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Executive Team

Capacity Technical Assistance

  • Beth Meeks, Capacity Technical Assistance Director
  • Deborah DeBare, Capacity Technical Assistance Senior Deputy Director
  • Ellen Yin-Wycoff, Capacity Technical Assistance Senior Deputy Director
  • Kimberly Feeney, Capacity Technical Assistance Senior Deputy Director
  • Andrea Wilson, Capacity Technical Assistance Deputy Director
  • Eric Stiles, Capacity Technical Assistance Deputy Director
  • Meinkeng Fonge, Capacity Technical Assistance Specialist
  • Anika Boyd, Capacity Technical Assistance Coordinator

Development & Communications

  • Lisa Winjum, Director of Development and Communications
  • Laura Zillman, Development and Communications Specialist
  • Shannon Rera, Development and Communications Coordinator

Domestic Violence Counts

Economic Justice

Finance & Administration

Human Resources

Positively Safe

  • Ashley Slye, Deputy Director, Positively Safe & Domestic Violence Counts
  • Akayla Galloway, Positively Safe Specialist
  • Diane Granberry, Positively Safe Specialist
  • Robin Pereira, Positively Safe Specialist

Public Policy

Safety Net

Transitional Housing

WomensLaw

Jean Treuthart, Interim President & CEO

Jean Treuthart brings over 30 years of experience in organizational leadership, revenue building, fund raising, and advocacy to her work as a nonprofit officer. Mostly recently, she served as the Interim CEO for YWCA of Greater Cincinnati. From 2015-2022, Jean was the Chief Executive Officer of YWCA York, a $9 million agency with over 150 employees. During her tenure as CEO, YWCA York achieved a significant financial turnaround. A number of innovative strategies were implemented that strengthened the YW’s programs and services and reached over 22,000 people in a given year. The agency also completed an internal equity plan that included a framework for identifying, discussing, and addressing root causes of racial inequities. Jean is a trained facilitator for Courageous Conversations on race and the effects of racism; a mindfulness practitioner; and a certified executive coach. Jean graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor’s degree in management studies and went on to earn a master’s degree in cultural communications from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. A lifelong learner, she has completed courses on nonprofit financial stewardship at Harvard’s Kennedy School, leading with equity through Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Managements, and trainings with the Aspen Institute’s Better Arguments Project.

Tonya King, Vice President of Programs and Membership

Tonya King currently serves as the Vice President of Programs and Membership at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). She is committed to centering the voices of survivors and working toward change that leads to inclusive and healthy communities. She is an experienced mediator and conflict resolution trainer who has used her skills to train community members, youth, law enforcement officers and public officials in South Africa. Tonya has a career that spans over thirty years serving the community and working to improve quality of life with her executive leadership roles. She has a lifetime of experience working to empower others, bringing people together, strengthening communities and building relationships. She served as the executive director at the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence where she led the strategic vision and mission working to make Rhode Island a safer place for victims and survivors of domestic violence. Tonya believes that diversity is our strength and being kind and patient with each other are essential to creating a culture of respect. She is passionate about the work to end violence and creating a world where all people can live a life free from violence.

Sandeep Bathala, Vice President of External Affairs

Sandeep Bathala is the Vice President of External Affairs at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). Sandeep joined NNEDV in April 2022. Most recently, Sandeep was the Executive Director of the Edna Adan Hospital Foundation. In that position, she was responsible for leading and growing the hospital foundation’s work and reputation for improving women’s health in Somaliland. She focused on sustainable and diverse funding, including foundation and individual support.  She led the planning, development, and implementation of seminars, workshops, and conferences, focused on solutions for improving reproductive and family planning services, maternal health, and gender equity as senior program associate at the Wilson Center.  She also led in-country and/or regional collaborations with the African Population and Health Research Center in Kenya, Oxfam India, Population Foundation of India and Centre for Population and Reproductive Health in Nigeria. Prior to joining the Wilson Center, she was director of the Sierra Club’s Gender, Equity and Environment Program where her efforts included coordinating study tours to India and Ethiopia to build a base of support for integrated reproductive health and environmental projects supported by USAID and U.S. contributions to the UN Population Fund. She spearheaded advocacy partnerships with family planning agencies in Albania and Mali at Planned Parenthood. Sandeep served as direct services director at Sakhi for South Asian Women, where she led the Domestic Violence and Economic Empowerment Programs as well as the Women’s Health Initiative. She assisted Attie and Goldwater Productions with the filming and producing of documentaries for national and international audiences on female genital cutting, family planning, and maternal health in Mali. Her experience in program management and social issues has also been enhanced through her work with the Domestic Abuse Project, the Rape Care Program of the New Jersey Division on Women, and Manavi, an organization for South Asian women. Sandeep holds a BA in sociology and women’s studies and an MSW with an administration, planning, and policy focus, both from Rutgers University.

