The Movement Makers - Pilot Cohort

Ted Bunch

Activist, Educator, Co-Founder,  A CALL TO MEN
Ted Bunch, Activist, Educator is the Co-founder of A CALL TO MEN. He is recognized both nationally and internationally for his expertise in organizing and educating men in the effort to end violence against women. He is dedicated to strengthening community accountability to end all forms of violence against women. More about Ted >
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Priscilla Gonzalez

Director of Organizing,  Communities United for Police Reform
Priscilla Gonzalez is currently the Director of Organizing for Communities United Police Reform. Previously, she served as the Executive Director of Domestic Workers United, which led the historic six-year campaign resulting in the nation’s first Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. More about Priscilla >
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Neil Irvin

Executive Director,  Men Can Stop Rape
Neil Irvin brings over 25 years of youth development and leadership experience to his position as Executive Director of Men Can Stop Rape. Promoted from his roles as Senior Director of Programs, a position he held since 2008, following five years as Director of Community Education. He joined Men Can Stop Rape in 2001. More about Neil >
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Leiana Kinnicutt

Program Manager, Children & Youth Program,  Futures Without Violence
Since 2003, Leiana Kinnicutt has worked for Futures Without Violence (formerly the Family Violence Prevention Fund). She is currently a Program Manager in the Children & Youth Program in San Francisco, CA. More about Leiana >
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Suzanne Koepplinger

Executive Director,  Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center
Suzanne Koepplinger, M.A., is the Executive Director of the Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, and currently serves on Boards for the American Indian Community Development Corporation, ArtSpace, and the Minneapolis Foundation. More about Suzanne >
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Tamar Kraft-Stolar

Director, Women in Prison Project,  Correctional Association of New York
Tamar Kraft-Stolar has been the Director of the Women in Prison Project at the Correctional Association of New York (CA) since 2003. Tamar leads efforts to monitor conditions in New York’s women’s prisons, drafts legislation and policy materials, crafts and manages policy advocacy campaigns, and supervises coalition building, community organizing and leadership training efforts. Tamar also speaks publicly about criminal justice issues affecting women to a wide variety of audiences and serves as a main spokesperson for the CA in the press. More about Tamar >
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Dorchen Leidholdt

Director, Center for Battered Women's Legal Services,  Sanctuary for Families
Dorchen A. Leidholdt has served as the Director of Sanctuary for Families’ Center for Battered Women’s Legal Services since 1994. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (CATW), which she helped found in 1988. More about Dorchen >
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Beckie Masaki

Associate Director,  Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
Beckie Masaki, MSW, is the Associate Director of the Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, a national resource center on gender violence in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities. Beckie has worked in the movement to end violence against women for thirty years. More about Beckie >
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Nancy Nguyen

Program Manager, National Communities Against Domestic Violence,  BPSOS-Delaware VAlley
Nancy Nguyen is the National Communities Against Domestic Violence (CADV) Program Manager at BPSOS, Inc., the largest national Vietnamese organization in the US. More about Nancy >
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Corrine Sanchez

Director,  Tewa Women United
Corinne Sanchez is Director of Tewa Women United (TWU) and the former Program Manager of TWU’s V.O.I.C.E.S. Program. More about Corrine >
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Joanne Smith

Founder and Executive Director,  Girls for Gender Equity
Joanne N. Smith, founder and executive director, is responsible for moving Girls for Gender Equity (GGE) closer to its mission through strategic planning, development, and leadership cultivation. More about Joanne >
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Nan Stoops

Executive Director,  Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Nan Stoops has worked in the anti-violence movement as an advocate, trainer, and organizer for more than 30 years. Currently, she serves as the executive director of the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. More about Nan >
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Aimee Thompson Arevalo

Founder and Executive Director,  Close to Home
Aimee is the founder and executive director of Close to Home. She also serves on the Massachusetts Governor’s Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence, the Massachusetts State Prevention Team, and co-chairs the Council’s Promising Practices Working Group. More about Aimee >
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Patricia Tototzintle

Chief Executive Officer,  Casa de Esperanza
Patti Tototzintle is Chief Executive Officer of Casa de Esperanza, whose mission is to mobilize Latinas and Latino communities to end domestic violence. Patti oversees all organizational programming, internal operations, local collaborations and partnerships, and board and staff leadership development. She has been in executive leadership at Casa de Esperanza since 2002 and was also a past executive director of the organization. More about Patricia >
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K. Shakira Washington

Director of Research and Community Outreach,  Human Rights Project for Girls (Rights4Girls)
K. Shakira Washington currently works at the Human Rights Project for Girls (Rights4Girls).  This newly formed organization seeks to raise-up the issue of physical and sexual violence against women and girls in the U.S. as a human rights issue, and advocates for appropriate alternatives for survivors who are at risk and/or are currently system involved. More about K. Shakira >
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