Start Date: August 2009

Education:
University of Iowa BA, English and Women's Studies, 2006
University of Iowa College of Law JD, 2009
Iowa Bar passage, 2009

Past Relevant/Field Related Employment:
University of Iowa Clinical Law Program intern, 2008
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence intern, 2008

Primary Role/Area of Expertise:
Interview and represent incarcerated survivors of domestic violence seeking commutation of their sentences. Manage and train student legal interns from the University of Iowa College of Law Citizen Lawyer Project working with incarcerated survivors. Coordinate Skylark Project services available at Iowa Correctional Institution for Women, including Seeking Safety classes, Domestic Violence Awareness Month activities, and additional services as needed.

Start Date: March 2009

Education:
University of St. Thomas BA, Philosophy and Sociology, 2006
University of Minnesota Duluth MA, Advocacy and Political Leadership, 2010 

Past Employment:
Six years as a community organizer working on variety of issues including affordable housing, environmental justice and workers rights.

Significant committee appointments or committee/work groups:
Iowa Council on Homelessness
The FaDss Committee
Polk County Housing Continuum
Iowa Men’s Action Network
Housing and Economic Advocacy Taskforce   

Primary Role/Area of Expertise:
Affordable housing, economic justice, financial literacy, nonprofit voter engagement.

Start Date: January 2009

Education:
Luther College BA, Political Science, 2008

Past Employment:
Luther College Upward Bound
Staff for State Senator Swati Dandekar

Significant committee appointments or committee/work groups:
Iowa Men’s Action Network
Sexual Violence Prevention Planning Committee
University of Northern Iowa’s Center for Violence Prevention Taskforce
Task Force for Young Women
Learning Supports Advisory Team
Early Childhood Iowa

Primary Role/Area of Expertise:
Tess coordinates ICADV's prevention program. This includes coordinating healthy relationship classes, the prevention readiness project, and supporting the Iowa Men’s Action Network. In addition Tess coordinates our statewide Skylark AmeriCorps program and works one on one with AmeriCorps members to develop programming and individual skills.

Start Date: October 1995

Education:
Iowa State University BA, Anthropology, 1987
Batterer Education Program Facilitator Training, 1994

Past Employment:
Court Systems Director, ACCESS
Volunteer, part time staff, and Crisis Phone Services Coordinator, Open Line/American Red Cross

Significant committee appointments or committee/work groups:
Domestic Abuse Death Review Team
Batterer Education Program Steering Committee
Lt. Governer’s STOP Violence Against Women Coordinating Council, Sub-Committee on Coordinated Responses to Violence Against Women and Children

Relevant, field related publications:
“Domestic Abuse Program-Generated Risks of Battered Women” in Violent Offenders: Theory, Research, Public Policy, and Practice; Peter Conis and Matthew Delisi (eds.) 2007, Jones & Bartlett Publishers.
Co-Authored Women’s Education Program curriculum for the Iowa Dept. of Corrections for use with women convicted of domestic abuse.

Primary Role/Area of Expertise:
Kirsten provides training and technical assistance on best practices in responding to domestic abuse to service providers whose work intersects with survivors of domestic abuse. Areas of expertise include crisis intervention, cultural competency, self-care, trauma and recovery, program development, intervention and treatment, and women’s use of force.

of Start Date: December 1993

Past Relevant/Field Related Employment:
Catholic Social Services 1991-1993
St. Francis Community Programs 1988 - 1991

Significant committee appointments or committee/work groups:
Iowa Organization of Victim Assistance, Board Member
Iowa Shares, Board Member, Finance and Membership Committee
Silent Witness National Initiative Regional Director

Primary Role/Area of Expertise:
Joan has over 20 years of state and federal grant management experience.  Joan provides fiscal oversight and management of all financial functions of the Coalition including bank reconciliation, accounts payable and receivable, payroll, cash draw-downs and all related banking activity.  In collaboration with the Executive Director and Finance Committee, Joan creates and manages the annual agency budget.  She prepares all the fiscal reporting, contract reviews and agreement renewals with government agencies, private foundations and corporations to ensure accuracy and compliance with the funding guidelines.  

Start Date: August 1993

Education:  
Iowa State Unviersity BS, Social Work, 1985

Past Employment:
Assault Care Center, Ames Iowa

State Level Appointments:  
Supreme Court Task Force on Courts and Communities Response to Domestic Violence
Governor’s Marriage and Fatherhood Task Force
Lt. Governor’s Violence Against Women Coordinating Council
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence Advisory Board
National Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ Advisory Committee for Effective Interventions in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Cases

Primary Role/Area of Expertise:
Laurie provides overall and fiscal supervision of the program, expert witness testimony, and training/consultation/technical assistance.