City of Shelter
A coordinated
community response to domestic violence
An 8 1/2-hour, 11-part video-based
training series for professionals
Produced by
Consultants
and Content Contributors
PRINCIPAL
CONSULTANTS AND CONTENT CONTRIBUTORS
- Judge Ronald B. Adrine
Judge Adrine was first elected to the bench of the Cleveland,
Ohio Municipal Court in 1981. He has been re-elected three times
since without opposition, most recently in 1999. During his years
on the bench, Judge Adrine has served as a member of the Governor's
Task Force on Family Violence, the Ohio Attorney General's Victim
Assistance Advisory Board, the Domestic Violence Task Force of
the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Supreme Court's Domestic
Violence Task Force. He serves on the National Battered Women's
Justice Project Advisory Board and on the Board of Trustees of
the Family Violence Prevention Fund. He was elected to serve
as the first chair of Cleveland's Domestic Violence Coordinating
Council. Judge Adrine has lectured extensively on domestic violence
issues for a host of organizations, associations, and governmental
agencies, including, The Attorney General's Offices of Ohio and
Pennsylvania, The Ohio Domestic Violence Network, The Women's
Coalition of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Governor's Offices
of Maryland and Puerto Rico, Judicial Colleges and Institutions
in North Carolina, Ohio, and Louisiana, The Supreme Courts of
Delaware and Wisconsin, The National Center for Disease Control,
The National College of District Attorneys, The National Council
of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the National League of Cities
and the U.S. Department of Justice. He chairs the faculty of
the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence, a joint
initiative of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court
Judges and the Family Violence Prevention Fund, financed by the
U.S. Department of Justice. He is co-author of Ohio Domestic
Violence Law, part of Baldwin Legal Publishing Company's
Ohio Handbook Series. Judge Adrine is a graduate of Fisk University
and the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
- Fred Bartenstein
Mr. Bartenstein is an organizational development consultant based
in Yellow Springs, Ohio. His clients include nonprofit, business
and government organizations which are addressing change in their
external and internal environments. His work involves mediation
and facilitation in a variety of settings. Previously, Mr. Bartenstein
was CEO of a community foundation in Dayton, a 1,250-seat performing
arts center, a large independent bookstore and two magazines.
- Judge Timothy S. Black
Judge Black, Hamilton County, Ohio, Municipal Court, is recognized
as a statewide judicial leader on family violence issues and
as a trainer on domestic violence law for police officers and
judges throughout Ohio. He is the lead convenor of the Hamilton
County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council and a member of
the Hamilton County Death Review Panel. In 1995, Judge Black
was the recipient of the Cincinnati Coalition on Domestic Violence
Award of Excellence in Criminal Justice. Judge Black received
his AB from Harvard University and his law degree from Chase
College of Law.
- Susan M. Brasier
Ms. Brasier is the Prosecuting Attorney for the City of Riverside,
Ohio. She has established policy for the prosecution of domestic
violence crimes, integrating community resources to support victims,
while aggressively pursuing the conviction of the abuser. Ms.
Brasier has established sentencing guidelines incorporating batterer
specific counseling in addition to, or in lieu of, incarceration.
Through her diligent acquisition of VOCA and VAWA grants, she
has secured numerous victim services for the city such as a domestic
violence detective, court advocates, and evidence gathering technology.
She organizes and presents officer training sessions on family
violence and the collection of evidence gathering in domestic
violence cases. Ms. Brasier is a featured presenter on successful
prosecution of domestic violence and stalking crimes for prosecutors
and law enforcement personnel throughout the State of Ohio. She
was the recipient of the Artemis Peacekeepers Award in 1994,
and in 2000, was recognized by the City of Riverside for her
ceaseless dedication to victims of domestic violence. Ms. Brasier
received her Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Miami University,
and her Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of
Law. She holds Bar Memberships in Ohio and Michigan.
- Judge V. Michael Brigner
Judge Brigner serves as Administrative Judge for the Montgomery
County Domestic Relations Court in Dayton, Ohio. He is recognized
as a national expert on domestic violence and is a trainer to
lawyers and judges throughout the country. During his tenure,
Judge Brigner's court has championed such innovations as mandatory
parenting education classes and a supervised visitation center.
Judge Brigner currently serves on the national advisory committee
for the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence. He
was named by the Ohio Supreme Court to the Ohio Domestic Violence
Task Force, and serves on the Domestic Violence Death Review
Committee for Montgomery County. He chairs an Ohio Supreme Court
committee appointed to develop uniform domestic violence protection
order forms and procedures for use by all courts in the state.
