2020 Presenters

Angie Lorena Alvarado Caro

Angie Lorena Alvarado Caro nació y creció en el complejo y mágico país de Colombia. Es magíster en Psicoterapia Contemplativa y Psicología Budista de Naropa University. ...
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Monica Bies

Monica Bies is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20+ years of experience working in Boston, MA and now Denver, CO in partnership with public school systems. In her role ...
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Giugi Carminati

Maria-Vittoria "Giugi" Carminati is a trauma-informed attorney, a women's advocate, and a registered psychotherapist. She founded The Woman's Lawyer, a trauma-informed law firm focused on ...
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Nanette Chezum

A survivor of a verbally and psychologically abusive relationship with a law enforcement officer, Nanette’s passion is educating the public about intimate partner abuse via her personal story. Additionally, ...
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Marnie Christensen

Marnie Christensen spent 27 years as a police officer with Fort Collins Police. During this time she was appointed to Colorado's Domestic Violence Offender Management Board and became a ...
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Sarah Dobson

Sarah Dobson is a peace educator who has been working with youth and adults in the US and Central America for the past 12 years. She earned her B.A. ...
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Nikki Hernandez

Nikki Hernandez has been working with the Colorado ACP since January 2017. She began as the New Participant Liaison and is now the Outreach Coordinator. In her current position, Nikki ...
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Kazi Houston, MSW, JD

Kazi Houston, MSW, JD, is the Legal Director at Rocky Mountain Victim Law Center (RMvlc) in Denver, Colorado. Kazi obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Seattle University in ...
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Cato Kraft

Cato Kraft is the Program Director of Estes Valley Crisis Advocates (EVCA) in Estes Park, Colorado. Cato has dedicated her professional career to being a fierce advocate for creating community-...
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Russell Lengel

Lisa Cesario joined the SungateKids team in 2006, and brings with her a wealth of experience and knowledge. Lisa has experience working with children who have been victims of neglect, ...
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Maria Mendez

Maria joined CCASA in September 2018 and has been in the gender-based violence prevention field since 2011. Prior to CCASA, she worked at Colorado College as the Sexual Assault ...
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Agueda Morgan

Anne has previously presented- and has another proposal - please see that bio....
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Veronica Quinonez

Veronica holds a Masters of Arts degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and a Bachelors in Psychology and International Relations from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is currently working as ...
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Raana Simmons

Raana joined CCASA in 2015 as the Director of Policy, bringing with her the collective experience of a prevention educator, community organizer, awareness campaign director, and advocate in the field ...
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Russ Strand

Senior Special Agent (Retired) Russell W. Strand, is the owner of Russell Strand Consulting LLC. He provides consultation, systems auditing, training, education and assistance to agencies and service providers around ...
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Anne Tapp

Anne Tapp, SPAN Executive Director, has a 30-year history of working in social justice and anti-violence movements as an advocate, trainer, organizer, leader and administrator. She has served ...
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Anna Wendt

Zoa P. Schescke, MPA (she/her/hers) has worked with young people involved in public systems of care for over 14 years. As an advocate for young people within these ...
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