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Alyssa Dandrea

Community relations SPECIALIST

Alyssa Dandrea is the Community Relations Specialist for NHCADSV. Alyssa assists with the development and implementation of the Coalition’s public communications and fundraising initiatives. In her role, she works to amplify the voices of survivors and broaden the impact of the Coalition and its 12 member programs.
 
Alyssa earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from Franklin Pierce University in 2011 and, upon graduating, joined the reporting staff of the Monadnock Ledger-Transcript, a bi-weekly newspaper. In more recent years, Alyssa worked as a courts reporter for the Keene Sentinel and then the Concord Monitor, where she focused extensively on victims’ rights initiatives and legislation, and the stories of crime victims and their families in New Hampshire.
 
The New England Newspaper and Press Association honored Alyssa’s reporting of a five-part series on sexual violence in 2017 with a Publick Occurrences award, which identifies New England’s most outstanding journalism among newspapers of all sizes. She received a second Publick Occurrences in 2019 for her four-part series on domestic violence, which, through the telling of personal stories, delved into public policy, prevention education, and the experiences of survivors in the criminal justice system.

Alyssa routinely consults with reporters and editors on responsibly covering these difficult stories and is available to provide that guidance to other interested media outlets.
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Alyssa LaFoe

executive specialist

Alyssa LaFoe is the Executive Specialist for NHCADSV. Alyssa assists with providing an advanced level of administrative oversight and coordination of daily operations of the Coalition office to ensure effective management of the organization in conjunction with the Executive Director.
 
Alyssa earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology with a concentration in mental health from Southern New Hampshire University in 2015, and upon graduating, went on to earn her master’s degree in Organizational Leadership with a graduate certificate in Human Resources from Southern New Hampshire University in 2018.
 
Alyssa has previously volunteered at Caring Unlimited, a domestic violence shelter in Sanford, ME where she worked directly with survivors and children impacted by violence. She organized fundraisers, assisted directly in the emergency shelter, and provided support to the children.
 
In her free time, she enjoys hiking with her two dogs and spending time with her family and friends.
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Amanda Grady Sexton

director of public affairs

​​Amanda Grady Sexton is the Director of Public Affairs for NHCADSV.  In this role, she leads the organization's strategic communications, government relations, and stewardship programs.

Amanda works with crime victims and their families to advance the legal rights of victims on the local, state, and federal levels. She has worked to pass dozens of laws in the State of New Hampshire including the first statutes to criminalize the acts of domestic violence and human trafficking, and the first state law establishing specific protections for college students. Most recently, Amanda helped to fully eliminate the civil statute of limitations in sexual assault cases. Amanda also advises NH’s Congressional delegation on federal policy and law and was instrumental in assisting Congress with the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2012, and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen’s landmark Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016, which created the first federally codified rights specifically for sexual assault survivors
 
Amanda also specializes in media relations, and has worked with some of the nation's top public relations professionals, publishing companies, and filmmakers to help crime victims and their families share their stories in an effort to educate the public and to advance societal change. She provides national training and technical assistance to prosecutors, civil attorneys, law enforcement officials, and victim advocates on crisis communications, message development, and effective strategies for working with the media.

​In 2016, Politico named Amanda one of “the most plugged-in activists and elected officials” in NH, and the Boston Globe called her one of NH’s “most desirable endorsements for candidates seeking the Presidency.” In 2009, Amanda was named one of the New Hampshire Union Leader's “40 Under Forty.” Amanda also received the NH Governor's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence's top honor, the "Honorable William B. Paine II Award”, and was the recipient of the NH Attorney General’s “Sandra Matheson Award for Exemplary Commitment to Victims of Crime.” In 2016, Amanda and a team working to protect NH’s Rape Shield law received the “National Crime Victim Law Institute’s Victims’ Rights Partnership Award”, which recognizes the collaborative efforts of individuals that have devoted their time to advancing crime victims’ rights. In 2020 Amanda was honored by the Concord Regional VNA with their “Kay Sidway Award.” Amanda has been appointed to serve on state commissions and oversight committees by Governors Shaheen, Benson, Lynch, Hassan, and Sununu.

In addition to her work at the Coalition, Amanda is serving as a 4th term City Councilor in Concord, NH where she lives with her husband and their two children.         

