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Conference BiosKeith Fender, PH.D, LCSW Keith E Fender is the owner of The Radford Counseling Group,LLC and Blue Ridge Counseling, LLC. He taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Radford University as an adjunct faculty member from 1998-2009. He received an undergraduate degree from Ferrum College, Masters Degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and PhD from LaSalle University. He is a licensed clinical social worker, a certified sex offender treatment provider, a clinically certified domestic violence counselor, and has run a certified batterer intervention program since 1996. He has provided sex offender risk assessment and treatment services since 2000. Through his practice with the Radford Counseling Group, he is responsible for overseeing assessment and treatment services of juvenile and adult sex offenders through various contracts with local, state, and federal agencies. He is currently the Chair of the Virginia Batterer Intervention Program Certification Board. He has completed over 3,000 domestic violence risk assessments since 1996.David R. Boehm, LCSW, CSOTP David has over 30 years of experience in providing clinical and administrative services. He currently is the Warden of Marion Correctional Treatment Center, a Virginia Department of corrections facility that is licensed and JCAHO accredited to provide psychiatric services to male felons. David received an MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1981 and has been an LCSW since 1985. His clinical experience through his part-time private practice is specialized with high risk populations that include sex offenders, batterers and children who make threats toward others within the school system. David has a Certified Batterer Intervention Program that primarily serves the counties of Smyth, Wythe, Grayson and Carroll. He currently serves as the Chair of the Family and Children's Trust Fund and the Board of Social Work.Jeanine Harper, MSW Jeanine Harper has dedicated her professional and personal life to improving the lives of disadvantaged children and families. A licensed social worker with a Master's in Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University, she has served as Executive Director of three local organizations in the past three decades: Emergency Shelter, Sacred Heart Center, and Greater Richmond SCAN (Stop Child Abuse Now). Under her leadership, each organization flourished. She has been a valued field instructor for graduate interns from the VCU School of Social Work since 1990 and adjunct teacher since 1997. In addition to being a respected leader in the social work community, Jeanine is recognized as a visionary and advocate for children. She sits on Richmond's Family Fatality Review Board, City of Richmond Parent Education Advisory Committee, the Blue Ribbon Plan State Child Abuse Prevention Committee, Healthy Families Henrico Advisory Committee, State Parent Workgroup and Prevent Child Abuse Virginia's Legislative Advocacy Committee. She is also on the Vestry for her church and co-chairs their ECW (Episcopal Church Women) chapter serving on the Outreach Committee. She is a member of Leadership Metro Richmond, Class of 2002 and was recognized as Social Worker of the Year, 2007.Jane B. Brown Jane Brown serves as Director of Community Partnerships in the Office of Governor Robert McDonnell and is assisting with implementation of the Governor's Prisoner Reentry Initiative. Jane has served in state government over 30 years leading Department of Social Services programs that support families and strengthen communities. She has worked at the local, regional and state level. Jane holds an undergraduate degree in social work, a Masters Degree with concentration in public administration and judicial process and is completing a Masters of Pastoral Studies in summer 2010. She has led a number of new statewide initiatives for the Department of Social Services and is also active in her community. In 1997 Mrs. Brown was selected an outstanding Richmonder for the leadership she provided in the successful community effort to overturn a city ordinance that prohibited churches from feeding the urban poor. Jane is the mother of two adult daughters.The Reverend Doctor James Elisha Burke Dr. Eli Burke serves as the Director of Men and Health Ministries for the Baptist General Convention of Virginia. In this role he works with fatherhood programs, marriage and couples ministry, emergency preparedness and health and wellness ministries. A native of northeaster North Carolina, he holds a bachelor degree in social science and a Masters and Doctorate Degree in Ministry. Dr. Burke served as Pastor of First Antioch Baptist Church in Powhatan, VA and is also the Christian Education Instructor at the Evan-Smith Institute for Church Leaders of Virginia Union University. In collaboration with the American Cancer Society, he chairs the planning committee for the African American Men's Health forum for Central Virginia. Currently Dr. Burke is an Associate Minister at Mosby Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond. He and his wife Gloria Doss Burke are parents to an adult daughter, Shayla, also of Richmond.Laurie Crawford, MPA Laurie Crawford is Medical Outreach Coordinator in the Division of Injury & Violence Prevention at the Virginia Department of Health. She has earned a BA in Psychology from the University of Virginia and an MPA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She implemented the Project RADAR initiative at VDH and is responsible for statewide policy, training, and public awareness initiatives to improve the health care response to intimate partner violence. Currently, Laurie also serves as an adjunct faculty member at VCU, teaching a graduate Sociology course on health implications of sexual and domestic violence. Prior to her time at VDH, Laurie was Assistant Director of the Charlottesville Victim/Witness Assistance Program and Domestic Violence Services Coordinator for the Henrico County Division of Police.Janice