Beth Meeks, Capacity Technical Assistance Director

Beth Meeks is the Director of the Capacity Technical Assistance Team at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV).  She has spent 30 years working in the field of gender-based violence with both victims and offenders. She has a bachelor’s in Social Work and a Master’s in Forensic Psychology, as well as specialized training in hostage negotiations, media relations, and cultural competence. With particular acumen in risk assessment, self-defense, and domestic homicide, Beth has provided expert witness and trial consultant services winning exoneration for battered women charged with homicide while defending their lives. Prior to her work at NNEDV she was the CEO of the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence for 7 years and served as the CEO of a dual domestic violence and rape crisis program in Ohio for more than 13 years. 

Deborah DeBare, Capacity Technical Assistance Senior Deputy Director

Deborah DeBare currently serves as the Senior Deputy Director at the National Network to End Domestic Violence, a national membership organization of state and territorial domestic violence coalitions. In this capacity, she provides training and technical assistance to coalitions, senior staff, boards and administrators around the country.  She served as the Executive Director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence (RICADV) for over 22 years, leading the statewide organization’s program development, planning, strategic partnerships, legislative advocacy and membership development. Prior to that, Ms. DeBare served for five years as the Executive Director of the Domestic Violence Resource Center of South County and as the Policy and Information Associate for the Rhode Island Division of Mental Health and Community Services. Deborah received a Master’s degree from the Heller School at Brandeis University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University. She has served on the Board of Directors for the National Network to End Domestic Violence, Rhode Island Legal Services, the Rhode Island Emergency Food and Shelter Board, the RI Coalition for the Homeless and numerous statewide task forces and committees to address violence against women. She received the RI Fund for Community Progress’ Annual Award for Service in 2014, the YWCA Woman of Achievement award in 2016, and the RI NASW Community Service Award in 2018, and was recognized by the RI legislature by having the state officially name its funding for domestic violence the “Deborah DeBare Domestic Violence Prevention Fund” in 2018. 

Ellen Yin-Wycoff, Capacity Technical Assistance Senior Deputy Director

Ellen Yin-Wycoff serves as the Capacity Technical Assistance Senior Deputy Director at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). She has worked in the violence against women movement (and nonprofit sector) for over 35 years as a Director, Manager, Coordinator, Board member, and Advocate at statewide domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions in California, Colorado, and Iowa, along with several local domestic violence and sexual assault organizations. She was the former President and an inaugural Board Member at My Sister’s House, a culturally-specific domestic violence and sexual violence program serving the Asian Pacific Islander communities in Sacramento, California. Ellen also served as the former Chair, Vice Chair, and member of the National Advisory Council at the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC). She has also served as a member of the Advisory Committees for the Women of Color Network (WOCN) and the National Organization for Sisters of Color Ending Sexual Assault (SCESA). She has also served as an appointed member and Vice Chair of the State Advisory Committee on Sexual Assault Victim Services through the California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES).

Kimberly Feeney, Capacity Technical Assistance Senior Deputy Director

Kimberly Feeney currently serves as a Senior Deputy Director of the Capacity Technical Assistance Team at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). With nearly 20 years of experience in the Domestic Violence field, she has a Bachelor’s in Psychology with a minor in Women’s Studies from the University of South Carolina and a Master’s in Women’s Studies from the University of South Florida (USF). Prior to joining NNEDV, Kimberly spent four and half years as a Senior Family Violence Program Specialist in the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act (FVPSA) Program at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Before joining FVPSA, Kimberly spent 8 years at the South Carolina Department of Social Services as the FVPSA State Administrator and Domestic Violence Shelter Program Coordinator. She has also served as a legal advocate at a local domestic violence program in Florida. Kimberly entered the field through internships at several local domestic violence programs in both undergraduate and graduate school. In addition, she held multiple graduate teaching and graduate research assistantships focused on intimate partner violence for both the College of Public Health and the Department of Women’s Studies at USF. She has worked on fatality review, state and local DV Task Forces, partnered with community based advocacy groups focused on the needs of underserved and culturally specific populations, and has experience providing shelter and community based services through answering hotline calls, facilitating support groups, and assisting survivor’s through criminal and civil court. Kimberly’s experience at the local, state, and national level has provided her a well-rounded perspective when consulting with and providing training and technical assistance to States, State Domestic Violence Coalitions, Tribes, and local Domestic Violence Programs.  