He also chairs an Ohio Judicial Conference committee, which drafts
suggested statewide Ohio domestic relations court forms. Prior
to joining the bench in 1991, Judge Brigner spent thirteen years
in the practice of general family law in Dayton. He has taught
Business Law at Sinclair Community College. Judge Brigner has
an undergraduate degree in political science from Wright State
University, and earned his law degree from Salmon P. Chase School
of Law.
- Charene Davis, RN, MSW, LISW
Ms. Davis is co-chair of the Montgomery County Health Care Task
Force on Family Violence,
a member of the Montgomery County Domestic Violence Death Review
Committee, and on the Peacekeeper Planning Committee for Artemis
Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence. She is the Program
Evaluator of Brighter Futures, a program for pregnant and parenting
teens at the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association, Dayton,
Ohio. Her involvement with victims of domestic violence led her
to develop and implement the Domestic Violence Protocol for Kettering
Medical Center, as well as an educational program for hospital
staff on domestic violence and violence in the workplace. Ms.
Davis is a trainer at local and statewide clinical presentations
on Domestic Violence, Violence in the Workplace, Crisis Intervention,
and Psychiatric Emergencies. She is currently presenting information
sessions to local business regarding domestic violence in the
workplace, a joint project with Artemis Center for Alternatives
to Domestic Violence. Ms. Davis is a member of the Nursing Network
of Violence Against Women International. She received her diploma
in nursing from Deaconess Hospital in Cincinnati, B.A. in Social
Science from Antioch College, her MSW with a minor in Administration
from the University of Cincinnati, and is currently a master's
candidate in Nursing at Wright State University.
- Connie Fox
Ms. Fox has implemented and headed the National Council of Jewish
Women, Louisville Section's Court Watch Project on domestic violence
since its inception in 1994. Currently, she is the Vice President
of the Community Service Department and Co-Chair of the NCJW
Court Watch Project. Ms. Fox has helped over 100 communities
in developing Domestic Violence Court Watch Programs, and conducted
several workshops on court monitoring throughout the country.
She is an active mentor with the National Silent Witness Initiative,
and is working with the Jefferson County District Court's Domestic
Violence Judicial Reform Committee in helping to design and implement
a separate Domestic Violence Court within the District Court
System.
- Nancy Grigsby, LPC
Ms. Grigsby is the Executive Director of Artemis Center for Alternatives
to Domestic Violence in Dayton, Ohio, a domestic violence agency
she co-founded in 1984 under the name Artemis House. The agency
provides services to over 4,000 victims and their children per
year. Ms. Grigsby is the co-author of The Barriers Model, an
integrated strategy for intervention with battered women, and
is recognized as a regional presenter and instructor on the model
and other issues regarding domestic violence. In 1999, she participated
as a panelist at the U.S. Congressional Briefing on the Impact
of the Violence Against Women Act. She was fundamental in the
development of the Family Violence Collaborative in Dayton, a
joint project of Artemis and the YWCA, a program recognized by
the Ohio Attorney General's Office. Ms. Grigsby has received
numerous awards for her work in domestic violence education and
victim advocacy, including the Distinguished Service Award from
the Dayton Women's Bar Association, Congressional Woman of the
Year, Third District of Ohio, the YWCA of Dayton Woman of Influence
Award, Making a Difference for Women Award, and most recently
was recognized as one of the Top Ten Women by the Dayton Daily
News. She serves on number of advisory boards and committees
including the Steering Committee and Standards Committee of the
Ohio Domestic Violence Network, the Joint Committee on Domestic
Violence Program Standards, Action Ohio and Ohio Domestic Violence
Network, the Ohio Advocate Network for Training and Registration,
and the Red Flag Committee of Montgomery County Children Services.
Ms. Grigsby is a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State
of Ohio. She graduated from the University of Dayton, receiving
her BS in Psychology and Fine Art, and her MS in Counseling.
- Jeffrey Gross
Detective Gross has been member of the City of Dayton Police
Department's Domestic Violence Unit since its inception in 1997.
He joined the department in 1986, after twelve years with the
University of Dayton Campus Police. Detective Gross has worked
as an undercover investigator as a member of the Second District
Drug Task Force and the Special Investigations Division, and,
as an Auto Theft Detective in the Central Investigations Division
until his appointment to the DV Unit. He is a contributing member
of the Montgomery County Domestic Violence Task Force, a certified
domestic violence trainer for law enforcement personnel, and
works directly with court advocates to insure victim safety.
