Violence, the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the DC Council on Young Childs Wellness, and the DC Council on Child Welfare.  Her professional work has been published in book chapters, journal articles, final reports, monographs, policy forums, curriculum materials and other documents.  She is a certified child development trainer and has received numerous awards from such organizations as, Black Administrators of Child Welfare, the Association for Care of Children's Health, Parents United International, The National Organization of Victim Assistance, The University of Maryland, the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, the Washington DC Psychiatric Association, the DC Medical Society, the DC Department of Health and Towson University.

Ms. Thomas is a Certified Mediator in the State of Maryland.