CLICK HEREFOR QUICK ESCAPE

This page will redirect
to Google.

board of directors

Lindsay Nadeau, Chairperson

Lindsay Nadeau is an attorney at the law firm Orr & Reno, P.A. in Concord, New Hampshire where she practices civil litigation.  While earning a B.A. from the University of New Hampshire, she received the Governor John G. Winant Fellowship from UNH's Carsey Institute which allowed her to intern at the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence.  She has continued to stay involved with the Coalition ever since.  Lindsay served under New Hampshire Governor John H. Lynch for four years before earning a J.D. from the University of New Hampshire School of Law where she participated in the distinguished Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program.  Lindsay also serves on the Board of Directors of the New Hampshire Women’s Bar Association.

Amy Vorenberg, vice chair​

A professor at UNH School of Law and a member of UNH Prevention Innovations, Amy was the founding director of the school's Criminal Practice Clinic and currently directs the Legal Writing Program. She began her legal career in New York as a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney. Later she worked as an Assistant Attorney General in New Hampshire before moving to the NH Public Defender's office in 1993. She served for ten years on the New Hampshire Adult Parole Board. Professor Vorenberg's teaching and research areas include Campus Sexual Assault, Legal Analysis and Writing, and Criminal Law. Professor Vorenberg has written editorials and spoken out on campus sexual assault, providing her perspective as both a rape victim and someone with first-hand knowledge of the criminal justice system.

Suzanne Carmichael, clerk

Suzanne is a long time member of the GFWC Concord Contemporary Club, has served as Chairman General Federation of Women's Clubs NH Signature Project, and as member of the Nominating Committee. She has a M. Ed. and teaches English and Women's Studies and is the Mentor Coordinator at John Stark Regional High School. Suzanne's Coalition work began as a member of the Governor's Commission to study Sexual Abuse Prevention Education. She continues her work in Prevention Education as a member of the SVPAC/SB460 Task Force. ​

Susan Nooney, Treasurer

​Susan Nooney, CPA has provided tax, consulting and financial statement services to a diverse group of nonprofit organizations for over twenty years. During this time, she gained significant experience in internal control design, grant compliance, donor restrictions, and federal funds auditing. Susan is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Southern New Hampshire University and is licensed by the New Hampshire State Board of Accountancy and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and The New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants. Before joining the board of directors, Susan served on the finance committees for both the Concord Red River Theatre, and the Coalition. ​

Kathy Beebe

Kathy Beebe, MS has been a leader in the field of sexual and domestic violence for the past 28 years. She served as the Executive Director at Sexual Assault Support Services (SASS) and in 2014 also became Executive Director of A Safe Place as the two agencies entered into a merger process. On July 1, 2015, SASS and A Safe Place merged into HAVEN where Kathy currently serves as the Executive Director.  Kathy has a Masters of Science in Nonprofit Management and Leadership and has served on the Board of Directors of the NH Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Strafford County Family Justice Center and Leadership Seacoast, and was appointed by former Governor Lynch to the NH Judicial Selection Commission where she served for three terms.

David Bellman

David Bellman has been President and CEO of Bellman Jewelers since its founding in 1981.  Bellman’s is a full-service retail jewelry operation located in Manchester, NH and has been voted NH’s Best Jewelry numerous times.  David has served on multiple boards including New Hampshire Retail Association, The Mary and John Elliot Foundation, and St. Mary’s Bank where he serves as Vice Chairman.  He is also the inventor of the AquaSonic Wave, a revolutionary in home jewelry cleaning system, and a graduate of Southern New Hampshire University.

Krista Dupre

Krista Dupre joined Nathan Wechsler & Co. in 2012 and specializes in individual and business taxation and trust and estates. Krista is a member of the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountant’s Young Professionals Committee, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountants.  She also serves on the board of directors for the Animal Rescue League of New Hampshire. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting/Finance from Southern New Hampshire University, is a 2012 graduate of the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public Accountant’s Young Professional Leadership Program, and graduated from the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits’ inaugural Hoffman-Haas Fellowship in 2013.  Krista loves spending time with her husband, daughter, and dog.  She also enjoys relaxing at the beach, kayaking, and visiting family in northern Vermont, where she is from.