Detective Gross graduated from the Dayton Police Academy.
- Nancy Neylon, LSW
Ms. Neylon is the Executive Director of the Ohio Domestic Violence
Network, a statewide coalition of domestic violence programs
and other agencies and individuals addressing domestic violence.
She served as the executive director of Templum House from 1983-1994.
She is a member of numerous advisory committees, including the
Center for Prevention of Family and Community Violence, the Ohio
Department of Human Services Domestic Violence Advisory Committee,
Cleveland Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, Women's Policy
& Research Commission Health Issues Committee, and the Attorney
General's Crime Victim Assistance Advisory Board. Ms. Neylon
is a licensed social worker and holds both a bachelor and master's
degrees in sociology from Cleveland State University.
- Janine M. Poppa, MSW, LSW
Ms. Poppa held administrative positions with the YWCA of Dayton
for 11 years and was appointed Director of Shelter Services in
1996, a position she held until November of 1999. As director,
she was responsible for the overall management of the Domestic
Violence Shelter, Women In Need Shelter (homeless women unaccompanied
by children), WIN for Teens Shelter (homeless pregnant/parenting
teens and their children), and the Transitional Housing Project
(housing for "at risk" formally sheltered families).
Under Ms. Poppa's leadership, the Shelter Services program management
team was created with team members consisting of a Clinical Coordinator,
Shelter Coordinator, Supportive Services Coordinator, and Administrative/Grants
Coordinator. Her programs consistently received excellent program
audit reviews from federal, state and local funders. Ms. Poppa
co-founded the Montgomery County Family Violence Collaborative
in 1994, and served on the Montgomery County Domestic Violence
Death Review Committee in 1999. She is a member of the Board
of Trustees and the Advisory Board of SCOPE of Montgomery County.
Ms. Poppa received her BSW from the University of South Florida
and her MSW from Florida State University. She is now Executive
Director of the Epilepsy Foundation of Western Ohio, an agency
serving 11 counties in the state.
- Cel Rivera
Chief Rivera has spent over twenty-eight years on the force at
the Lorain Police Department. During his career in this northern
Ohio community, Chief Rivera has served in numerous departments
including
Narcotics, SWAT, and Special Operations as both an officer and
supervisor. He was Commander of Patrol Operations from 1983-1990
and Commander of the Criminal Investigations Bureau until his
appointment as Chief of the department in 1994. Chief Rivera
led an initiative to have TPO's/CPO's placed in the Ohio Police
Computer System (LEADS), making the information available to
all law enforcement officers in the state. He is a current member,
founder, and former chair of the Lorain County Domestic Violence
Task Force. He serves as vice-chair of the Lorain County Safe
Harbor (Genesis Home for Battered Women), and is a member of
the Lorain County Crime Lab and 911 Advisory Board. Chief Rivera
has received a number of awards for his work in law enforcement
and the community, including the Hispanic of the Year Award,
the Spirit of 87 Liberty Through Law Award from the Ohio
Governor's Office, and, he was honored by Ohio Governor Voinovich
as a Distinguished Hispanic Ohioan. Chief Rivera received his
degree in Police Science from Lorain County Community College,
and is a graduate of the School of Justice Administration at
the University of Louisville.
- Margene Robinson
Sergeant Robinson, Supervisor of the Domestic Violence Unit,
is a twenty-four year veteran of the Dayton Police Department.
After a promotion to the rank of sergeant in 1989, she worked
in Internal Affairs and as training supervisor at the police
academy. Sergeant Robinson works closely with court advocates
and prosecutors insuring domestic violence cases are properly
investigated. She has developed domestic violence policy for
the department and continues to teach recruits and conduct trainings
within the department and throughout the State of Ohio. She is
a member of the Montgomery County Domestic Violence Task Force,
the Violence Against Women Subgrant Committee in southwest Ohio,
the International Association of Women Police, and is a representative
of Women in Law Enforcement. Sergeant Robinson received the Artemis
Peacekeepers Award in 1998 and was honored by the 100 Club for
outstanding service in the field of domestic violence. Sergeant
Robinson received her Master of Education degree from the University
of Dayton.
- Sandra Rogers, BS, LSW,CDVD II
Ms. Rogers has a background of twenty-eight years in the social
and human services area, and is a survivor of domestic violence.
