Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board
In October 2010, Governor McDonnell issued Executive Order #25 establishing the Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board. This Advisory Board will promote ongoing collaboration among relevant state and local agencies, as well as private sector and community partners involved in domestic violence prevention, enforcement, and response efforts. The first meeting of the Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board was held on April 25, 2011. .
The Governor's Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board operates under the direction of the Secretary of Public Safety. View members list
2011 Annual Report on Domestic and Sexual Violence in Virginia
Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Advisory Board, 2011 Report and Recommendations
News:
On April 25, 2011 the Advisory Board had their initial meeting, where the board members were sworn in. View the links below to review presentations and pictures from this meeting.
- Agenda
- Presentation: Domestic Violence: Prevention and Response in Virginia
- Presentation: Overview of 2011 Legislation
- Pictures from the meeting
The Advisory Board is made up of the following members:
The Honorable Marla Graff Decker, Chair, Secretary of Public Safety
Banci Tewolde, Vice-Chair, Special Assistant to the Governor
Jennifer S. Bennett, City of Lynchburg Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney
*The Honorable Joel R. Branscom, Botetourt County Commonwealth’s Attorney
Susan W. Clark, City of Lynchburg Victim-Witness Programs Director
H. Douglas Cox, Assistant Superintendent for VA Department of Education
The Honorable John A. Cox, House of Delegates
Joy Crawford, Director of Project Burning Bush at Union Presbyterian Seminary
Maureen E. Dempsey, Chief Deputy of Public Health for the Virginia Department of Health
*The Honorable Michael R. Doucette, City of Lynchburg Commonwealth’s Attorney
Debra Gardner, Chief Deputy Director of the Department of Criminal Justice Services
Chief Michael A. Gibson, UVA Police Department
Karl R. Hade, Executive Secretary for the Supreme Court of Virginia
Melissa Harper, Forensic Nurse Examiner for Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital
*The Honorable Mark R. Herring, Senate of Virginia
The Honorable Paul W. Higgs, City of Fredericksburg Sheriff
Helivi L. Holland, Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice
Kristen J. Howard, Executive Director for the VA State Crime Commission
Kirsten Nelson, Communications and Government Relations Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.
Fran Inge, Executive Director of Family and Children's Trust Fund
Janet James, State Legal Services Developer & Public Guardianship Coordinator
Dave Johnson, Executive Director of the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission
Dr. Paula Knapp Kustas, Assistant Director for the Virginia Center on Aging
Wendy Lohr-Hopp, Director of Victim Services for Department of Corrections
Detective Patti Maloney, City of Chesapeake Police Department
Chief Michael Marshall, Virginia Military Institute Police Department
The Honorable Jennifer L. McClellan, House of Delegates
Hope Merrick, Prevention Services Manager for the Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services
Julie Molloy, Chair of Criminal Justice Department at Virginia Union University
*Kirsten Nelson, Communications and Government Relations Director, State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
Nancy Oglesby, Deputy CWA for Goochland County
Helen E. Phillips, Partner with McGlothlin and Phillips, PLLC
Dr. Virginia Powell, Child Fatality Review Coordinator & Policy Analyst - Office of the Chief Medical Examiner
Kathy D. Robertson, Associate Director for Housing at Virginia Department of Housing & Community Development
Margaret Ross Schultze, Deputy Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services
Chief David Sloggie, City of Williamsburg Police Department
Major Robert Tavenner, Deputy Director of Bureau of Administration at Virginia State Police
The Honorable Patricia S. Ticer, Senate of Virginia
*Rosemary Trible, Citizen
The Honorable Jill Holtzman Vogel, Senate of Virginia
Susan C. Ward, General Counsel & Vice President of the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association
Mary Vail Ware, Director of Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund
Kristi VanAudenhove, Co-Director of the VA Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance
Susheela Varky, Staff Attorney for Domestic & Sexual Violence for the Virginia Poverty Law Center
Corie Tillman Wolf, Assistant Attorney General
*These members were recently added, pursuant to Executive Order #25, at the discretion of the Secretary of Public Safety.