Andrea Wilson, Capacity Technical Assistance Deputy Director

Andrea Wilson has over 22 years of experience working in the field of gender-based violence, spending her last nine years with the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ICADV) primarily focused on pass-through Victim of Crime Act (VOCA) and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) funding and providing technical assistance to ICADV’s 50+ members. Andrea worked at an Illinois domestic violence shelter providing services to adults and children and then providing gender-based violence education to the community and systems with which survivors interact. While in law school Andrea provided service at the Southern Illinois University School of Law Domestic Violence Legal Clinic and then returned briefly to her local domestic violence shelter to provide legal services to survivors.

Eric Stiles, Capacity Technical Assistance Deputy Director

Eric Stiles has over 25 years of experience in the anti-violence field and spent the last five years with the Michigan Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence in various positions, including Associate Director and Senior Program Director. Before that, he spent six years providing national TA with the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. Eric brings experience in providing trainings on a national level and has worked in the area of increasing and enhancing services for survivors across the lifespan. He has trained nationally to an audience of multi-disciplinary teams that provide support and assistance to those who have experienced interpersonal violence. Eric has been an activist, a sexual assault counselor, a mental health counselor, and a prevention educator/educator. Areas of focus for Eric include: working with male survivors of sexual violence, those from LGBTIQ+ communities, working with rural areas, and working with anti-oppression. He holds a BA of Sociology from Pennsylvania State University and MS of Community Counseling from Shippensburg University.

Meinkeng Fonge, Capacity Technical Assistance Specialist

Meinkeng Fonge has over five years of domestic and gender based violence experience as well as sexual health experience working with both adults and adolescents. As a North Carolina native, she has done direct practice, training, and policy work across the state to combat teen and gender based violence and advance sexual and reproductive rights in both the U.S. and in various parts of Malawi, Southeast Africa. She has coordinated, lead, and assisted with projects that have contributed to decreasing teen pregnancy and increasing healthy relationships among adolescents in Cumberland, Durham, Guilford, and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. She has also coordinated projects in Orange County, North Carolina to help provide survivors with resources to safely leave domestic violence situations. Meinkeng obtained her Master of Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Social Work and Minor in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has spoken at various Women’s Day events in Charlotte, NC, college campuses and public schools, has organized marches and events that have gained coverage by WCNC news in Charlotte, NC, and is a certified domestic violence advocate.

Lisa Winjum, Director of Development and Communications

Lisa Winjum has two decades of experience in strategic communications, fundraising, and public policy advocacy. She comes to the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) from NAMI Connecticut (NAMI CT) where she was the Executive Director. From 2014 to 2018, Lisa was the Vice President of External Affairs at the Joyful Heart Foundation overseeing communications, digital fundraising, and the education and awareness program portfolio. She spearheaded initiatives to establish Joyful Heart as a thought leader and voice for change, increase the organization’s brand recognition, refine its messaging, and strategically leverage Joyful Heart’s unique expertise and celebrity advocates. Prior to joining Joyful Heart, Lisa was the Vice President, Public Affairs at Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic (PPHP) and the PPHP Action Fund. This position capped off more than 9-years in roles leading advocacy, government relations, political affairs, communications, and marketing at the organizations. She began her career in the nonprofit sector as the Director of Public Policy and Communication at the Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services (now the Connecticut Alliance to End Sexual Violence). She was also formerly the President of the Board of the New York State Coalition Against Sexual Assault. Lisa has a BA in English and Communication Arts from the College of New Rochelle and received a JD, with honors, from Quinnipiac University School of Law.

Laura Zillman, Development and Communications Specialist

Laura Zillman supports internal and external communications as the Development and Communications Specialist for the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), including content creation, social media campaigns, and the development of the annual Domestic Violence Counts survey and report. Prior to joining NNEDV, Laura worked with a number of organizations on gender-based violence intervention and prevention initiatives, including Saving Promise, the National Domestic Violence Hotline, RAINN, Polaris, and GW Students Against Sexual Assault. Laura earned her BA in Human Services with a minor in Women’s Studies, and her MPA with a concentration in Gender & Public Policy, from The George Washington University and currently lives in Washington, DC.

