Professor, Boston College School of Social Work. Expert in workplace violence.
Anne ODell is a retired Detective Sergeant from the San Diego Police Department where she worked for 20 years. She is currently the Training Director for STOPDV, Inc. and has trained criminal justice, judicial and medical professionals in forty-nine states as well as Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Uzbekistan and the US Virgin Islands. She is an adjunct professor for the National College of District Attorneys and the California District Attorneys Association. She is a consultant for the National Institute of Justice, the Department of Justice and the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project of Duluth, Minnesota. She has consulted for the United States Information Agency in Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. She is a board member of the National Center for Women in Policing and an advisory committee member for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. She is also a member of several other local and national associations which deal with domestic violence and stalking. She is the recipient of varied awards for her work including the Medal of Valor from the American Legion. She is the author of various articles regarding domestic violence and stalking. She is happily married, the mother of six children and the grandmother of seventeen. She is also a survivor of domestic violence, having left (and taking her six children) her batterer in 1975. Anne ODell is a retired Detective Sergeant from the San Diego Police Department where she worked for 20 years. She is currently the Training Director for STOPDV, Inc. and has trained criminal justice, judicial and medical professionals in forty-nine states as well as Canada, Ireland, Singapore, Uzbekistan and the US Virgin Islands. She is an adjunct professor for the National College of District Attorneys and the California District Attorneys Association. She is a consultant for the National Institute of Justice, the Department of Justice and the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project of Duluth, Minnesota. She has consulted for the United States Information Agency in Tashkent and Samarkand, Uzbekistan. She is a board member of the National Center for Women in Policing and an advisory committee member for the International Association of Chiefs of Police. She is also a member of several other local and national associations which deal with domestic violence and stalking. She is the recipient of varied awards for her work including the Medal of Valor from the American Legion. She is the author of various articles regarding domestic violence and stalking. She is happily married, the mother of six children and the grandmother of seventeen. She is also a survivor of domestic violence, having left (and taking her six children) her batterer in 1975.
A former prosecutor, Bob has prosecuted numerous cases of rape and sexual assault involving the use of Rohypnol and other drugs used to facilitate sexual assault and rape, and played a crucial role in enhancing the safety of women by assisting with the development of legislation in Florida concerning Rohypnol. He has testified before Congress, been a consultant to the Justice Department, and frequently lectures on this subject to law enforcement across the country. He is one of the foremost experts on the prosecution of drug-facilitated sexual assault in the country.
Dean Wideman is a forensic scientist and criminal investigative analyst for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City. Dean has expertise in the areas of general criminalistics, forensic biology (including serology and DNA analysis), crime analysis, and behavioral criminal profiling. His casework and research primarily involves violent and sexual offenders, including serial murderers and serial rapists. Dean lectures to community/civic groups and consults with local law enforcement agencies. He is also a volunteer consultant to national victim advocacy groups, including Parents of Murdered Children, Inc., Security on Campus, Inc. and the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse. Dean is also the Founder and Executive Director of Crime Analytica, Inc. (CAI), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of unsolved violent and sexual crimes and their families by reviewing their cases, providing second opinions, offering criminal profiles, and/or suggesting investigative strategies. Contact Info: caseclues@pocketmail.com or 888.528.8258
Dianne L. Wolfe R.N.,M.S. is a nationally known trainer and speaker on issues of Law Enforcment Response to Developmental Disabilities and Mental Illness, Critical Incident Stress Management, Workplace Violence Prevention and Emergency Worker Response to Special Populations. Ms. Wolfe has worked in the field of mental health and forensics for over twenty years and has presented to law enforcement agencies throughout the nation. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Nursing from The American College of Forensic Examiners, and is a member of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. She has provided training and consultation to many organizations on dealing with the ADA and appropriate response to individuals with disabilities.
President/CEO Barrier Free Living, Co-chair, Mental Health Committee of the New York City Task Force against Domestic Violence. Barrier Free Living is the provider of non-residential domestic violence services for victims with disabilities.
Law Professor, University of Texas. Survivor. Expert in domestic violence
Sherry Arndt RN, PHN, MPA, is currently writing, consulting and teaching around the USA. She conducts SART/SANE Institutes for communities starting SART/SANE (Sexual Assault Response Team/Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Programs. She founded the first SANE program in California and coordinated that program from 1986 - 96. She is currently working on offering her second online course. Email: 4n6rn@prairie.lakes.com
Trinka Porrata, a private drug consultant, provides consulting, training and expert testimony on the "trendy drugs of abuse," such as GHB, ketamine, MDMA, LSD, flunitrazepam (Rohypnol), mushrooms, etc., to parents, youth, law enforcement and medical personnel. She has extensive background in sexual assault, child abuse and narcotics. Her presentations are very up-to-date on drug-faciliated sexual assault and club/rave drug issues. She has been interviewed by the news media from Australia to France and has trained thousands of law enforcement officers at local, state and federal level.
