Our Team
Sarah Prout Rennie
Executive Director
Lisa Winchell‐Caldwell
Deputy Director
Chéree Thomas
Associate Director
Shannon Nobles
Operations Director
Merkeb Yohannes
Associate Director
Jessica Edel
Empowerment Evaluator and Program Director
Eric Stiles
Program Director
Phalguna Siddapureddy
Senior Program Manager, NPM
Elinor Jordan
Law and Policy, Senior Program Manager
Amanda Barratt
Senior Program Director
Marlena Moore
Program Manager
Jacqulyn Hippe
Senior Program Manager of the SOM Domestic Violence Hotline
Brittni Kellom
Trauma Advocate
Heath Lowry
Staff Attorney
Johanna Kononen
Director of Law and Policy
William Alexander
Finance Assistant
Josef Canaria
Program Manager
Hannah Thomas
Program Manager of the SOM Sexual Violence Hotline
Walter Hartman
Technology Manager
Hailey Johnston
Program Specialist
Mary Peterson
Program Specialist
Triet Phan
Finance Director
Amy Renshaw
Accounting Manager
Andrea Lage
Operations Manager
Karen Paritee
Senior Program Manager of the SOM Sexual Assault Hotline
Corina Rosas
Program Coordinator of SOM Domestic Violence Hotline
Justin Paritee
Program Manager of SOM Domestic Violence Hotline
Zahra Mukhtar
Program Coordinator of SOM Sexual Assault Hotline
Evan Barratt
Network and Systems Administrator
MCEDSV Board Members
Samara L. Hough, President, University of Michigan Flint – Center for Gender and Sexuality
Vicki Wakeman, Vice President, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault/Shelterhouse
Dr. Nikita Murray, Secretary, Delta College
Kim Hurst, Treasurer, WC SAFE
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
Carmen Wargel, Member At Large, Turning Point
Ann Kita, Member At Large, YWCA Greater Flint
Elizabeth Campbell, Member At Large, Human Trafficking Clinic – University of Michigan Law School
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 Mills, Member At Large, Ferris State University