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Nancy Cline has over 17 years of experience with training, education, and technical assistance in the areas of public health and family violence. Most recently, Nancy served as a project director at the Vera Institute of Justice, working closely with staff from the US Department of Justice's Office on Violence Against Women, Vera associates, program evaluators, and other technical assistance providers to assist three demonstration sites in the implementation of the Judicial Oversight Demonstration Initiative (JOD)—a project designed to enhance community, criminal justice, and court responses to acts of domestic violence. Currently, much of her work focuses on the impact of childhood exposure to domestic violence with a special focus on bringing attention to the needs of children who have lost one or both parents to a fatal act of intimate partner violence. Nancy also provides independent consultation on issues related to domestic violence and child welfare.

Originally from Louisiana, Nancy has a bachelor’s degree in social work from Southern University at New Orleans, and a Master of Science degree from Columbia University's School of Social Work in New York City.

is the director of Faith and Liberty ’s Place Supervised Visitation Center in Dallas, Texas. Previously M s. Foster spent 4 years working in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office in the Family Violence Unit, first as a legal advocate in the criminal misdemeanor family violence courts, and then as a supervisor in the Protective Order Division. Prior to working at the DA’s Office, she facilitated BIPP (Batterer’s Intervention and Prevention Program) groups using the Duluth model at 3 different domestic violence agencies, and also has worked in a women’s shelter. She publicly speaks on the issue of domestic violence nationally and locally, and trains law enforcement and community groups across the state of Texas for the DA’s Office. M s. Foster serves on two committees for the Supervised Visitation Network and is currently a board member. M s. Foster is a licensed social worker who holds a master’s in social work from the University of Texas , and a bachelor’s in sociology and criminal justice from Colorado State University.

is a licensed social worker and is currently a case manager at Faith and Liberty’s Place, a supervised visitation and exchange center for families. In her role as case manager, she works closely with families affected by family violence as they look for a safe environment for children to have contact with non-residential parents. Most recently, Christina was the Regional Training Coordinator for the Family Violence Division of the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office. In her role as coordinator Christina worked with diverse trainers and agencies to build awareness around the issues of violence against women. Christina is an active member of the Dallas County Domestic Violence Awareness Coalition serving as chair on multiple specialized committees, and is also currently serving as a board member of the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault. In her professional experience working in the domestic violence field she has been the Education and Public Relations Coordinator at New Beginning Center, Family Violence Victims’ Advocate at the District Attorney’s Office, counselor and advocate at the Family Place, and a hotline advocate at Denton County Friends of the Family. Christina has presented and trained professionals across the state of Texas and at professional conferences. Christina received her Master’s degree in social work at the University of North Texas.

is employed by the Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board, which oversees the provision of domestic violence services throughout the state. She also provides training and consulting services nationally. Before assuming her current position, Shelia served as the Vice President of Programs for the HAVEN Center in Pontiac, Michigan. In this capacity she provided leadership for the development and implementation of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and batterer’s intervention programs. Additionally, Shelia has held the positions of Executive Director of Detroit’s Women’s Justice Center and the Northwest and Downtown Branches of the YWCA of Metropolitan Detroit, and Administrator of the Violence Against Women Grants Office for the Florida Governor’s Task Force on Domestic and Sexual Violence

For over two decades Shelia has focused her professional career and her community service activities on issues related to redressing the economic, political, and social status of traditionally disenfranchised and marginalized communities. She is an advocate for systemic changes in our society that will create safe and empowering environments for clients/customers, staff, families, and communities. She has a B.S. in Education from Wayne State University and is currently an M.B.A. candidate at NOVA Southeastern University.

is a consultant working to end violence against women and children by assisting communities in addressing their collaborative responses and exploring issues that can affect the delivery of services. Prior to consulting, she was a program manager in the Family Violence Department of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges overseeing the department’s activities related to the overlap of child maltreatment and domestic violence and supervised visitation and safe exchange. She also developed and worked as the supervising attorney for a clinic which provided pro bono and pro se legal assistance to victims of domestic violence and as a county prosecutor handling felony domestic violence and sexual assault cases. She has been admitted to practice law in Ohio and Arizona, serves as a board member and advisor for numerous agencies, and has authored several publications on issues impacting system responses to domestic violence. Ms. Litton holds a bachelor’s in psychology from The Ohio State University and a juris doctorate from Case Western Reserve University.

is a social worker who received her degree from the University of Wisconsin. Beth was the Project Director of the Bay Area Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Demonstration Initiative. Beth was also director of the Family Service Agency, Family Visitation Center in San Mateo, California for thirteen years. Over the course of her career in supervised visitation she planned, designed and operated five different supervised visitation centers. She was responsible for program development, sustainability, training, direct service, advocacy, and the supervision and mentoring of staff and volunteers. Beth has also worked as a domestic violence and sexual assault advocate, in a psychiatric unit, and in an inpatient and outpatient chemical dependency center. She is currently a consultant working with Praxis International, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Alliance of Local Service Organizations.

has worked at the Local, State, and National level to end violence against women and their children for the past 15 years. Yesenia has worked at numerous government, human service agencies, and educational institutions including: the Office of the Attorney General, Metropolitan Family Services, the Cook County Department of Public Health, and the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Yesenia has expertise with training, education, program development, program evaluation, and technical assistance in the area of Intimate Partner Violence and Teen Dating Violence. Most of her work has focused on developing, implementing, and evaluating program services for victims of intimate partner violence and their families, while assessing the impact on various systems, including families, communities, and government.

Currently, much of her work focuses on providing national technical assistance through the Supervised Visitation Technical Assistance Project at ALSO. Yesenia also provides independent consultation on issues related to domestic violence, teen dating violence, program development, and evaluation.

Yesenia is an Illinois Certified Domestic Violence Professional and received her Master’s in Social Work and her Bachelor’s Degree in Applied Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

has been working as an advocate and activist to end violence against women and children for over 12 years. As the director of domestic violence services at the Walnut Avenue Women’s Center, Jennifer worked to build a program that provided both crisis intervention and long term advocacy and support for survivors and their families. In this role she also opened a supervised visitation center that was part of a national demonstration initiative funded through the Office of Violence Against Women. A significant component of this program was working with a national learning community and the Family Violence Prevention Fund to create and implement creative strategies to engage abusive fathers in supervised visitation centers. Jennifer is currently working as a consultant, locally and nationally, to provide training and technical assistance on the issues of family violence, oppression, community organizing, and LGBTQ issues. She received her BA in Anthropology and Women’s Studies from Fort Lewis College and her MSW from San Jose State University.