Dinkins Davidson Janice Davidson is currently the Executive Director of the Children's Trust and has held that position for 8 years. The mission of the Children's Trust is to reduce the trauma and incidence of child abuse. Janice had been working in the non-profit sector for 15 years. She became involved in non-profit work by volunteering as a crisis hotline lay-counselor.As Executive Director of the Children's Trust, Janice along with the Board of Directors completed the process of merging the Children's Advocacy Center with CASA, to form Children's Trust in 2008. The new agency provides a seamless continuum of services to abused and neglected children and their families. Janice has committed her professional and volunteer time to such causes as solving homelessness, protecting children from abuse, helping people in poverty, advancing the arts, and protecting the environment. Karen Stanley Karen has been working in the non-profit sector for nearly 20 years as volunteer and then staff when she took the reigns as Executive Director for CARITAS in 2000. As the primary fundraiser for the organization, she has taken CARITAS from a 22-week winteronly emergency shelter to a year-round program including case management, a stateof-the-art day-time facility and aftercare services which includes central Virginia's only furniture bank. In 2007, Karen took on the dual role as Executive Director for The Healing Place, also guiding the fund-raising efforts of the organization, cumulatively raising nearly $3 million dollars annually. Prior to her position at CARITAS, Karen was the first Domestic Violence Coordinator for the Chesterfield County Police Department where she drafted policy, trained officers, assisted the Commonwealth's Attorney in gathering evidence in domestic violence cases and guided victims through the court process. She is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Metro Richmond, a recipient of the Stettinius Award for Non-Profit Leadership, United Way's "Champion for Change" of 2008, the 2010 YWCA Outstanding Woman for Human Relations and Better Housing Coalition's Creative Collaborator for 2010. Karen graduated with her Bachelor's of Science degree from Oklahoma State University.Katherine H. Campbell, CVA Katie Campbell has worked in the field of nonprofit and volunteer management for over 30 years as practitioner, author, trainer and leader. Her career began in 1973 at the Philadelphia Family Court where she helped develop an extensive volunteer program to provide support services to the probation officers and their young clients. Since then she has provided training and technical assistance throughout North America, becoming well-known in the field. For 14 years she worked at the Virginia Office of Volunteerism, eventually becoming director. And from 1997 to 2003 she served as executive director of the Association for Volunteer Administration (AVA), the international professional association for leaders and managers of volunteer programs. From 2004 to 2006, Katie helped establish VANNO, the Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations. She now serves as the part-time Executive Director of the Council for Certification in Volunteer Administration (CCVA), managing the professional credentialing program for leaders of volunteers. Katie is also an independent consultant in nonprofit and volunteer resources management. In this capacity, she assists public and private nonprofit organizations in accomplishing their mission through effective and efficient management of people and resources. Katie has authored and co-authored several articles and publications and teaches as adjunct faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Virginia and Tidewater Community College.Paul Fleisher Paul Fleisher serves as assistant to the director of the Richmond Peace Education Center. His responsibilities include coordinating programs for the Richmond Youth Peace Project -- a program which promotes nonviolent conflict resolution among teenagers, trains teens as workshop leaders, and encourages young people to express themselves positively through the arts. Fleisher is a veteran public school teacher, longtime social activist, and author of more than three dozen books for children and educators. Fleisher has served on the board of the ACLU of Virginia; the Virginia Forum; and the VEA's Fitz Turner Commission for Human Relations and Civil Rights. He holds a bachelor's degree from Brandeis University and an M.Ed. from Virginia Commonwealth University.Melissa Perdue Melissa Perdue has more than 20 years of experience in public affairs and media relations. She currently serves as the Assistant Director of Public Affairs for the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS). In her current role, she develops and implements state and local public affairs campaigns, including social media and educational outreach programs. She coordinates local and national media relation campaigns, media buys, and conducts research for VDSS. Before joining VDSS in 2005, she was a founding partner of Seen & Heard Communications (S&H), where she served as Director of Public Relations. Prior to her work with S&H, she served as a Senior Account Executive with Carter Ryley Thomas Public Relations. She received her B.