Our Team
Johanna Kononen
Director of Law and Policy
Jessica Edel
Empowerment Evaluator and Program Director
Phalguna Siddapureddy
Program Director, NPM
Amanda Barratt
Senior Program Director
Brittni Kellom
Program Manager Trauma Advocate, Survivor Law Clinic
Amy Renshaw
Finance Director
Lynelle Morgan
Senior Legal Manager
Josef Canaria
Program Manager
Heath Lowry
Public Policy Specialist, Staff Attorney
China Aquino
Systems Advocate Program Manager
Mary Peterson
Program Manager
Shayla Davis
Program Manager
Evan Barratt
Network and Systems Administrator
Karen Paritee
Senior Program Manager, Sexual Violence Hotline
Lauren Fasseel
Accounting and Administrative Specialist
Robert Kleinhans
Technology Manager
Kayt Dold
Staff Attorney
Justin Paritee
Senior Program Manager, Domestic Violence Hotline
Adriana Burga
Program Manager, Domestic Violence Hotline
Griselda Garcia
Coordinator, Domestic Violence Hotline
Zahra Mukhtar
Program Manager, Sexual Violence Hotline
Elisabeth Dodd
Coordinator, Sexual Violence Hotline
Gina Elfenbein
Accounts Manager
MCEDSV Board Members
Samara L. Hough, President, University of Michigan Flint – Center for Gender and Sexuality
Elizabeth Campbell, Vice President, Human Trafficking Clinic – University of Michigan Law School
Dr. Nikita Murry, Secretary, Delta College
Kim Hurst, Treasurer, Avalon Healing Center
Jami Moran, Member At Large, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians – Advocacy Resource Center (ARC)
Emily Miller, Member At Large, Crime Victims Legal Assistance Project – DV & Elder
Mary Niemela, Member At Large, Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home
Terrie Fiehn, Member At Large, Lakeshore Legal Aid
Kalimah Johnson, Member At Large, SASHA Center Inc.
Raven Hills, Member At Large, West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Sharman Cobb-Davenport, Member at Large, Turning Point, Inc.
Denise Berry, Member at Large, Shelterhouse