Our Team

MCEDSV Staff

Sarah Prout Rennie, Executive Director

Kathy Hagenian, Executive Policy Director

Christy Long, Finance Director

Jessica Edel Harrelson, Empowerment Evaluator and Program Director

Shannon Nobles, Operations Director

Eric Stiles, Associate Director

Sarah Jarous, Database and Events Coordinator

Elinor Jordan, Survivor Law Clinic, Senior Program Manager

William Alexander, Finance Assistant

Merkeb Yohannes, Senior Program Director

Amanda Barratt, Senior Program Manager

Hannah Thomas, Program Specialist

Erin Roberts, Senior Program Director, NPMP

Phillip Barnhart, Events and Program Manager

Evan Barratt, Network and Systems Administrator

Walter Hartman, Technology Manager

Layla Elabed, Program Specialist

Alison Kolodzy, Program Specialist

Jacqulyn Hippe, Program Evaluator

Chéree Thomas, Hotline Director

Marlena Moore, Hotline Manager

Danielle Chauvin, Program Manager

Heath Lowry, Staff Attorney

Raymond Kort, Staff Attorney

Brittni Kellom, Trauma Advocate

Renisha Udjori, Program Specialist/Community Organizer

Wanda Merriweather, President, First Step

Jami Moran, Vice President, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians – Advocacy Resource Center (ARC)

Dr. Nikita Murry, Secretary, Delta College

Kim Hurst, Treasurer, WC Safe

Janine Ouderkirk, Member At Large, Shelterhouse of Midland and Gladwin

Mary Kavanaugh-Gahn, Member At Large, Legal Services of Northern Michigan

Carmen Wargel, Member At Large, Turning Point

Mary Niemela, Member At Large, The Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home

Elizabeth Campbell, Member At Large, Human Trafficking Clinic, University of Michigan Law School

Emily Miller, Member At Large, Crime Victims Legal Assistance Project – DV & Elder

Jen Baker, Member At Large, Hope Shores Alliance