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 Harrelson
Empowerment Evaluator and Program Director
Eric Stiles
Program Director
Phalguna Siddapureddy
Senior Program Manager, NPM
Elinor Jordan
Survivor Law Clinic, Senior Program Manager
Amanda Barratt
Senior Program Manager
Marlena Moore
Program Manager
Jacqulyn Hippe
Senior Program Manager
Phillip Barnhart
Events and Program Manager
Erin Roberts
Nonprofit Manager Consultant
Renisha Udjori
Program Specialist/Community Organizer
Kathy Hagenian
Executive Policy Director
Walter Hartman
Technology Manager
Evan Barratt
Network and Systems Administrator
Sarah Jarous
Database and Events Coordinator
Émilienne Zaiding
Technology and Administrative Specialist
Karen Paritee
Program Manager
Josef Canaria
Program Manager
Johanna Kononen
Senior Program Manager
MCEDSV Board Members
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
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
Ann Kita, Member at Large, YWCA Greater Flint
Samara L. Hough, Member at Large, Center for Gender and Sexuality
Terrie Fiehn, Member At Large, Lakeshore Legal Aide
Vicki Wakeman, Member At Large, Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault/Shelterhouse