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Sue Michalski is the Training and Education Director for the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council of Greater Omaha. She has been actively involved with the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault for the past 20 years. As the director of Training and Education she has developed curriculum for a medical school elective titled: “Family Medicine Elective in Domestic Violence” is offered as part of the Department of Family Medicine at NHS-University of Nebraska Medical Center.. The elective includes clinical experience in shelters as well as in the justice system. Sue served as a crisis line counselor and group facilitator for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors. She has served two 6 year terms as a board member of the Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition and provides local, state and national workshops and seminars on these issues.

Doug Gaudette is the Director of the Family Safety Project at Caritas Holy Family Hospital. He received his Masters Degree in counseling psychology from Tufts University and is a licensed mental health clinician. Doug is the former director of the Court Clinic at Lawrence District Court. He is the founder of the Batterers' Intervention Program at Caritas Holy Family Hospital. He is Massachusetts Dept. of Public Health approved domestic violence/ batterer intervention supervisor and trainer. Doug trains, lectures, and consults locally and nationally and has appeared frequently on local and national television. He is on the training faculty of the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council and the Massachusetts Judicial Training Institute. He is a Technical Consultant to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the MA Attorney General's Office.

Gavven Scott Ruddy has directed Youth Programs, for churches and organizations such us Youth Lives in Greenwich. He is a very active participant in many youth group. He also was a Physical Education Teacher in an Elementary School. He is a very enthusiastic leader that young people like.