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University and is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) and Planned Giving Specialist. She is a member of the Virginia Government Communicators and serves as a boardmember for Virginia's State Animal Response Team.Robert Franklin Robert Franklin has worked on issues of sexual and intimate partner violence since the early 1990's when he was an advocate for a rape crisis center and coordinated a batterer's intervention program at a domestic violence agency. He earned a BS in Psychology from Mary Washington College and an MS in Counseling from Shippensburg University. As a college student personnel administrator, Mr. Franklin presented a number of workshops on the state, regional, and national level on issues ranging from alcohol abuse prevention, the male gender role, and why/how to involve men in the prevention of sexual violence. Currently, he is the Male Outreach Coordinator for the Virginia Department of Health continuing efforts to bring the message of sexual violence prevention to men. He has appeared on CNN's America Morning, CBS's Evening News, and Voice of America discussing a statutory rape campaign in Virginia that targets men with the slogan "Isn't She a Little Young? Sex with a Minor, Don't Go There." Robert Franklin has also been awarded the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's 2007 National Award for Outstanding Response to and Prevention of Sexual Violence.Susan Hallett Susan Hallett serves as Program Officer for The Community Foundation Serving Richmond and Central Virginia where she supports the Foundation's community grants program, Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities. In addition, Susan manages the REB Awards for Teaching Excellence, the REB Awards for Distinguished Educational Leadership and the Foundation's Scholarship Program. She is also an advisor to the Youth Philanthropy Project. Prior to coming to the Foundation, Susan worked for the Points of Light Foundation and the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. In addition to her role at the Foundation, Susan works to improve the lives of young people in the City of Richmond as a board member for The Carver Promise, a nonprofit organization that matches university mentors to students at Carver Elementary School. Susan earned a BA in Sociology from Mary Washington College and a Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Virginia Commonwealth University.Fran Inge Fran Inge currently serves as the Director of the Gubernatorial-appointed Board of Trustees of the Family and Children's Trust Fund of Virginia where she administers and distributes financial awards to local programs and state level advocacy organizations for family violence prevention and treatment. Previously, as Director at CASA of Central Virginia, Fran was responsible for administering a volunteer driven court advocacy service to over 2,000 abused and/or neglected children. Fran is a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) and holds her Institute for Organizational Management (IOM) certificate from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She was a graduate of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce's Inaugural class of Lead Virginia. She serves as the Past-President of the Piedmont Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals where in 2009 she was named the Outstanding Executive Fundraising Professional of the year. She serves as Past-President for Lynchburg Daily Bread and volunteers with the United States Tennis Association's Mid-Atlantic and Virginia Tennis Associations where she works at expanding tennis for children. She earned Masters of Education in Counseling from Lynchburg College and completed doctoral coursework in Educational Leadership from University of Virginia.Paul Krizek Paul Krizek is General Counsel to Christian Relief Services Charities and the Executive Director of its largest affiliate, Christian Relief Services. Current member of the DC and Virginia Bar Associations.
Sarah Curry Sarah Curry is the Program Manager at Christian Relief Services and its affiliate charity Bread and Water for Africa. She also serves as a seconded Fundraising Consultant to Bread and Water for Africa's three European "sister charities" Bread and Water for Africa UK in London, Pain et Eau pour l'Afrique in Paris and Wasser und Brot fur Afrika in Frankfurt.
Saphira Baker Saphira Baker has been working collaboratively with public and nonprofit agencies to improve communities for twenty years. She currently serves as the Founding Principal of Communitas Consulting, located in Charlottesville, Virginia, with clients throughout Virginia. At Communitas, Saphira brings diverse stakeholders together to build sustainable community change projects, builds stronger and more efficient organizations through strategic planning, and creates accessible and action-oriented research projects. Saphira's expertise includes health and human services, workforce development, civic engagement, education, and youth development. Previously, as Deputy Chief Administrator for Human Services for the City of Richmond, she was responsible for managing a $92 million human services portfolio and coordinating community improvement efforts across agencies and sectors. Saphira has a forthcoming essay on "New Approaches for Large Scale Community Change: Local Government and Nonprofit Collaboration" coming out in the Stanford Social Innovations Review. Saphira has a Master's in Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a B. A. from Brown University. Additional information is available on her website, www.communitasconsulting.comNancy Fowler Nancy Fowler is the Program Manager of the Office of Family Violence in the Virginia Department of Social Services. In this position Nancy administers $7.5 million in state and federal funds which her office distributes through competitive grants to domestic violence programs statewide. Nancy also provides technical assistance to domestic violence programs, conducts public awareness and education to improve the state's response to domestic violence. She has worked in the field of domestic violence for 22 years.Lisa G. Furr, M.A., Project Coordinator Lisa Furr is Project Coordinator for the Central Virginia Task Force on Older Battered Women, a collaboration of organizations, led by VCoA, working since 1998 to raise awareness and improve the community's response to women aged 50 and older who experience domestic, sexual or family violence. Lisa serves on the governing body (board) of the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance and is a trainer for the Alliance, as well. She was previously the Community Educator and Volunteer Coordinator at Safe Harbor, a domestic violence program in Henrico. She brings to VCoA over 15 years of experience in group