Kim Pentico, Economic Justice Senior Director

Kim has been working with and on behalf of survivors of sexual and domestic violence since 1990. She first spent over seven years working for a local domestic violence program in Kansas and another seven years at the Kansas Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence. She has also worked for the STOP Technical Assistance Project in Washington, DC. Kim works to ensure and enhance survivor access to economic justice and long-term safety.

Sarah Wen, Economic Justice Senior Specialist

Sarah began her career in financial health at St. Louis Community Credit Union and their non-profit affiliate, Prosperity Connection as a Financial Education Specialist and later Financial Capability Manager, where she delivered classes, coached individuals and families, and built partnerships to strengthen financial stability in St. Louis. In 2016, she transitioned to a financial coaching role with Neighborhood Trust Financial Partner’s social enterprise, TrustPlus, a workplace financial coaching benefit for low wage employers and their employees. She later became Associate Director of TrustPlus, charged with supervising financial coaches, ensuring highest quality assurance, and building interventions to deliver tech-enabled, best-in-class financial coaching. Sarah also taught Spanish with Teach for America in the Mississippi Delta. Sarah has a BA from Smith College and an MSW from Washington University in St. Louis.

brandii collins, Economic Justice Senior Coordinator

After receiving her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California: San Diego, brandii started her career working in direct services with domestic violence survivors. For two years she worked in a crisis shelter where she provided trauma-informed care and emergency advocacy for survivors. She supported survivors in crisis safety planning, housing case management, and resource building. Now on the the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) team, brandii plans to spend the rest of her career striving for anti-racist community building and the revitalization of our communities. 

Lara Osman, Finance & Administrative Manager

Lara Osman coordinates benefits and payroll, serves as a key part of the finance team, and provides general support to all of our teams. Prior to joining the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), Lara spent 13 years as the Operations Manager for the Remediation and Training Institute, a small non-profit focused on online learning and educational policy. Before that, she served as the Operations Coordinator for Communities in Schools of Pittsburgh-Allegheny County, where she started as a VISTA (Volunteer In Service to America) volunteer. Lara has a B.A. in International Politics from Penn State University, and an M. Ed. in Elementary Education from Duquesne University.

Sharron Harley, Accounting and Budget Manager

Sharron is a native Washingtonian, with over 21 years of experience in accounting and finance. She possesses over 13 years of experience in the nonprofit industry, where her work includes budgeting, finance, and accounting in the development and financial support of affordable housing, crisis intervention, and women and families homeless shelters. Sharron has a B.S. in Accounting and a B.A. in Psychology, with a concentration in Industrial & Organizational Psychology, from Virginia State University, VA. Her current role supports and manages the organization’s programs and annual budgeting.

Lee Rolandi, Senior Executive Liaison

Lee Rolandi serves as the primary contact for NNEDV’s Executive Team and Board, overseeing schedules and day-to-day workflow between staff and their leadership. Prior to joining NNEDV, Lee Rolandi was the Operations Manager of AdvantEdge Workspaces, a shared workspace in downtown DC, where she managed a team of Client Services Coordinators and provided professional support to over 40 in-house clients. She is a DC/MD native and graduated from the National Cathedral School and received her BA in History from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. Outside of the office, she volunteers her time, energy, and passion to addiction recovery and adult adoptee circles.

Ressie M. Walker, Director of Human Resources, Equity, and Inclusion

Ressie M. Walker has worked as a HR leader and professional for the last 15 years, sharing her expertise in strategic HR management, policies, and systems with public, private, and nonprofit organizations in several states. Ressie previously enjoyed a career as an organization development consultant, grantmaker, and director of mission-driven operations and programs. She currently holds both the SHRM-SCP and HRCI-issued SPHR credentials, the highest level of non-degree certification available for the HR profession.

Monica McLaughlin, Senior Director of Public Policy

Monica works to improve federal legislation and increase resources to address and prevent domestic violence. She leads and co-chairs various national coalitions, educates Congress, implements grassroots strategies, and engages various government agencies to ensure that addressing domestic violence is a national priority. Monica has led national appropriations efforts to secure record federal investments in programs that address domestic violence and sexual assault. Monica also directs the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)’s housing policy work with achievements such as: leading successful efforts to secure life-saving housing protections in the Violence Against Women Act of 2013; and advocating for domestic violence survivors’ access to housing and homelessness resources in the McKinney-Vento Reauthorization Act of 2009. Building on her housing policy work, Monica leads NNEDV’s Collaborative Approaches to Housing for Survivors, a multi-agency technical assistance consortium designed to improve survivors’ access to safe, affordable housing. She proudly sit on the National Advisory Council for the National LGBTQ Institute on Intimate Partner Violence, advancing access to services for LGBTQ+ survivors.

