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Board of Directors

Tiffany Carr, Board Chair

Victoria Shire Dinges, Vice Chair

Christine Mugno, Secretary

Fernando R. Laguarda, Past Chair

Sandy Barnett

Marc Berejka

Michael Driver

Lupita Reyes

Karen Rogers

Patti Seger

Kathy England Walsh

Biographies:

• Tiffany Carr: Tiffany, a native of Florida, currently serves as the President and CEO of Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence (FCADV), the statewide professional association representing Florida's 42 certified domestic violence centers. Tiffany, a 13-year veteran of the organization, spent much of her early tenure with FCADV organizing initiatives in Florida's rural communities and training nationally on the barriers to providing services to rural victims of domestic violence and their children. Tiffany serves as the primary individual responsible for advocating to the legislature for the passage of critical public policy initiatives and securing additional funding for Florida's centers. In 2005, Tiffany was appointed by President Bush to the National Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women and most recently served as a key leader on Governor Charlie Crist's Transition Team. Tiffany served as the group leader overseeing the transition of six of Florida's state agencies that were responsible for public safety related issues. In 2005 Tiffany was honored with The Governor's Peace at Home Award, presented by Governor Jeb Bush for outstanding statewide leadership and advocacy. Additionally, Tiffany has been awarded a multitude of both state and national awards for her extensive advocacy fighting violence against women.
• Victoria Shire Dinges: Victoria  is the Assistant Vice President of Public Social Responsibility for the Allstate Insurance Company. As Assistant Vice President, she is responsible for furthering Allstate's efforts to build leadership through strategic philanthropy and corporate social responsibility. Victoria leads and coordinates Allstate's public social responsibility efforts in the key focus areas of The Allstate Foundation, Allstate's Teen Safe Driving and Domestic Violence signature programs, volunteerism, annual corporate social responsibility reporting and the company's Chicago cultural and civic initiatives. Victoria is a member of the Arthur W. Page Society and the Executives' Club of Chicago, and a President's Circle Member of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Victoria earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MBA from Northwestern University's J. L. Kellogg School of Management.
• Christine Mugno: Christine serves as the manager of the PepsiCo Foundation. Before entering into this most recent position, Christine was the manager of Corporate Contributions of Altria Corporate Services, Inc. Christine worked for Altria Corporate Services for 30 years, beginning in the graphic arts department and eventually transitioning to corporate philanthropy. As the manager of Corporate Contributions, Christine was responsible for the Directed Altria Employee Fund, a public charity managed by employees; the Altria Dollars for Doers employee volunteer program, which generated approximately $200,000 in annual corporate donations; and Altria's Technical Assistance Program, which enhanced capacity and sustainability of nearly 200 nonprofit organizations in the New York tri-state area. In addition to her service with the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Christine is also on the Leadership Council of the Support Center for Nonprofit Management in New York, NY and sits on the Board of Directors of Hillside Food Outreach in Thornwood, NY. Christine received her B.A. from Marymount College and completed a course in the Leadership Development Program at Wharton.
• Fernando Laguarda: Fernando is the Vice President, External Affairs and Policy Counselor at Time Warner Cable.  In addition to successfully representing the first cable music service to be licensed under the Digital Performance Rights Act of 1995 he has litigated and appealed numerous issues involving music rights in federal court and has represented digital media companies before the Copyright Royalty Board proceeding to set rates and terms for licenses to make and distribute digital downloads.  Fernando has extensive experience counseling clients in mergers, joint ventures, network formation, licensing and strategic planning.  Prior to attending law school, Fernando was a social worker and spent two years as a health policy analyst in the Massachusetts Governor's Budget Bureau.  He was born in Uruguay and speaks Spanish fluently.  Fernando has previously served as General Counsel to the National Network Against Domestic Violence and as the Board Chair.  Fernando is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.  He received an A.B., cum laude, in government from Harvard College (1988), and a J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University (1994), where he was Notes and Comment Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.
• Sandy Barnett: Sandy, Executive Director of the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence (KCSDV), has been involved in the sexual and domestic violence movements in Kansas for more than 30 years.  She has served in her current role as Executive Director of KCSDV since 1997.  Her primary focus is on supporting community-based advocacy programs and public policy work at the legislative and administrative levels, providing leadership to 30 member programs and a staff of 28, and helping to create a climate in Kansas where addressing and preventing sexual and domestic violence are priorities for communities, state agencies and policy makers.  Sandy was appointed by then Governor Kathleen Sebelius and currently serves on the Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board and the Sex Offender Policy Board.  Prior to her career at KCSDV, Sandy served for five years as the Executive Director of Crisis Center, Inc. in Manhattan, KS.  She also served for a number of years as client services and coordinator and as a volunteer.

