Speakers

Faculty

Margaret "Shug" Avery “The Color Purple"	Frances E. Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH Deputy Director Office of Women's Health, Washington, D.C.	Atum Azzahir President and Executive Director Cultural Wellness Center (Minneapolis, MN)	Asha Bandele Acclaimed Author, Poet, & Former Features Editor Essence magazine
Sue Else President National Network to End Domestic Violence	Gail Garfield Professor	Sandra Graham-Bermann, Ph.D., Professor Department of Psychology University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)	Casey Gwinn, J.D. Chief Executive Officer YWCA of San Diego County
Gary Hines Founder and Director Grammy Award-Winnning Sounds of Blackness (Minneapolis, MN)	Eric Holder United States Attorney General	Rev. Arnetha E. Inge African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)	Jessica L. Jackson Attorney/Co-Pastor New Living Way Christian Center
L.Y. Marlowe Author Color Me Butterfly (Arlington, VA)	Jaycee Memminger President Angelic Impact (Detroit, MI)	Anne Menard Director National Resource Center on Domestic Violence	Lavon Morris-Grant Author Whom Shall I Fear: A Spiritual Journey of a Battered Woman (Atlanta, GA)
Mildred Muhammad Executive Director After the Trauma (Washington, DC)	Rev. Dr. Aleese Moore-Orbih Director Training and Consulting FaithTrust Institute	Terri Pease, Ph.D. Trauma Specialist Domestic Violence and Mental Health Policy Institute (Chicago, IL)	Prester Pickett, M.F.A.
Catherine Pierce Acting Director Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice	Tiombe Preston Marriage and Family Therapist Program Manager California Black Women’s Health Project	Laura Richardson U.S. House of Representatives
Ruth Slaughter Divisional Director Community Outreach, Prevention & Education Programs, PROTOTYPES Culver City, CA	Tara Shabazz Executive Director California Partnership to End Domestic Violence	Rita Smith Executive Director National Coalition Against Domestic Violence	Gael B. Strack Chief Executive Officer National Family Justice Center Alliance
Anthony Taylor (Woodbury, MN)	Endalyn Taylor Director Dance Theatre of Harlem School (New York, NY)	Brenda L. Thomas Author Laying Down My Burdens (Philadelphia, PA)	Mary Walton, MSW, MDiv Former Interval House Executive Director Founder of Creating A Safe Environment
Carolyn M. West, Ph.D. Associate Professor Psychology, Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences Program, University of Washington, Tacoma	Joseph White, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of California, Irvine	Carol Williams Executive Director Interval House Crisis Shelters	Robert Geffner, Ph.D. ABPP, ABPN President Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute San Diego, CA

Steering Committee Faculty


Karma A. Cottman Program Director National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)	Robert Hampton, Ph.D. Provost and Executive Vice President Tennessee State University (Nashville)	Shelia Hankins (moderator) Project Director State Of Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board (Lansing, MI)	Esther Jenkins, Ph.D., (moderator) Professor Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, IL

Johnny Rice, II, M.S. Director of Grants Management Office of the Secretary, Maryland Department of Human Resources (Baltimore, MD)	Dr. Beth E. Richie Professor Departments of Criminal Justice and Women's Studies University of Illinois at Chicago	Joyce Thomas, M.P.H., R.N., (moderator) Co-founder & President Center for Child Protection and Family Support (Washington, DC)	Antonia Vann Founder and CEO Asha Family Services

Dr. Linner Ward Griffin, Ed.D., ACSW, LCSW Professor School of Social Work & Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina	Oliver J. Williams, Ph.D. Executive Director Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community; Professor, School of Social Work, University of Minnesota