Melina Milazzo, Public Policy Deputy Director

Melina Milazzo has nearly a decade of national non-profit experience in government relations, legislative and policy advocacy, coalition building, and communications work on a range of US and international human rights issues. Prior to joining the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), Melina was the Washington director for a legal advocacy organization that worked to free political prisoners from around the world. She previously worked in the DC offices of the Center for Victims of Torture and Human Rights First, where she successfully developed and executed policy and legislative advocacy strategies on US national security laws and policies to respect human rights. Melina has appeared in major print, radio, and TV outlets, including the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, the Guardian, and NPR. Prior to attending law school, Melina worked for over 10 years in the private sector in a variety of roles, including management, operations, and data analysis in the hotel management and mortgage insurance industries. Melina received her J.D. with high honors in international law from Florida State University College of Law and her B.S. in Business Administration from the same university. She is a member in good standing of the New York State Bar.

Debbie Fox, Deputy Director, Housing Policy and Practice

Debbie Fox, MSW, has worked in the domestic and sexual violence movement for over 20 years with a focus on fundraising, organizational development, nonprofit administration, and domestic violence population-specific housing and economic justice programming. Most recently, she shared community leadership in the systems planning and implementation process for the DV system in Portland, Oregon, working with all 13 domestic violence victim service providers to create a coordinated assessment for survivors to access housing, shelter, and eviction prevention and shelter diversion programs. She has worked extensively on housing and economic justice issues, envisioning Oregon’s first economic empowerment program at Bradley Angle and then creating the statewide Economic Justice program at the Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence. She co-founded the statewide asset building initiative with the Individual Development Account (IDA) program, Savings for Survivors, and founded Oregon’s first statewide Aspiring White Allies Committee in 2011, to address programmatic inequities that exist for communities of color accessing domestic and sexual violence services. In her role as Multnomah County’s Domestic Violence Coordination Office Program Specialist, she oversaw all of the domestic violence housing and economic justice and general victim service provider funding contracts for the county totaling over $5 million. Working in two jurisdictions, both at Multnomah County and most recently, in the District of Columbia at the DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence (DCCADV), she represented the domestic violence housing system in a variety of jurisdictional meetings with community-wide efforts to address and end homelessness in the Continuums of Care. At DCCADV, she launched the Osnium WS development project to create a database District-wide reporting tool and organized the Domestic Violence Housing Continuum to coordinate their shelter and housing efforts. She received her Bachelor of Social Work from Indiana University and Master of Science in Social Work from the University of Texas with high honors.

Francesca Caal Skonos, Public Policy Coordinator

Prior to joining the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), Francesca worked as a Legislative Aide on Capitol Hill for her own Congressional Representative from Michigan. She graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Public Policy and moved to DC in 2018. Outside of the office she enjoys boxing, hiking and cooking.

Tope Alowonle, Public Policy Intern

Before her internship with NNEDV, Tope spent her summer interning with the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth, conceptualizing plans to help improve summer programs and opportunities for the underprivileged youth in the area. She is in her third year at Princeton University, majoring in Anthropology on the LPE track with certificates in Gender Sexuality Studies and African American Studies. Outside of classes, she is the co-president and co-founder of the Princeton Nigerian Students Association. She is also a member of Dorobucci African Dance Company, and she mentors middle school students in the area as an AST Mentor.

Erica Olsen, Safety Net Senior Director

Since joining the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) in 2007, Erica has advocated on behalf of survivors of gender-based violence by educating victim service providers, policymakers, and technology companies on issues of technology abuse, privacy, and victim safety. She has provided trainings to technologists, attorneys, law enforcement officials, victim advocates, and other practitioners in the United States and internationally. Through the Safety Net Project, Erica works with private industry, state, and federal agencies and international groups to improve safety and privacy for victims in this digital age. She regularly provides consultation to leading technology companies on the potential impact of technology design and reporting procedures on survivors of abuse. She also provides technical assistance on technology safety to professionals working with survivors. Erica’s prior work at the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence included writing curriculum and training statewide on a project focusing on the intersection of domestic violence and disabilities. Erica has a Masters in Social Work from SUNY Albany and a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from the Center for Women in Civil Society.