Utilizing her counseling and social work skills, along with her
experiences as a victim, she is a speaker and facilitator on
family violence issues for numerous agencies in the Ohio area
including Talbert House/Victims of Crime, the AMEND Program,
the United Way speakers bureau, and the Cincinnati area domestic
violence agency Women Helping Women. Ms. Rogers received her
BS degree in Urban Affairs Management from the University of
Cincinnati. She is a licensed social worker in the State of Ohio
and holds certificates in domestic violence and addiction counseling.
- Judith A. Royer MD, RN, CPNP, EMT
Dr. Royer is a physician in the Emergency Department of Good
Samaritan Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She is a trainer and presenter
on the recognition of domestic violence and child abuse to hospitals,
universities, EMS squads, and numerous women's social service
agencies in the western Ohio and eastern Indiana areas. In addition
to Dr. Royer's duties at Good Samaritan, she serves as part of
the Clinical Faculty to the Wright State University Department
of Emergency Medicine Residency Program, as a staff physician
to the Warren County Correctional Institution, and as Medical
Director to the local rescue squads of Phillipsburg, West Alexandria,
New Lebanon, and Englewood. Dr. Royer is certified with the American
Board of Emergency Physicians and is a Fellow of the American
College of Emergency Physicians. She is a recipient of the Wright
State University EMS Award and the James W. Agna, MD Clinical
Excellence Award. Dr. Royer received her BSN and her MD from
Indiana University and completed her residency in Emergency Medicine
at Wright State University.
- Alexandria Ruden
Ms. Ruden is a Staff Attorney with the Legal Aid Society of Cleveland,
specializing in domestic violence. She is a statewide lecturer
and trainer on Ohio Domestic Violence Law, and a consultant to
various legislators, community and professional groups on domestic
violence. Ms. Ruden is a member of the Center for the Prevention
of Family and Community Violence Advisory Council, the Supreme
Court Domestic Violence Forms Task Force, Cuyahoga County VAWA
Grant Allocations Committee, Cuyahoga County Domestic Violence
Shelter Advisory Board, Cleveland Domestic Violence Coordinating
Council, and Cuyahoga Chair of County Team on Domestic Violence.
She is a former board member of the Ohio Children's Trust Fund
and the Ohio Department of Human Services Domestic Violence Advisory
Council. Ms. Ruden received her Bachelor of Science degree from
Ohio State University and her Juris Doctor from Cleveland-Marshall
College of Law. Ms. Ruden is co-author of Ohio Domestic Violence
Law, part of Baldwin Legal Publishing Company's Ohio Handbook
Series.
- Pamela J. Sears
Ms. Sears is the Chief Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in charge
of the Municipal Division in the office of Michael K. Allen,
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney. Prior to her current position,
Ms. Sears was a prosecutor for the City of Cincinnati, and an
associate in private practice with a Cincinnati law firm. Ms.
Sears has been an instructor at the University of Cincinnati
College of Law and frequently provides training to law enforcement
and community groups, particularly in the area of domestic violence.
She is a member of the Hamilton County Domestic Violence Coordinating
Council, serving on the Law Enforcement Workgroup and Death Review
Panel, and is co-chairing the Court Systems Workgroup. Ms. Sears
has been an active participant in a domestic violence educational
and training exchange with Cincinnati's Sister City Kharkiv,
Ukraine. As a part of that project, she traveled with a delegation
to Kharkiv and conducted trainings for government officials,
educators, psychologists, social service providers, and law enforcement
personnel, guiding them in the formation of a domestic violence
coordinating council. She received her BS degree from Miami University
in Oxford, Ohio; her law degree from the University of Cincinnati
College of Law, and was admitted to the Ohio Bar in 1984.
- Karen Scott
Ms. Scott is the Executive Director of Women's Tri-County Help
Center (WTCHC), a domestic violence agency serving three counties
in rural southeastern Ohio. Her work with nonprofit organizations
began in the mid-eighties, working mostly as an advocate and
teacher in Sri Lanka and London before moving back to her home
state of Ohio. Ms. Scott's commitment to rights issues, and her
role as an advocate to victims of domestic violence, has led
her to serve on numerous committees. She is a member of the Ohio
Domestic Violence Steering Committee, local domestic violence
task forces, the Belmont County OWF Planning Committee, and the
Board of the Belmont Housing Corporation, which provides housing
for persons with mental retardation. She also served on the planning
committees for the Family Violence Prevention Grant and the VOCA/SVAA
Grants. Ms. Scott has a bachelor's degree in Environmental Policy
and Analysis from Bowling Green State University, and a master's
degree in Political Science and Certificate in Public Administration
from Ohio University.