Nora is a clinical psychologist and the director of the Counseling Center of West Los Angeles. Her practice specializes in trauma and abuse related issues, depression and anxiety, children and adults with disabilities, sex therapy, couple counseling, and gerontology. Area(s) of expertise include forensic interviewing & training of law enforcement personnel; risk reduction protocols; reporting skills; treatment of victims of assault; and serving as an expert witness for developmental disability cases.
Mike McCarty is the Director of the Public Training Institute and Breaking the Cycle, Inc., a consulting firm that specializes in training seminars on the issue of violence against women and children. He facilitates workshops on awareness and intervention in domestic violence and sexual assault for law enforcement, prosecutors, judges, advocates, social workers, health care providers, therapists, correctional professionals, security companies and corporate/ EAP programs. Mike was one of the original detectives with the Domestic Violence Division in Nashville, Tennessee and was instrumental in implementing the community-based program. Nashville's Domestic Violence Unit has been labeled a model program by the U.S. Department of Justice and former President Clinton and has been adopted by communities throughout the world. Mike facilitates training seminars throughout the United States for organizations such as: U.S. Department of Justice- Violence Against Women Office; U.S. Department of Defense; Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; National Center for Women and Policing; Duluth Domestic Abuse Intervention Project; Indiana Resource & Training Institute on Violence Against Women; Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence; Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault; Wyoming Coalition Against Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault;Alabama Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Kentucky Domestic Violence Association; Kentucky Sexual Assault Association; Kentucky Governor's Office; National Training Center for Domestic and Sexual Violence; South East Missouri State University; NBD Bank. Mike is also on the Advisory Board for Communities Against Violence Network (CAVNET) headquartered in Washington D.C. He graduated from Wabash College with a B.A. in History and Psychology and is currently working on a M.A. in Criminology.
Dick Sobsey is a Professor of Educational Psychology and Director of the Developmental Disabilities Centre at the University of Alberta. He has worked with children and adults with severe developmental disabilities since 1968 as a nurse and a teacher. Since 1987, he has been engaged in extensive research on the relationship between violence and disability. He has published many articles and books on this topic including Violence and Abuse in the Lives of People with Disabilities. Dick Sobsey is also the father of two children including a school-aged son with a severe developmental disability. Dick Sobsey, Director JP Das Developmental Disabilities Centre University of Alberta 6-123 Education North Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G5 Canada
Karla Kerlin is a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles County currently assigned as the Special Assistant to the Chief Deputy District Attorney. For eight years, Karla vertically prosecuted sex crimes and child abuse cases. Karla frequently trains on sex crimes and child abuse, and is a faculty member for the childPROOF course sponsored by the National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse of APRI. Karla can be reached at: kkerlin@lacountyda.org
Plainfield IN -- Indiana Law Enforcement Academy -- Training Consultant, Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault, Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Former road officer, rape crisis counselor. Expertise:sexual assault, domestic violence. Wendy Perkins is the Director of Training at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy for all sexual assault trainings. She conducts trainings both at the academy and in the field for law enforcement throughout Indiana. She is available for other trainings on sexual violence issues and may be contacted via email wendyperkins@hotmail.com or phone 317-423-0233. She has developed and presented many tailored workshops on drug facilitated sexual assault, sexual assault on the college campus, and child sexual abuse. Wendy Perkins is a consultant for the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault (INCASA).
My name is Linden Gross, and I'm the author of the first book ever written about the stalking of ordinary people, To Have Or To Harm (Warner, 1994) and its expanded version Surviving a Stalker: Everything You Need to Know to Keep Yourself Safe (Marlowe &Co., 2000). In addition to writing books, I do public speaking on the subject of stalking, and was the keynote speaker for the 1999 statewide New Mexico stalking and domestic violence conference. I have also appeared as an expert on numerous television shows about stalking including the Montel William Show, the Sally Jesse Raphael Show, Maury Povich, Inside Edition, E! and Lifetimes' New Attitudes, among others. Please contact me at stalkingsolutions@yahoo.com if you're interested in discussing upcoming speaking opportunities.