Audace G., Technology Safety Project Manager

Audace began her career as a disability advocate, working for a non-profit organization in New York City named Barrier Free Living. Within her role, she provided case management services and support to survivors who were going through the most difficult time in their lives. In 2010, Audace began working at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office as a disability advocate within the Victim Services Unit. There she provided supportive counseling and advocacy to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault, and also guided survivors through the criminal justice process from arraignment to trial. Three years later, Audace was promoted to Teen Services Coordinator of the Teen Dating Violence Program, where she served as the liaison for survivors 24 and under and the New York Police Department (NYPD), courts, Administration for Children Services (ACS), schools, and community organizations. In January 2016, Audace began working at Day One, the only organization in New York City that works solely with young people 24 years old and younger who have experienced dating abuse, sexual assault, and sexual exploitation within relationships. She worked as the Training Coordinator and Advocate, providing trainings to adult professionals on domestic minor sex trafficking and the intersection of dating abuse. Audace has trained over 4,000 professionals, including safety officers, child protective case workers, Department of Education personnel, and Domestic Violence Police Officers in New York City. Through her outreach, she has also provided psychoeducational workshops for at-risk youth and foster care parents. Audace also served as a consultant for the New York City Law Department-Queens Corporation Council, providing support and advocacy to survivors and recommendations to attorneys on open cases.

Chad Sniffen, Senior Technology Safety Specialist

Chad Sniffen is a Senior Technology Safety Specialist for the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)’s Safety Net project focused on technology and gender-based violence. Since 1999, he has worked or volunteered in the domestic and sexual violence movements as an educator, advocate, researcher, self-defense instructor, and board member for campus, community, state, and national organizations. He earned a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Arizona in 2007.

Shalini Batra, Safety Net Project Manager

Native to the Washington, DC area, Shalini has worked in nonprofits focusing on issues such as reproductive health, victims of crime, ending genocide, and LGBT equality. She has a background in grassroots organizing and conference planning. Her volunteer work includes working with survivors of abuse from the South Asian American community, various political campaigns and Asian American Legal Defense Fund. Shalini graduated from University of Maryland with a degree in Women’s Studies and a concentration in Sociology. She also has a degree in Culinary Arts and a certification in Early Childhood Education.

Laisa Schweigert, Technology Safety Specialist

Laisa is a Technology Safety Specialist with the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Safety Net project. Prior to coming to NNEDV, Laisa worked for the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault (ICASA), where she was responsible for providing technical assistance and support to Illinois’ 30 certified rape crisis centers. She has also worked with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault at Against Abuse, Inc. in Casa Grande, AZ and as a research assistant with the Interpersonal Violence Research Laboratory at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Laisa graduated from Arizona State University in 2018 with a M.A. in Social Justice and Human Rights. She also holds a B.A. in Psychology from ASU.

Ashley Slye, Deputy Director, Positively Safe & Domestic Violence Counts

Ashley Slye is the Deputy Director of the Positively Safe project addressing the intersection of HIV and domestic violence at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). Ms. Slye has supported Positively Safe since it was founded in 2010 and has been instrumental in the development of NNEDV’s DV & HIV curriculum, toolkit, topical trainings, and webinars for domestic violence and HIV advocates. She has presented on the intersection at numerous international, national, and state conferences. Additionally, Ms. Slye oversees the Domestic Violence Counts project which is an annual, one-day count of survivors accessing services and the unmet needs across the country and in the US territories. In addition to managing two national project for NNEDV, Ms. Slye also sits on the board of the Global Network of Women’s Shelters, providing support for the helplines project, Lila.Help, assistance on funding applications, and development of resources and webinars. Ms. Slye is also on the Board of Directors for the John G Stone III Scholarship Foundation. Prior to joining NNEDV, Ashley supported the transitional housing program at the Women’s Resource Center of the New River Valley. She has a bachelor’s degree in English with a concentration in Cultural Studies and a minor in Sociology from Virginia Tech.