- Daniel Trujillo
Mr. Trujillo is the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Ohio
Domestic Violence Network. His responsibilities include assisting
communities in the development of coordinated community responses
to domestic violence. Mr. Trujillo is also a group facilitator
for the Warren County Abuse and Rape Crisis Shelter, providing
facilitation, assessment and referrals to batterers convicted
of domestic violence in Warren County. He worked for ten years
with the YWCA Amend Program in Cincinnati, first as a Program
Coordinator and later as the Director. Mr. Trujillo has provided
professional training to law enforcement, judges, attorneys,
physicians, clergy, universities, and service providers. He is
an approved mediator by the Ohio State Supreme Court, and is
proficient in Sign Language. Mr. Trujillo is a Licensed Independent
Social Worker and holds a master's degree in Social Work from
the University of Cincinnati.
- Pamela Weaner
Ms. Weaner is managing attorney with Legal Services of Northwest
Ohio. She has coordinated the activities of the Defiance County
Domestic Violence Task Force since its inception in January 1993.
In 1994, she received the Outstanding Victim Practitioner Award
from the Court of Claims Ohio for her work with victims of domestic
violence. Since 1994, she has assisted counties in Ohio in developing
countywide protocols, and has conducted numerous law enforcement
trainings on domestic violence. Ms. Weaner received her Juris
Doctorate from the University of Michigan and her Masters Degree
in Sociology from Western Michigan University.
- David J. Westrick
Sheriff Westrick took office in 1985, and has been instrumental
in developing the Domestic Violence Protocol, Sarah's House (a
domestic violence shelter), and the Victim Assistance Program
in Defiance County. He is a member of the Defiance County Domestic
Violence Task Force. Sheriff Westrick brought the D.A.R.E. program
to all the county schools and heads the M.A.N. Drug Unit in Defiance
County. He serves as the Chairman of the E-911 Board, as Secretary
of the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association and the Corrections
Commission of Northwest Ohio, and on the Hospice Advisory Board,
and the Defiance College Criminal Justice Board. Sheriff Westrick
is a certified instructor of Ohio Peace Officer Training and
has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from
Bowling Green State University.

OTHER CONTENT
CONTRIBUTORS
- Bruce Barcelo, Educational Coordinator,
Greene County, Ohio Domestic Violence Project
- Chief Jerry G. Bloechle, Largo, Florida,
Police Department
Cheryl Bowe Shelter Services Coordinator, YWCA, Dayton, Ohio
- James Brown, Academy Director, University
of Cincinnati Clermont College Police Academy
- Sarah M. Buel, Attorney and partner
with the law firm of Tucker, Buel and Associates in Austin, Texas,
and Clinical Professor at the University of Texas School of Law.
Ms. Buel is a nationally recognized expert and trainer in the
field of domestic violence
- Jacquelyn C. Campbell Ph.D., RN, FAAN,,
Associate Dean for Ph.D. Programs & Research, The Johns Hopkins
University School of Nursing
- Officer E.T. Davenport, Nashville, Tennessee,
Metro Police Department
- Judge Kevin W. Delahanty, Chief Judge,
Jefferson District Court, Louisville Kentucky and a member of
Jefferson County's Domestic Violence Prevention Coordinating
Council
- Chief Joseph Drew, Village of McArthur,
Ohio, Police Department
- Mary Ann Dutton Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist,
forensic consultant, and professional lecturer of law at the
National Law Center, George Washington University
- Judge Jacquelyn Eckert, Jefferson District
Court, Louisville, Kentucky, and chair of Jefferson County's
District Court Domestic Violence Judicial Reform Committee
- Jennifer Ginsburg MSSW, LISW, Director,
Family Violence Collaborative/YWCA Dayton and Artemis Center
for Alternatives to Domestic Violence
- Judge Susan Goldie, Xenia, Ohio, Municipal
Court
- Diane Graeter, Co-Chair, NCJW's Court
Watch Project on Domestic Violence, Louisville, Kentucky
- Detective Mary Graham, Personal Crimes,
Belmont County, Ohio, Sheriff's Office