Cassi haberler

Program director

Cassi Haberler is a Program Director at the Coalition. She has a Masters Degree in Clinical Counseling Psychology from Ohio University and is a professional counselor. She has worked as a victim and survivor advocate for the last 15 years. Cassi began by providing individual and group therapy at SafeHouse Denver, an emergency shelter and counseling program for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, eventually becoming the Shelter Program Director. In 2012, she moved to Georgia and became a Program Director at LiveSafe Resources, a domestic violence and sexual assault center in Atlanta. She worked with emergency shelter, transitional housing, clinical counseling, and children’s programming for the center. She then began working for the state at the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council in the Victim Assistance Division, providing training and technical assistance across the state to domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and child abuse agencies. She has extensive experience with victim services best practices, trauma-informed care, developing policies and procedures, and trainings. After providing victim and survivor services in two states, Cassi moved to New Hampshire and is excited to be a part of the community here.

Christine LaCourse

office manager
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​Christine LaCourse is the Coalition’s Office Manager. In this role, she is responsible for coordinating the daily operations of the office including receptionist and clerical support to Coalition staff, ensuring operations of all office systems, and recruiting and overseeing volunteers and interns. 
 
Christine has been with the Coalition since 2012, and brings years of administrative support experience from both the corporate and higher education sectors.  Before joining the Coalition, Christine served as an Administrator in the Office of Academic Affairs at a local community college where she oversaw student grade appeals and dismissals, and coordinated and maintained the scheduling of courses and course syllabi for hundreds of adjunct and full-time professors. Prior to her work in higher education, Christine worked at a prestigious accounting firm where she prepared materials for personal and business tax returns and audits.  Christine majored in Sociology at the University of New Hampshire, graduating cum laude in 2005.
 
She has lived in NH nearly her entire life and currently resides in Goffstown with her husband and two dogs.
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Emily Provencher

prevention coordinator

Emily is the Prevention Coordinator at the Coalition. In this role, she leads the Coalition's statewide domestic and sexual violence prevention initiatives, and is responsible for implementation of the Rape Prevention and Education Grant (RPE). 
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​Emily graduated from Saint Anselm College in 2020 with her Bachelor of Arts in Politics and Communication. In her time at Saint Anselm College, she worked at the Meelia Center for Community Engagement as a Community Partnership Coordinator and Student Management Staff. After graduating, Emily continued her engagement with the Meelia Center serving as their AmeriCorps VISTA member where her focus was the development and implementation of a Virtual Tutoring Collaborative in partnership with the Manchester School District. She provided training, support, and supervision to college student staff members and volunteers engaging in the program, in addition to building partnerships with and providing support to staff at ten Manchester area schools, and the Manchester Housing Authority to ensure program outreach and tutoring support to students living in public housing.
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Janet Carroll, RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P

sexual assault nurse examiner (sane) program coordinator

Janet Carroll, RN, CEN, SANE-A, SANE-P, is the Coalition’s Co-Coordinator of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program. In this role, she coordinates the NH Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program in conjunction with the SANE Advisory Board. 
 
Janet has been a nurse for 18 years. Since becoming a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner in 2005, Janet has conducted hundreds of sexual assault evaluations in New Hampshire and Vermont hospitals. She is also Board certified in Emergency Nursing (CEN) and as a Adolescent/Adult Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE-A). In addition to her role as the Clinical Coordinator for the NH SANE Program, she has also served as the Clinical Coordinator of the Sexual Assault and Forensic Nurse Examiner Program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center since 2008. 

She has worked with a variety of medical systems to improve their response to survivors of sexual violence. Janet received the Jennifer Pierce-Weeks Award of Excellence in 2012 for her work as a SANE in the State of NH. Janet is also the recipient of the Hands of Hope Award for her work as a SANE in treating children that have experienced abuse. Janet has provided expert witness testimony during court proceedings and has also been published in the Journal of Forensic Nursing.  
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Joan Madore

bookkeeper & data specialist

Joan Madore is the Coalition’s Bookkeeper and Data Specialist. In this role, she performs bookkeeping functions, maintains financial and data records in line with the Coalition’s mission and vision, and works with the Coalition’s Administrative team. 
 
Joan has been with the Coalition for over 16 years in her role as Bookkeeper and Data Specialist.  Prior to working at the Coalition, she worked in the health care field.  Joan provides critical technical assistance to the member program crisis centers on both financial and database issues. 
 