• Marc Berejka: Marc has served as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Secretary’s Office at the US Department of Commerce since July 2009.  He is responsible for identifying and employing policy levers that can be used to promote innovation.  Recognizing that innovation is a broad topic, he currently focuses on a handful of strategic issues that arise in the intellectual property, IT standards, broadband, privacy and cybersecurity realms.  He regularly engages with industry stakeholders, as well as with counterparts at other U.S government agencies and in the White House’s tech-policy office.  Within the Commerce Department, he works with the Patent & Trademark Office, the National Institute of Standards & Technology, and the National Telecommunications & Information Administration in shaping certain policy efforts.   Prior to joining the Department, Marc worked for 12 years in various public policy roles in the high tech sector.  He has built and managed industry coalitions, driven issue campaigns, developed legislation and advocacy pieces, engaged with the press, academics and of course policymakers. He also has managed policy initiatives on a global basis.  Marc spent the first part of his career as a telecommunications lawyer with various firms in Washington, D.C.  He holds a J.D. from Georgetown University and a B.A. from Princeton University.  While at Princeton he focused on political science, economics and Russian studies.
• Michael Driver: Michael Driver is a Partner at Patton Boggs, LLP, practicing in the areas of Energy and Natural Resources, International Practice, and Public Policy and Lobbying. He has carved out a unique practice as strategic counsel engaged in finding revenue-creating opportunities for his clients. Michael's deep understanding of his clients' businesses also makes him adept at solving their problems. Following the 2008 Presidential Election, Michael was actively involved in helping NNEDV strategize for the Administration Transition and develop transition recommendations for the Obama-Biden Administration. Michael is a member of the Denver Bar Association, Colorado Bar Association and American Bar Association. He is also dedicated to pro bono, community and political activities, including the Native American Rights Fund and the John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
• Lupita Reyes: Lupita was appointed National Program Director of the Verizon Foundation in January 2006. In this role she is responsible for strategy development, grant administration and relationship management for the Foundation's safety and health programs including domestic violence prevention, healthcare, accessibility, and internet safety. Promoting relationships with national organizations in domestic violence, Lupita has appeared in local and multi-lingual TV markets in New Jersey, DC, and Florida to advance domestic violence prevention, healthcare and Thinkfinity.org, Verizon's signature cause. In 2008, Lupita was one of several Hispanic corporate executives recognized by ASPIRA for distinguished service professionally and in the community. Previously, Lupita sat on the Board of Los Angeles Valley College, a college serving primarily disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles. Lupita holds an undergraduate degree in Business Management from Incarnate Word College.
• Karen Rogers: Karen Rogers has championed domestic violence prevention since 2000, serving on the Board of Directors of the YWCA of Metropolitan Dallas and on the Advisory Council for Faith and Liberty's Place, a supervised visitation facility for parents and their children affected by domestic violence. Between 2001 and 2003, Karen managed a ran Court Partnership, a court monitoring program that places volunteers in designated domestic violence courtrooms in Dallas County. In 2005, Karen joined the Board of Directors of the Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation, of which she is currently the Vice President. The Foundation awards millions of dollars every year to a variety of causes, including domestic violence prevention and research on cancers affecting women. Karen graduated from Southern Methodist University where she earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science. She is the proud mother of two sons and is the granddaughter of Mary Kay Ash.
• Patti Seger : Patti has served as Executive Director of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WCADV) since 2005.  Her 25 years of domestic violence victim advocacy experience includes six years as the WCADV Policy Coordinator, six years as Director of Dane County District Attorney’s Office Domestic Violence Unit, and seven years as the Systems Advocate at Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (formerly Dane County Advocates for Battered Women).  She currently serves on the NNEDV Policy Committee, serves as Wisconsin Governor Doyle’s appointee to the WI Law Enforcement Standards Board, has served as the Attorney General’s appointee to the Wisconsin Sentencing Commission, serves on the WI VAWA Advisory Board, and is the chair of the WI Department of Corrections Crime Victim Advisory Committee.
• Kathy England Walsh: Kathy is the Executive Director of the Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (TCADSV).  With more than 20 years of experience in crisis intervention, program development and public policy advocacy, Kathy provides training and technical assistance to communities and works on public policy issues of concern to victims of domestic and sexual violence.  In her time as Director of TCADSV, Kathy has crafted and successfully advocated for more than 100 new laws to improve safety for victims of domestic and sexual violence and assisted in the development of domestic violence shelters, rape crisis centers, and community task forces throughout the state.