dynamics, training, diversity, and human resource management. Lisa holds a Master degree from the Presbyterian School of Christian Education.Commissioner Martin D. Brown Martin D. Brown is the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS), bringing his extensive experience in human services, government relations and communications to one of the Commonwealth's largest agencies.Appointed by Governor Bob McDonnell in 2010, Commissioner Brown's tenure with the Commonwealth began under two former Virginia governors. Mr. Brown served as Special Assistant to the Secretary of Health and Human Resources under Governor George Allen, and Policy Advisor and Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services to Governor Jim Gilmore. Commissioner Brown's experience is invaluable during a time when the needs of Virginians are very great, and must be met through careful stewardship of the Commonwealth's resources. Governor McDonnell has made jobs a priority of his administration, and stable employment is clearly the most direct path to self-sufficiency Mr. Brown's guidance during sweeping changes to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and the implementation of the Virginia Independence Program resulted in the Commonwealth's mantle as a national model of welfare reform. Additionally, the Commissioner's expertise in strategic marketing, public relations and government affairs, position the Department to better inform and serve our customers; in fact, he served as Director of Communications for VDSS from 1995-1998. Mr. Brown formerly served as Vice-President of Public Affairs at Johnson Inc., a prominent public relations firm. Prior to working with Johnson Inc., he served as President of the Providence Management Group, Inc. (PMG), where he oversaw its management and direction. Commissioner Martin D. Brown is a graduate of Howard University's School of Business Administration. He resides in Chesterfield County with his wife Adnetria Parker and two children. Secretary of Health and Human Resources Bill Hazel William A. Hazel Jr., MD, an orthopaedic surgeon in a private group practice from northern Virginia, was elected to the American Medical Association (AMA) Board of Trustees (BOT) in June 2004.Dr. Hazel's election to the AMA-BOT marked the culmination of 11 years of service as a delegate from Virginia. He served the Virginia delegation as chair (1999-2003), vice chairman (1996 -1998) and as an alternate delegate (1993-1996). By 2001, Dr. Hazel had also served a total of 11 years on the AMA Council on Legislation-first as resident member (1986-1989), and then as chair and vice chair during the last three years of his tenure. Dr. Hazel's service extends to state and local levels. He led his home state as speaker and president of the Medical Society of Virginia. He served as president of the Fairfax County Medical Society (1997), president-elect (1996) and treasurer (1995). A past president of the Inova Fair Oaks Hospital medical staff, Dr. Hazel also served as chairman of the Inova Health System Medical Affairs Council, which is essentially the elected chief of staff of the five Inova hospitals and the Inova Health System. In addition, he is a founding member and president of Commonwealth Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, the group with which he practices full time. Dr. Hazel received his BS in civil engineering at Princeton University in 1978. He earned his medical degree at Duke University School of Medicine in 1983 and completed his orthopaedic residency at the Mayo Clinic in 1988. In 2001, as part of his daughter's high school senior project, Dr. Hazel initiated a mission trip to Bolivia. During this trip, the medical team spent one week performing jointreplacement surgeries for patients with severe joint problems. On a subsequent trip in 2002, volunteers worked 11 days performing operations. In all, Dr. Hazel conducted 25 joint-replacement procedures during the two mission trips at San Juan de Dios, a remote public hospital serving the area's poorest population. Dr. Hazel participates in many professional organizations, including the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, American Medical Society, Duke University Davison Club, Fairfax Chamber of Commerce, Fairfax County Medical Society, Mayo Clinic Alumni Association, Medical Society of Virginia, Virginia Medical PAC and the Virginia Orthopaedic Surgery Society. A dedicated member of the medical community, Dr. Hazel volunteers as the physician for Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Va. He worked as assistant orthopaedic surgeon for the Washington Redskins (1988-1995) and as the D.C. United soccer team physician (1995-2005). Dr. Hazel lives with his wife, Cindy, in Oakton, Va. They have two grown children. Matthew M. Cobb Matt Cobb serves as one of two Deputy Secretaries of Health and Human Resources in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, Dr. Bill Hazel. In that role, Matt works with the Secretary of Health to provide leadership and oversight to 13 agencies. His focus is on providing leadership to the Virginia Department of Health, Department of Social Services, Department of Health Professions, Office for the Comprehensive Services Act, and the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth. Matt also shares responsibility for the Department of Medical Assistance Services. Matt Cobb has previously served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General 2003-2010. During his tenure with the Office of the Attorney General, Matt served with four Attorneys General and advised agencies of the Commonwealth on legal issues related to health care. Prior to joining the Office of the Attorney General, Matt worked for a small business law firm in Richmond.Matt has a Juris Doctor from the Georgia State University College of Law and a Bachelor Degree from the University of Richmond with majors in Leadership Studies and History and is a member of Lead Virginia's Class of 2009. Matt, his wife Victoria, and children Elizabeth and Timothy reside in Henrico County. |