- Stephanie Graubner-Nelson, Grants Coordinator,
Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services
- Detective Joyce Greer, Domestic Violence
Unit, Dayton Police Department
- Rabbi Marc Gruber, Temple Israel, Dayton,
Ohio
- Sheriff Gary Haines (deceased), Montgomery
County, Ohio 1988-2000
- Ann Hall, Sister of victim Gina Melton
Frazier, an Adult ReEntry counselor at Sinclair Community College
in Dayton, Ohio, member of the Advisory Board for Information
and Referral of United Way (Dayton), and Program Chair for Miami
Valley Women's Health Coalition
- Jim Hardeman, Executive Director, Workplace
Violence Interventions
- Rhonda Harris, Counselor Supervisor,
DV Division, Nashville, Tennessee, Metro Police Department
- Detective K.O. Jenkins, DV Division,
Nashville, Tennessee, Metro Police Department
- Officer Harold Jones, Riverside, Ohio,
Police Department
- Jane K., MSW, LISW, Advocate Team Leader,
Artemis Center for Alternatives to Domestic Violence
- Don Knueve, PhD, Professor and Chair
of the Criminal Justice Program, Defiance College and chairman
of the Defiance County Domestic Violence Task Force
- James Kunde, Director, Coalition to
Improve Management of State and Local Government and former City
Manager, Dayton, Ohio
- Sue Lane-Baldwin, MSW, LISW, Clinical
Services Director, Center for Abuse Prevention and Treatment,
Napoleon, Ohio
- Tonya Lovelace, CaseWatch & Criminal
Justice Training Coordinator, Artemis Center for Alternatives
to Domestic Violence
- Lieutenant Linda Lowe, Village of McArthur,
Ohio, Police Department
- Ann MacDonald ACSW, LIW, Executive Director,
Women Helping Women, member of the Hamilton County Domestic Violence
Coordinating Council and Domestic Violence Death Review Panel
- Reverend Jimmy Mann, Chaplain, Good
Samaritan Hospital, Dayton, Ohio. Pastor, Teacher
- Chief Deputy Olen Martin, Investigations
and Operations, Belmont County, Ohio, Sheriff's Office
- Rabbi Jennifer Marx-Asch, Temple Israel,
Dayton, Ohio
- Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize winning
author of 15 books, including Why They Kill, which challenges
conventional theories about violent behavior
- Hon. Tom Roberts, Ohio State Representative,
39th District
- Judge John T. Rohrs III, Defiance Municipal
Court, member, Defiance County Domestic Violence Task Force
- Marilyn Sanderfer MSW, LSW, Intake Supervisor,
Montgomery County, Ohio, Children Services
- Sergeant Dan Savage, Divert Unit, Xenia
Police Department
- John Scaccia, Chief Administrative Counsel,
City of Dayton
- Detective Mike Simon, Retired, twenty-five
year veteran of the Defiance City Police Department, served on
the Defiance County Domestic Violence Task Force and the Supreme
Court Task Force on Domestic Violence. He continues to conduct
domestic violence trainings and workshops through the State of
Ohio
- Detective Sergeant Mihaela Sloan, DV
Division, Nashville, Tennessee, Metro Police Department
- Detective Frank Smith, 3rd District
DV Investigations, Louisville, Kentucky, Police Department
- Judge John M. Solovan II, Belmont County,
Ohio, Common Pleas Court
- Evan Stark Ph.D., MSW, Associate Professor,
Public Administration, Rutgers University
- Jeffrey A. Strausbaugh, Prosecuting
Attorney, City of Defiance, Ohio, member of the Defiance County
Domestic Violence Task Force
- Nicholas P. Sylvain, Assistant Prosecuting
Attorney, Montgomery County, Ohio, and member Montgomery County
Domestic Violence Death Review Committee, trainer on domestic
violence and stalking issues to prosecutors, law enforcement,
and emergency medical personnel
- Chief Emmett Turner, Nashville, Tennessee,
Metro Police Department
- Karen Weaver RN, Emergency Department
Manager, Defiance Hospital, Defiance, Ohio
- Lieutenant Mark Wynn, twenty-year veteran
of the Nashville, Tennessee, Metro Police Department, serving
as a Lieutenant in the Domestic Violence Division, a nationally
recognized advisor and trainer on family violence, and founder
of Take A Stand Communications (TASC), a Nashville-based company
providing educational training specifically directed to law enforcement,
prosecution and community service providers, both nationally
and internationally