Maryann Evers

Maryann Evers LICSW is currently the Director of Early Childhood Services at Child and Family Services of NH. Child and Family Services of NH is one of the largest nonprofits in the state and has been serving needy families and children for well over 150 years. Maryann joined CFS in 2016 having worked for many years in Massachusetts. Originally from NH, she and her family moved to the Concord area in 2014. While in Massachusetts, Maryann worked as a clinician, consultant and program director with outpatient and inpatient mental health, and child welfare. In 2014 Maryann received a post Master’s credential in Early Childhood Mental Health and is currently credentialed in NH as a Reflective Practice Consultant. Maryann also serves on the NH Association of Infant Mental Health Board as Secretary.

brian harlow

Brian Harlow spends his time as an advocate for those in need. In 2011, Brian was selected to serve on the planning committee to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Boston Globe's Spotlight series exposing the cover-up of Catholic clergy sex abuse in the Boston diocese. In 2012, Brian began serving as co-leader of NH SNAP, Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. Brian has been an active member of Team Rubicon since 2013, which is a veteran organization aiding in disaster recovery and service projects in the community. These missions have propelled his service into other organizations such as Homes For Heroes, The Mission Continues, and NuDay Syria, which helps displaced Syrian women and children overseas. Brian has recently moved to Concord, NH to advocate for those in his home state affected by sexual or domestic violence, and stalking. Brian has testified and spoken in favor of funding for the thirteen crisis centers of New Hampshire as well as those impacted by the opioid crisis.  In his spare time Brian enjoys spending time with his many nephews and nieces, hiking, and playing hurling.

Chelsea LaCasse

Chelsea LaCasse is a pharmacist at CVS pharmacy in Concord.  She earned her B.S. in chemistry from the University of Vermont and her Doctorate in Pharmacy from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.  In graduate school she co-founded Student Pharmacist Against Prescription Drug Abuse which engaged in outreach aimed at promoting medication safety awareness.  Community pharmacy is the most accessible of healthcare professionals, and it is in this capacity that she is able to work directly with many vulnerable populations  She brings that perspective to the coalition along with the desire to affect positive change in her community.

Deb mozden

Deb Mozden is the Executive Director of Turning Points Network, a member program of the Coalition, which is located in Sullivan County. Deb has been the director of TPN for more than 30 years. She has been an active member of the NHCADSV Participating Membership Council, has participated on various committees of the Coalition, and has been active in Sullivan County. Her community involvement includes collaborating on numerous local initiatives and boards, including the Greater Claremont Chamber of Commerce, and the Sullivan County Oral Health Community Collaborative.  

coalition staff

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 strengthen NH’s domestic and sexual violence statutes, to extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault victims, and to pass laws to criminalize human trafficking and to designate non-fatal strangulation as a felony. Amanda advises NH’s Congressional delegation and was instrumental in assisting Congress with the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act. 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" Award recipients, an honor which recognizes the state’s brightest young achievers who have a record of professional and volunteer excellence. Amanda also received the NH Governor's Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence's top honor, the "Honorable William B. Paine II Award.” Amanda is also the recipient of the NH Attorney General’s 2017 Sandra Matheson Award for Exemplary Commitment to Victims of Crime, which recognizes an individual or agency that embodies commitment, collaboration, and leadership to improve the rights and services for victims of crime in NH. In 2016, thanks largely to Amanda’s work to advance NH’s Rape Shield Law, NHCADSV 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. Amanda has been appointed to serve on state commissions and oversight committees by Governors Shaheen, Benson, Lynch, and Hassan.

In addition to her work at the Coalition, Amanda is serving as a 3rd term City Councilor in Concord, NH where she lives with her husband and their two children.             

Caitlin Finn

Program and Trainings Coordinator

Caitlyn Finn is the Coalition's Training and Programs Coordinator. Caitlyn administers the Family Violence Prevention Specialist Program, and coordinates special projects for the Coalition. She works as a liaison with various systems in NH while supporting the 13 member agencies.

Prior to joining the Coalition she worked at HAVEN as their family violence prevention specialist. She also served at HAVEN as an AVAP member and as a volunteer. 

​Caitlyn has a Bachelor of Science in mental health psychology and will be graduating with a master's degree in public health in May of 2020.

Christine LaCourse

office coordinator
​
​Christine LaCourse is the Coalition’s Office Coordinator. 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 the Office Coordinator at 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. 

elena coleman

Housing and economic Justice Specialist

​Elena Coleman is the Coalition’s Housing and Economic Justice Specialist. Elena manages the implementation and coordination of the Coalition’s statewide housing and economic justice initiatives, enhancing member program and community capacity to provide housing and economic justice sup-ports to survivors of domestic violence, sexual violence, stalking and human trafficking throughout the state of New Hampshire
 
Elena's background is in applied mathematics research and outdoor and international experiential education.  In 2015, she moved to New Hampshire to join the Coalition's AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program (AVAP), where she served as an advocate at New Beginnings, the domestic and sexual violence crisis center in Laconia, NH.  In addition to her advocacy work, Elena has served as a Mentor and Outdoor Leadership Program Leader at the Appalachian Mountain Teen Project. 

