Paulette Hines is the Executive Director of the Center for Healthy Schools, Families & Communities and the Director of the Office of Prevention Services & Research, both divisions of University Behavioral HealthCare, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) - one of the largest health sciences universities in the country. She also serves as Chief Psychologist for University Behavioral HealthCare and is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Dr. Hines is a licensed psychologist in the state of New Jersey where she maintains a private practice. She was also on the founding faculty of the Multicultural Family Institute of New Jersey. She has authored numerous articles, chapters, and book reviews and has presented widely on the topics of African American families, multi-problem families, and culturally-based intervention and youth violence. She is involved in the conduct of preventive intervention research on a variety of issues including youth interpersonal violence, HIV, unwanted/unplanned pregnancies, and school drop-outs as well as cultural competency promotion.

In AFTA, Dr. Hines served as the President from July '05 to June '07, and as Chair of the Awards Committee from 2003 to 2005. She served as Chair of the Membership Committee from 1999 to 2003, was a member of the Nominations Committee in 1998 and 1999 and previously served as convener of the Black Families Interest Group.