Victoria Ybanez

Victoria Ybanez

Ms. Ybanez (Navajo, Apache and Mexican) has been working to end violence against American Indian/Alaskan Native women for 30 years. She developed and is the Executive Director of Red Wind Consulting, Inc. (2005-present) coordinating and providing Tribal Technical Assistance for recipients of the Tribal Governments Program for the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Current projects include the development and implementation of Tribal specific shelter and transitional housing programs and assisting tribal programs in development and program delivery, addressing children impacted by violence against Indian women and teen dating violence. Ms. Ybanez developed Red Wind’s National Tribal Advocate Center providing 40-hour Domestic Violence Training Institutes and 40-hour Sexual Assault Training Institutes. She developed the curriculum for each training and serves as lead faculty. In addition, through Red Wind, Victoria works extensively in the provision of Sexual Assault Response Team training, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training and she has been developing a National Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Protocol for Indian Country for the U.S. Department of Justice. She works across multiple additional OVW grant programs such as the Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization, Grants to Encourage Arrest and Enforcement of Protection Orders, Legal Assistance to Victims, Campus Program, and Abuse in Later Life Program.

Cinnamon Ronneng

Co-Presenter

Ms. Ronneng has been working with Red Wind since 2008 and is Haseya’s Program Coordinator. She is Dakota and has 14 years experience working as a sexual assault crisis advocate and developing sexual assault responses for Tribes. She assisted with the development of the Haseya (She Rises) program, provides direct services, women’s education groups and conducts community outreach and education. She serves as faculty for the Red Wind’s National Tribal Advocate Center providing 40-hour Domestic Violence training and 40-hour Sexual Assault training. In addition, Ms. Ronneng is developing Sisters of the Circle Tribal Coalition serving Colorado, Wyoming and eastern Utah. Through Red Wind she also served as the Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative Program Coordinator providing national Technical Assistance for the Indian Health Service, working with 65 tribes developing a range of one-to-one technical assistance, onsite training, regional Sexual Assault Response Team Training and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner training. She also participated in the development of the National Tribal Medical Forensic Examination Protocol working with Red Wind.