Elena graduated cum laude from Smith College with degrees in Mathematics and Portuguese and Brazilian Studies. She speaks both Spanish and Portuguese. 

Elena also works as a Wilderness First Responder and rock climbing and whitewater kayaking instructor.  In her free time, she can be found climbing rocks, hiking mountains, paddling rivers, or sitting by a campfire.

Janet Carroll, RN, CEN, SANE-A

sexual assault nurse examiner (sane) program coordinator

Janet Carroll, RN, CEN, SANE-A 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. 
      

Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, SANE-P, SANE-A

sexual assault nurse examiner (sane) program coordinator

Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, SANE-P, SANE-A 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. 
 
Jennifer comes to the Coalition with 30 years of nursing experience, with a focus on forensic nursing since 1995. She presents nationally on a variety of forensic nursing-related topics, including sexual assault and abuse, intimate partner violence, strangulation, child maltreatment, and program management and sustainability.

Jennifer's work at a national level includes being Interim CEO and Past-President of the International Association of Forensic Nurses where she served on the Board from 2006-2010. Additionally, Jennifer has served as a consultant for the Southwest Center for Law and Policy’s SAFESTAR Project, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's SANE Sustainability Project.  In addition, Jennifer has written, edited, and reviewed state-specific protocols and customized protocols for hospitals, Sexual Assault Response Teams, and tribal communities. Jennifer was a contributing author for the most recent edition of the Atlas of Sexual Violence, a co-author of USAID's Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence and Exploitation, Technical Considerations for PEPFAR Programs. Jennifer has also contributed to Forensic Health Online, has been published in the Journal of Forensic Nursing, as well as the Journal of Emergency Nursing, has edited the STM Learning text Violence Against Women, and co-authored the chapter on strangulation in the living patient.

Jennifer tveter

prevention coordinator

Jennifer Tveter is the Coalition’s Prevention Coordinator. In this role, she coordinates the NH Rape Prevention Education project, supports the crisis center prevention efforts and co-chairs the NH Sexual Violence Prevention Advisory Committee (SVPAC). Through her work with SVPAC, Jennifer builds partnerships with stakeholders to provide statewide trainings to school staff on mandated reporting and sexual violence prevention. Currently, the SVPAC is devising a Sexual Violence prevention plan for the Granite state.
​
Prior to joining the Coalition Jennifer has been greatly involved in the national anti-domestic violence movement and has worked in various roles including at local crisis & prevention centers, domestic violence shelters and law offices which represent domestic violence victims in matrimonial and custody cases. 

Joan Madore

bookkeeper and 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.

jOI SMITH

PROGRAM director

Joi 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.

karin ashton

Community relations SPECIALIST

​Karin Ashton is the Coalition's Community Relations Specialist. Karin 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 13 member programs. 

In 2017 Karin was part of a team that received the The National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims’ Rights Partnership Award in recognition of their collaborative efforts to advance victims rights, and ensure the privacy rights for victims of sexual assault. 

​Formerly Karin was a volunteer coordinator and victim advocate at the Crisis Center of Central New Hampshire, and prior to that she served as an advocate in the AmeriCorps Victim Assistance Program. Karin has also worked in the healthcare field as a reproductive health educator and counselor. 

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. 

LAuren Batchelder

​Public Affairs Coordinator

Lauren Batchelder is the Public Affairs Coordinator for NHCADSV.  In this role, she provides support and coordination to the Public Affairs Department, which includes public policy, communications, and development.
 
Lauren graduated from Saint Anselm College with an Honors Bachelors of Arts Degree in History and a Minor in Gender Studies. In June 2016 Lauren was chosen as a White House United State of Women Change-Maker and attended the first-ever White House Gender Equality Conference. In 2017 she moved to Norway to learn about sex trafficking in progressive countries. Additionally, Lauren attended the University of Oslo Faculty of Law where she exclusively studied The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
 
Lauren is also an Ambassador for the Music in Me Foundation which focuses on ending bullying in America´s schools. ​

Linda Douglas, M.S.Ed.

trauma specialist

Linda Douglas is the Trauma Informed Services Specialist at the Coalition. In this role, she works to enhance the capacity of member programs of the Coalition, and local communities, to address the effects of trauma and the complex needs of victims with mental health and substance abuse problems.  In addition to providing training and consultation to domestic violence programs, Linda has also provided training to DCYF and the Department of Homeless Services. 
 