Linda is former Chief of the Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit in the New York County District Attorney's Office (Manhattan), and had been a prosecutor in the office for 27 years. Linda has expertise in the investigation and prosecution of: sexual assault cases, homicides, domestic violence and child abuse matters, the criminal justice system, stalking, cyberstalking, and internet crimes. She is Chair of the New York Women's Agenda Domestic Violence Coalition. Linda speaks to community groups and lectures nationally and internationally to law enforcement agencies, and trains police and prosecutors, medical and health care providers. Linda is also a respected author, having written nonfiction and a series of fictional crime novels --Final Jeopardy, Likely To Die, and her newest, Cold Hit.
1987 to present: Sheridan County and Prosecuting Attorney, Sheridan, Wyoming. 1998 to present: President of the Wyoming County and Prosecuting Attorneys Association. Member: American Prosecutor Research Institute, DNA Advisory Group; American Prosecutor Research Institute Victim/Witness Project Advisory Group; Wyoming Attorney General's Victim Services Advisory Committee; Wyoming Attorney General's VAWA/VOCA Grants Review Committee Speaking Engagements: American Prosecutor Research Institute; National Advocacy Center; National College of District Attorneys; Wyoming State Bar; Wyoming Judicial Council; Five State Judicial Conference; Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy; University of Wyoming School of Law.
Beth H. Taylor RN, BSN, Program Manager of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program of Crisis Services of North Alabama. Mrs. Taylor is currently serving on the Alabama Sexual Assault Advisory Board, and on the Alabama Crime Victim's Compensation Committee, both of which are sponsored by the Alabama Coalition Against Rape. Mrs. Taylor is an Executive Board member of the Madison County Council against Domestic Violence, in which she is chairman of the Medical Committee. Mrs. Taylor is active in community organizations, including serving on the Southeast Symposium against Community Violence in Madison County.
Director of Public Policy for PA Coalition Against Rape. Co-chair Sexual Assault Issues, National Task Force to End Violence Against Women, member Lancaster and PA Bars. Member Children's Rights Committee of the PA Bar Association. Advocate on the state and federal level for issues pertaining to victims of sexual violence.
I am the chairperson of the Broward NOW Rape Awareness Committee, and on the Board of Dir. of the Fl. Council Against Sexual Violence.
Sexual Assault Resource Coordinator,STOP Violence Against Women Grants (Technical Assistance Project,1601 Connecticut Avenue NW, Ste 500 Washington, DC 20009. 800-256-5883.dr@pcadv.org Debbie Rollo works for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) where she manages the sexual assault component of the STOP Violence Against Women Technical Assistance Project. She develops training materials,oversees an advisory panel and critiques national sexual assault interventions. Debbie came to Washington, D.C. from Tulsa,Oklahoma where she worked as an education coordinator with a rape recovery center. While in Tulsa, Debbie implemented the first sexual assault task force, trained medical, legal, and educational personnel on issues of victim sensitivity, and co-authored "If He Is Raped" (Learning Publications Inc. Holmes Beach,FL ). Debbie's passion to work with sexual assault issues stems from a strong desire to dispel rape myths that re-victimize survivors and impede the criminal justice system.Debbie earned a BS degree from the University of Tulsa where she also completed 30 hours at T.U. College of Law.
R.N. DNSc, CS, FAAN Adjunct Faculty, International Trauma Studies Program at NYU and the Coordinator of the Sexual Assault Examiner Course at Pace University School of Law Women's Justice Center. Consultant to educational organizations and communities regarding training and implementation of sexual assault examiner programs. Expertise with children and families who have experienced or witnessed trauma.(Pan Am Flight 103 bombing, the Challenger explosion, the Gulf War, accidental death,violence and suicide in schools and communities).
I am an Assistant District Attorney General in Nashville. I have specialized in domestic violence prosecution. I also teach a Domestic Violence Law Seminar at Vanderbilt University Law School. I am actively involved in local domestic violence organizations and frequently speak to groups about domestic violence and prosecuting such cases.