In her free time she enjoys time with her family along with her poodles.
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jOI SMITH

PROGRAM director

Joi is a Program Director at the Coalition. She began this work as an activist through V-Day: A Global Activist Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls Worldwide. Joi organized, produced and directed several V-Day & One Billion Rising events throughout the NH Seacoast benefitting A Safe Place and Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS). Working so closely with these organizations inspired Joi to join SASS as a volunteer advocate and she was then brought on to serve as their Client Services Coordinator, and eventually as the Client Services Manager of HAVEN when A Safe Place and SASS merged in 2015. In addition to supporting survivors through her work as an advocate for almost a decade, Joi has also been an active member of several county and statewide committees dedicated to providing guidance, trainings and technical support for all of the disciplines working in this field in order to strengthen collaboration and to provide consistent, compassionate and comprehensive support and services to all victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
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Kathleen Mcdonald

data projects coordinator

Kathleen coordinates statewide leadership, advocacy, training, technical assistance, and reporting aspects of the victim services, and education and outreach data collection systems. Kathleen’s work to ensure quality data collection provides the Coalition, member programs, and statewide agencies with a better understanding of victims’ needs, and helps to determine the allocation of resources. 
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Kristen barnett

training & resources specialist

Kristen Barnett is the Training & Resources Specialist at the Coalition. She provides statewide trainings, resources, technical assistance, and support for our state's crisis centers and allied professionals. Kristen attended Boston University where she served as the Social Media Chair for 16,000 Strong, the university’s student government committee against campus sexual assault. As a chairperson, Kristen planned fundraisers for local sexual assault response agencies, advocated for improvement of the university’s Title IX policies, and helped develop and present prevention workshops for different campus organizations. Kristen went on to attend law school at Northeastern University. During her time at Northeastern, Kristen served as a student attorney for three semesters for the university’s Domestic Violence Institute, securing restraining orders for survivors of intimate partner violence in the Greater-Boston area. Kristen expanded her work and interned at the New York City Administration for Children’s Services Legal Department, the American Bar Association Center on Children and the Law, and clerked at the Hillsborough North Superior Court in Manchester, New Hampshire.
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Lindsey franck

avap manager

Lindsey Franck is the AVAP Manager. She is responsible for day-to-day management of the AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program while supporting the AVAP members and the member program’s host sites. Lindsey received her degree in psychology from Indiana University. She started her journey in 2019 as a volunteer advocate at New Hampshire's Seacoast-based crisis center, HAVEN, which ignited her passion for this work. She became a fulltime employee at HAVEN in 2020, starting in the outreach department and then quickly moving to direct client services. Her responsibilities included housing clients, in addition to supporting Housing First and Rapid Re-Housing clients as they searched for safe, affordable, and sustainable housing.

During her free time, Lindsey enjoys being with her family, playing board games, traveling, and hiking.
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Lyn Schollett, J.D.

executive director

Lyn Schollett is the Coalition’s Executive Director. In this role, she collaborates with member programs to advance trauma-informed services for victims, fosters statewide collaborations to advance the interests of victims and crisis centers, and is a strategic leader in public messaging and awareness regarding victims’ rights and experiences.
 
Lyn began this work as one of only two sexual assault coalition attorneys in the country.  Prior to working at the NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, Lyn served as the General Counsel for the Illinois Coalition Against Sexual Assault for over 16 years, where she played a key leadership role in the drafting, passage and implementation of numerous laws impacting rape victims, including the first stand-alone protective order for rape victims in the country and a civil cause of action for gender-based violence. Lyn was honored for her groundbreaking advocacy with the Outstanding Legal Achievement to Victims of Crime Award from the National Crime Victim Law Institute.
 
Lyn recently completed a six-year term on Planned Parenthood Federation of America board of directors, where she spearheaded adoption of core medical service standards for all Planned Parenthood affiliates.  Prior to joining the violence against women field, Lyn was in private practice in Chicago, and clerked for the Honorable Harold A. Baker in the U.S. District Court in the Central District of Illinois. 
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Lyn loves New England and has discovered the joys of splitting wood and using a roof rake!
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MEG Chant

Human trafficking Project specialist

Meg Chant is the Human Trafficking Project Specialist for NHCADSV. In this role, she drives the mission of the NH Human Trafficking Collaborative Task Force.
 
Meg has a bachelor’s degree in Politics and French from Bates College, and a master’s degree in Law from the University of Bristol (UK). As a student, Meg volunteered as a caseworker with the British Red Cross’s International Tracing and Message Service, working with refugees and asylum seekers to establish contact between separated family members.
 
Meg then went on to work with an educational consultancy based in Southwest England. She provided comprehensive program coordination and management for several training and development programs for educators, while promoting the organization’s mission to raise the standards across the country for educators and caregivers in settings from the early years through secondary school.
 
