 He is the co-founder of Safety and Success Communities, a socially-engaged strategic planning organization in Santa Fe, New Mexico, focused on implementing a data-driven, cross-sector and systemic strategy for the prevention of adverse childhood experiences and trauma.Cappello developed and implemented the Data Scholars Initiative, a management training program focused on data analysis, research and continuous quality improvement for child welfare systems in New York City, Connecticut, New Mexico and Pennsylvania.Cappello co-authored (with Katherine Ortega Courtney, PhD) Anna, Age Eight