Staff
Administration
Michelle Herman, President and CEO
Allison McLain, Resource Development Director
Marguerite Greeno, Development and Volunteer Coordinator
Sara Lissauer, Grants Manager
Lindsay Garcia, Administrative Assistant
Child Assessment Team
Virginia Lewis-Brunk, Child Assessment Program Director
Erin Miller Weiss, LMSW, Interview Specialist
Kelly Burton-Anderson, Intake Coordinator
Jennifer Coughlin, LMSW, Interview Specialist
Cheryl Smith, LBSW, Interview Specialist
Laura Enders, LMSW Family Support Specialist
Monica Gildner, LBSW Family Advocate
Education Team
Bev Turner, Education Program Director
Sara Boatright, Child Abuse Prevention Educator
Laura Fajardo, Bi-lingual Child Abuse Prevention Educator
Polly Slater, Child Abuse Prevention Educator
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Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Shane Brethowr, Board Chair
Chief Compliance Officer, Lockton Financial Advisors
Karen Torline, Immediate Past Chair
Prosecutor, City of Shawnee
Jerami Kemnitz, Treasurer
Of Counsel, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Tom Esselman, Secretary
Innovation Exploration Leader,
Hallmark Cards
Board Members
Mike Allen
Vice President – Legal, Sprint Corporation
Karen Torline
Prosecutor, City of Shawnee
Joseph Gadberry
Retired from Johnson County Community College
Robert J. Bjerg
Colantuono Bjerg Guinn, LLC
Karla Leibham
Principle, St. James Acadamy Catholic School
Shirley M. Kee
HR Manager, Baker Sterchi Cowder & Rice
Brian Miller
UMB Bank
Gina McCord
Marketing VP and Safety Facility Coordinator, Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties
Chris McMullin
Assistant District Attorney, Tenth Judicial District, Johnson County KS
Tony Rock
Tony Rock, Jr., CFA, KS Venture Capital, Inc.
Michael Russell
Chief Deputy District Attorney, Wyandotte County Criminal Justice Complex
D’Laine Rutledge
Inpatient Therapist – PRTF Adolescent Male Unit
Dr. Lisa Spector
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Lt. Colonel Kevin Steele
Kansas City, Kansas Police Department