Prior to joining the Coalition, Meg served as a criminal justice system advocate with the AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program (AVAP). In this role, Meg supported victims of felonies during the offenders’ incarceration/supervision, focusing in particular on the parole process.
 
Meg enjoys cooking, hiking, and spending her free time with her husband and their two children.
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Meghan Jenks

Programs Coordinator

Meghan Jenks is the Programs Coordinator at NHCADSV. She handles the administrative and organizational duties for the SANE team and assists other staff with implementation of projects as needed.

Meghan graduated summa cum laude from Keene State College with a degree in Women’s and Gender Studies and Communications. She was president of the college’s Feminist Collective and won the 2016 Ann Britt Waling Women’s Studies Recognition Award for excellence in academics and community activism. While Meghan is passionate about the Coalition’s mission in its entirety, her particular areas of interest are sex education and women’s access to healthcare.
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Pamela English

administrative & finance director

Pam English is the Coalition’s Administrative Director. In this role, she is responsible for the financial management of the Coalition, including budgeting, financial statement preparation, and policy development.
 
Pam has more than twenty years of experience in the areas of non-profit administration, finance and human resources.  Pam has worked for the Coalition since 1993 and has been in her current role as the Administrative and Finance Director since 2006. Pam works in collaboration with the Coalition’s national partners to provide technical assistance on implementation of new data or financial systems. Additionally, the National Network to End Domestic Violence contracted with Pam in 2015 to create and present two national webinars on financial management and oversight for Coalition financial staff, and for Board of Directors.
 
Pam has written many grants and annually manages between 11 and 15 federal, state, and private grants or contracts. Pam has experience in NH employment law, regulations and rules. She has working knowledge of federal and state grant compliance requirements, including specific knowledge of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) code of federal regulations that govern cost principles for non-profits.  Pamela manages the collection and reporting for two of the Coalition's statewide databases.
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PAMELA kEILIG

pUBLIC POLICY SPECIALIST

​Pamela Keilig is the Public Policy Specialist for NHCADSV. She is responsible for supporting the development and implementation of public policy and legislative initiatives of the Coalition.
 
Pamela earned her bachelor’s degree in International Studies, History and German from Susquehanna University, and later received her Master’s in Intercultural, Service, Leadership and Management from SIT Graduate Institute. She served as a Youth Development Peace Corps Volunteer in Eswatini, advocating for equal access to education for deaf youth, in addition to coordinating a national girls leadership and empowerment program. During her time there she organized several awareness campaigns and community initiatives to address gender-based violence, promote reproductive health, and encourage positive self-esteem among youth.  
 
After returning to the United States, Pamela served as a Research Assistant at Population Council, supporting three implementation science studies examining health behavior and relationships between male partners of adolescent girls and young women in Uganda, Eswatini and South Africa.
 
Pamela has also served as a victim advocate with the Monadnock Center for Violence Prevention supporting the crisis hotline for Cheshire County. 
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rachel duffy 

HOUSING AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE manager​

Rachel, a former Americorps Victim Assistance Program (AVAP) alumni and Granite State College graduate, has spent the last eight years working to support survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, and human trafficking. Her journey began through her service at AVAP, where she served as an advocate at Bridges: Domestic and Sexual Violence Support crisis center in Nashua New Hampshire. Rachel later went on to work at Bridges’ Confidential Emergency Shelter as their Shelter Manager, and then as their Transitional Housing Advocate where she oversaw three federally funded housing programs and supported survivors in securing and maintaining housing and economic safety.

​In her spare time Rachel loves to hike, kayak, and camp with her Boston Terrier, Otis. 
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Sarah Seeley

Public Affairs coordinator

Sarah Seeley is the Public Affairs Coordinator for NHCADSV. She provides support and coordination to the Public Affairs Department, which includes public policy, communications and development. 

Sarah graduated Magna Cum Laude from Connecticut College and received her bachelor’s degree in Economics and Gender Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies. While she was there, she participated in the Women’s Empowerment Initiative and worked closely with other passionate activists to fundraise for the New London (CT) crisis center, Safe Futures. In 2021, Sarah lived in Copenhagen, Denmark as part of her study abroad experience in college. While there, she collaborated with The Nest International, an independent institution combating human trafficking and providing basic healthcare to survivors. Sarah also led a Red Umbrella Campaign to raise awareness about anti-violence in the sex trade and specifically LGBTQ+ rights.
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