Victim Assistance Training Online
Advisory Committee Members and Friends
This list contains the names of people who are now or were at one time members of the Victim
Assistance Online Advisory Committee. As membership and positions changed throughout the
development of VAT Online, the committee members listed below may or may not still retain
the positions at the agency listed. We wish to acknowledge the help and support of everyone on
the committee, and we regret if we have inadvertently left anyone off of this list.
Jeannette Adkins
Executive Director
National Organization for Victim Assistance
(NOVA)
Alexandria, VA
Dana D. DeHart, PhD
The Center for Child and Family Studies
College of Social Work
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
Carole Alexander
Executive Director
House of Ruth
Baltimore, MD
Christine Edmunds
Criminal Justice and Victim Services
Consultant
Deerfield Beach, FL
Ellen Alexander
Director, Victim Witness Unit
Montgomery County Department of Police
Rockville, MD
Karin Ehlert
Director of Communications & Training
Office of Justice Programs
St. Paul, MN
Paula Calby
VP of Criminal Justice Programs
Safe Horizon
New York, NY
Carroll Ellis
Director, Dept of Victim Services
Fairfax Police Department
Fairfax, VA
Natalia Calhoun
Training & Development Specialist
Unified Solutions Tribal Community
Development Group, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
Lisa Fontes, PhD
Consultant
Shutesbury, MA
Clementina Chery
President & CEO
Louis D. Brown Peace Institute
Dorchester, MA
Debbie Deem
Victim Specialist
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Los Angeles, CA
Mario Gaboury, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Criminal Justice
University of New Haven
West Haven, CT
Gina D. Gavaris, MC, CPC
Executive Director
Unified Solutions Coaching & Consulting
Group, Inc.
Tucson, AZ
Jo Hally
Executive Director
Native American Circle, Inc.
Elgin, OK
Jac Patrissi
Training Director
Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services
Waterbury, VT
Mic Hunter, PsyD
Consultant
St. Paul, MN
Pamela Patton,
Consultant
New York, NY
Lisa Lampman
Consultant, Faith-based and Community
Initiatives
Past President, Neighbors Who Care
Falls Church, VA
Amy Sousa
Executive Director
National Organization for Victim Assistance
(NOVA)
Alexandria, VA
Mary Lou Leary
Executive Director
National Center for Victims of Crime
Washington DC
Coni Stogner
Director of Transitional Services
Austin Safe Place
Austin, TX
Linda Ledray, RN, PhD, FAAN
Director
Sexual Assault Network
Minneapolis MN
Andrea Van Liew
Training Director
Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services
Waterbury VT
Nancy Lewis
Executive Director
Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance
Denver, CO
Alex Vargas
Director
Victim Assistance Program
City Attorney’s Office
Los Angeles, CA
Janice Lord
Consultant, Crime Victim Issues
Arlington, Texas
Kevin "Kip" Lowe, Ph.D.
Criminal Justice Consultant
Ione, CA
Lisa Morris
Training and TA Specialist
CALCASA
Sacramento, CA
David Olimpio
Manager, Internet Development
MADD
Washington, DC
Friends
Susan Herman
Executive Director
National Center for Victims of Crime
Washington DC
Stanley Pryor
Project Director
OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center
(OVC TTAC)
Fairfax, VA
Barry Skye
Projects Director
Native American Circle, Inc.
Superior, WI
Will Roberts
Training Specialist
Vermont Center for Crime Victim Services
Waterbury, VT
Yasmin H. Turk
Family Advocate
Austin Safe-Place
Austin, TX
Judith Walton
Project Manager
OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center
(OVCTTAC)
Fairfax, VA