She has her M.S.Ed. in Counseling from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and has worked in the area of substance abuse and domestic violence since the mid-1990s when she coordinated the implementation of the Women in Recovery program for the YWCA of South Hampton Roads.  This program was one of the first domestic violence programs in the country that provided services to battered women who self- medicated with alcohol and other drugs.  Ms. Douglas also provided training and consultation regarding the connection between substance abuse and domestic violence to other domestic violence programs in Virginia before moving to New Hampshire in 2005.
 
Ms. Douglas is also trained in presenting the curriculum Children Exposed to Domestic Violence.  She is an experienced and much sought after presenter who speaks often on the topics of children and trauma, resiliency and attachment, substance abuse and trauma, and mental health issues and the effects of trauma. 
​
In addition to Op Eds in both the Concord Monitor and the NH Union Leader, Linda has authored a chapter in the book Perspectives on Coping and Resilience (2013) edited by Venkat Pulla,  Andrew Shatte,  and Shane Warren.  The chapter is titled “Resiliency and Recovery from Intimate Partner Violence.” Her blog, which covers topics regarding the effects of trauma and other issues related to advocacy and interpersonal violence can be found at here.
 
In 2016 she received the La Femme award the Zonta Club of Concord, NH Inc.,a part of ZONTA INTERNATIONAL, a leading global organization of professionals empowering women worldwide through service and advocacy.  This award is given to persons who have worked to improve the lives of women and girls in New Hampshire. Most recently, Linda provided expert witness testimony on a case which was the impetus for SB 166, relative to termination of the parent-child relationship in cases of sexual assault.

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. 
​
Lyn loves New England and has discovered the joys of splitting wood and using a roof rake!

Meghan Jenks

sexual assault nurse examiner (Sane) program assistant

Meghan Jenks is the Coalition’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program Assistant. In this role, she handles the administrative and organizational duties for the SANE team.
 
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.

Pamela English

administrative and 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.

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. 

​Rebecca Ayling

Project DIRECTOR, NH Human Trafficking Collaborative Task Force

Rebecca Ayling is the Project Director for the New Hampshire Human Trafficking Collaborative Task Force which strives to improve the identification and the support of victims, work with law enforcement to increase investigations and prosecutions of this crime, improve New Hampshire’s ability to understand human trafficking and come together to combat both sex and labor trafficking across the state.

Rebecca is a social worker who received her master’s degree at the University of New Hampshire, Durham. She began her formal career in 2008 with New Hampshire’s Division of Children, Youth and Families and then England’s Children’s Services programs. In 2015 Rebecca began to work in counter trafficking internationally, driven to help victims because of an internship in India she experienced a decade prior. In 2017 Rebecca returned to the United States and began working with Child and Family Services of New Hampshire as a part of their new Human Trafficking Victim Services Program. 

As Project Director of the Task Force, Rebecca acts as the facilitator, strategist, and lead collaborator between the Task Force partners which include child welfare agencies, law enforcement, and social services organizations. The mission of the Task Force: to develop and implement a multidisciplinary response to human trafficking in New Hampshire that is coordinated and collaborative, victim-centered and trauma-informed, includes prevention, and holds offenders accountable. 

rachel duffy 

americorps victim assistance program (avap) manager

Rachel, a former 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 the Americorps Victim Assistance Program where she was serving at  her host site Bridges Domestic and Sexual Violence Support in Nashua, NH.  Becoming passionate about the work Rachel then went on to work at Bridges Confidential Emergency Shelter as the Shelter Manager. She then went forward to work as the  Transitional Housing Advocate and oversaw three federally funded housing programs, supporting survivors in securing and maintaining housing and economic safety. In her spare time Rachel loves to be outside hiking, kayaking, and camping with her partner and Boston Terrier Otis. She can also be found experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen.

Tina Smith

volunteer director, NHCADSV Survivor Caucus

​Tina Smith is a powerful advocate for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. Tina is a pediatric nurse, a mom, an activist, and a survivor of childhood sexual abuse who became increasingly involved in advocacy work through her local crisis center and with the Coalition. Tina’s tireless advocacy has helped advance victims’ rights and has improved community efforts to prevent abuse. As a survivor of childhood sexual abuse, she uses her story and her voice to remind others that we need to stand together in solidarity to create change. Tina has learned a great deal about advocacy on multiple levels, and is excited to share that information with other survivors who would like to be more involved with the Coalition’s work. Tina is a caring person, who will share her experiences and insight with survivors interested in learning more about advocacy opportunities at the Coalition.
​Tina is also currently on the Board of the Crisis Center of Central NH, she is the Chairman of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs of NH, and leads their Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness Prevention Program. You can learn more about Tina through her amazing speech at the 2020 NH Women’s Rally or in our Courage of Survivors video.