Robin Pereira, Positively Safe Specialist

Robin Pereira has a longtime passion for ending gender based violence and expanding access to reproductive healthcare. Her dedication to these missions shine through in her role as Specialist for the Positively Safe project at the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). Positively Safe addresses the intersection of HIV and domestic violence. As Specialist, she provides technical assistance, hosts webinars for both domestic violence and HIV advocates, creates tools for NNEDV’s DV and HIV toolkit and curriculum, and presents at local, national and international conferences. Prior to working on Positively Safe, she supported the NNEDV Transitional Housing team as coordinator. She graduated from Hofstra University on Long Island in May 2018, with a degree in Journalism and Women’s Studies and a minor in Sociology. She is currently pursuing her Masters of Public Health with a concentration in Global Health at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Teresa Lopez, Transitional Housing Director

Teresa has been an advocate for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in a variety of settings since 2009. After earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Bowling Green State University, Teresa joined the staff of the YWCA of Toledo in Ohio as an outreach case manager, advocating for both shelter residents and non-residential clients of the domestic violence program. This included advocacy for their housing needs with the local housing authority and homeless service agencies, legal advocacy in the criminal and civil justice systems, facilitating support groups and economic empowerment educational groups, and training professionals in the Toledo area. She later became the agency’s volunteer coordinator. While working on her Master’s in Social Work at the University of Toledo, Teresa completed an internship at the University Counseling Center’s Sexual Assault Education and Prevention Program, planning awareness events on campus and participating in multi-disciplinary collaboration meetings on and off campus. She also completed a year-long internship at the Ohio Domestic Violence Network and upon completion of her MSW, Teresa was hired by ODVN as the Outreach Coordinator to Underserved Populations.

Yvette Richardson, Transitional Housing Manager

Yvette Richardson currently serves on the the National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV) Transitional Housing team as a Transitional Housing Manager. She provides targeted technical assistance and trainings to OVW-funded housing providers. She has over 16 years of direct services experience with survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Prior to joining NNEDV, she served as the Director of Housing at SafeHaven of Tarrant County managing multiple housing programs and federal, state, and local grants. She has presented at national and statewide conferences and hosted webinars on various topics including voluntary services, landlord engagement, and overall program effectiveness. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Human Rights and Social Justice from Southern Methodist University. She is a U.S. Army veteran and completed her Master’s thesis on How Military Culture Influences Sexual Assault: A Human Rights Issue. In her free time, she enjoys engaging in grassroots social justice organizations in her community, being out in nature, and exploring the world.

Stacey Sarver, WomensLaw Legal Senior Director/Senior Attorney

Stacey Sarver, Esq. leads the WomensLaw team of attorney and oversees the content on WomensLaw.org, which attracts almost 5 million users annually. Stacey also serves as the Senior Attorney for the National Network to End Domestic Violence, negotiating and reviewing contracts agency-wide. She began working in the domestic violence field in 1998. Immediately prior to joining WomensLaw in 2008, she represented low-income domestic violence victims in protection order and custody cases. Before that, she represented low-income tenants who were facing eviction and being harassed by their landlords. She is also fluent in Spanish.

Michelle Robles, Deputy Legal Director of WomensLaw

Michelle Robles, Esq., MA, works remotely from Puerto Rico, where she previously worked as an attorney in private practice in family law matters, including representing victims of domestic violence. Before law school, she had worked for 15 years with nonprofit organizations, including the field of HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment. She is in charge of overseeing the Spanish content on WomensLaw.org and she manages the WomensLaw Spanish Email Hotline, answering inquiries from monolingual Spanish speakers and training and supervising law student Email Hotline volunteers.

Angelina L. Fryer, WomensLaw Senior Staff Attorney

Angelina L. Fryer, Esq., lives in New York City, where she practiced family and matrimonial law for 8 years, including representing victims of domestic violence in divorces and order of protection cases. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Harvard College and received a JD from Columbia Law School. Prior to joining the WomensLaw team, Ms. Fryer also worked on reproductive rights and voting rights issues.

Liety Acevedo Morales, WomensLaw Bilingual Staff Attorney

Liety is a feminist activist who has worked in education, prevention, and intervention with HIV/AIDS and different manifestations of violence against women and marginalized communities for more than 22 years. She worked for 14 years as an Educational Coordinator at Coordinadora Paz para la Mujer, Inc. (the Puerto Rican Coalition against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault). For the last six years, she worked as a Legal Advisor I and II in the Program for the Attention of Domestic Violence Cases of the Directorate of Judicial Programs in the Office of Court Administration of Puerto Rico, seeking access to justice for victims of gender violence.