About Us

Meet the Staff

Victim Advocacy and Violence Prevention

Joni Bernbaum, MA, NAFC
Director

Karine Simmons, MS
Administrative Operations Manager

Victim Advocacy

Megan West, LCSW
Assistant Director of Victim Advocacy

Lindsey George, MSW
Victim Advocate

Lana Heinen, DSW
Victim Advocate

Rebecca Rodriguez, BSW
MSW Intern

Violence Prevention

Jacqui Simmons Groves, MFA
Assistant Director of Violence Prevention 

Belle Smith, MSEd
Violence Prevention Coordinator

Jared Worwood, PhD
Violence Prevention Coordinator

Isabel Ferguson, MPH
Violence Prevention Graduate Assistant