Executive Director, Learning Disabilities Association of America. Former Executive Director, President's Committee on Mental Retardation, Washington, DC
I am seeking opportunities as a speaker/presenter at workshops, symposiums, and conferences with a focus on family violence and the children who witness it. I am an independent film maker and president of Discover Films, producer of award winning documentary educational videos since 1989 for grades 7-college. What I have learned producing these videos with prevention themes like tobacco and marijuana abuse, binge drinking, relationship violence, and acquaintance rape led me to explore family violence, its effects on children who witness it, and its fallout on society. As a producer I have connected with teenagers throughout the nation. I also am the single mother of twoLauren, 21 and Mark, 19. In producing these videos I have worked with a program for alternatives to violence in Colorado (Project PAVEDenver), tobacco prevention and peer counseling programs in California (TAPOrange County & San Diego City Schools Peer Counseling), an adolescent substance abuse program in Minnesota (Recovery PlusSt. Cloud), and a teen parenting program in Vermont (Parent-Child CenterMiddlebury). I have learned that many young people who abuse alcohol and drugs are medicating pain that comes from witnessing some measure of violence in their homes. My videos have featured sexual assault victims who told me they had previously been sexually abused as children, teenage boys who are trying not to imitate the behavior of their abusive fathers as well as teenage parents from violent homes who are now struggling to learn how to create a non-violent, nurturing home for their own children. In 1995 I began working on a documentary series for public television, VIOLENCE BEGINS AT HOME. The first two installments, "BREAKING THE SILENCE, STOPPING THE VIOLENCE: Teens Speak Out," "VIOLENCE IN OUR HOME: The Young Story Family" are presently in post production. Areas to be developed in future installments (for which principal footage is already shot) includes sexual assault and how it is a big part of domestic abuse and relationship violence; elder abuse, its pervasiveness and how easily it is perpetrated due to the isolation of senior citizens, especially those in poor health; violence against women, its misogynist nature and how diminishing white male privilege contributes to is perpetuation in American culture. My company has just released three new videos, TOXIC RELATIONSHIIPS: The Next Generation Speaks Out About Dating Violence," "RAPE UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Sexual Assault On College Campuses," and "A DATE WITH RAPE". I also produced RAPE BY ANY NAME in 1990. In my presentation I focus on the overlap and prevalence of sexual assault and domestic violence. The fact that sexual assault is commonly a part of violence in the home/relationship violence is not often addressed. For example, here in my home state of Louisiana marital rape was not legislated in the criminal statutes until 1991 and even then, there were a lot of "good old boy" jokes about it in the legislature at the time of its passage. I've been at this a while now and am truly disheartened that not much seems to be changing. If anything, violence against women seems to get worse as male privilege gets more and more scrutinized by society. Unfortunately we cant legislate a change of attitudes and heart. Through my work I have accumulated a treasury of information and stories about family violence and sexual assault and can target a compelling presentation to any legal, educational, social, law enforcement, or medical group of professionals as well as the general public. As a film maker committed to raising questions that go to the heart of the tragedy of family violence and its effects on women and children in America, looking at it through the eyes and telling the stories of children, I can bring to any forum a point of view and perspective that will educate and inspire those in many different fields of work. Public policy can't change without increased public awareness and education. Please check out the VIOLENCE BEGINS AT HOME web site at www.discover-films.com/vbh and contact me via e-mail at aml@discover-films.com for more information. EXPERIENCE PanelistRegional (Nine States) Tobacco and Youth Conference sponsored by the Center for Disease Control, Seattle, WA SpeakerNational Center for Women and Policing Annual Conference held in conjunction with Feminist Expo 2000 sponsored by the Feminist Majority, Baltimore, MD Thanks. Angelique LaCour 504-314-8285 (office) 504-314-8284 (fax) 504-908-0422 (cell)
Amy is the Training Director for the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault (INCASA) and brings an expertise in training development and implementation as well as public speaking. Amy is responsible for 18 set trainings a year that include cross trainings for Judges and Prosecutors, Sexual Assault Protocol trainings, the INCASA annual conference and regional trainings for law enforcement and advocates. She is also responsible for developing and implementing special request trainings. Amy is also a well known speaker on domestic violence throughout the state of Indiana.
Atlanta, GA -- Executive Director, The Partnership Against Domestic Violence.
Coleen Widell, President of the American Institute on Domestic Violence, has held professional positions in criminal justice, direct client services and public administration. After completing her Masters degree, Coleen served as a Probation Officer in Washington for fifteen years working with criminal offenders and abused women and their children. She has been professionally involved in grant writing and policy development related to domestic violence prevention and legislation. Coleen is the author of many books and articles about domestic violence spillover into the workplace, including Dead Dollar$: The Corporate Cost of Domestic Violence and "Domestic Violence Targets the Heart of American Business." She is a contributing writer for several national newspapers and magazines on the subject of employer liability associated with domestic violence in the workplace. Coleen is nationally recognized as a leading authority on how domestic violence affects business. Coleen has a strong commitment to service work in her community. She has coordinated many community volunteer projects as well as corporate donation drives to benefit local domestic violence shelters and transition homes. Coleen sat as a Board Member of the Crime Analysis & Targeted Offender Program and is a founding member of the Domestic Violence Unit in Washington State. Coleen researched and developed the training programs for the American Institute on Domestic Violence. These workshops, entitled Domestic Violence Targets the Heart of American Business, address the affects of domestic violence in the workplace. These programs are custom-designed based on the training needs of the individual business and consist of workshops for employees and manager or supervisors.