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Our Team
Marivic B. Mabanag, Executive Director
Marivic's commitment to violence prevention began in college when she
coordinated a Share-A-Meal program to raise funds for the local women's
shelter. Since that time, she has had twenty five years of
experience in the non-profit, public and private sectors. Marivic
remains most proud of helping start a transitional housing program for
homeless pregnant and parenting teens, most of whom were victims of
domestic or sexual violence. As the Co-Director of Just a
Start House for over four years, Marivic experienced all of the
challenges and rewards of managing shelter based services.
In her public sector experience, Marivic served on the staff of three
San Francisco Mayors and one Boston Mayor. While at the San
Francisco Mayor's Office, she directed the Culture of Peace Project, a
collaborative violence prevention initiative with community agencies
and institutions that worked with gangs and victims of violence.
At the state level, she helped coordinate the highly successful
statewide Violence Prevention Initiative, which was primarily funded by
The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF). As Associate Director
of the Pacific Center for Violence Prevention, a policy think tank set
up by TCWF, she helped direct the $25 million Violence Prevention
Initiative, the largest private endeavor in the country to reduce youth
violence. She also helped start TCWF's $20 million Children, Youth
& Community Health Initiative which set up Wellness Villages around
California.
Her policy advocacy efforts included passing legislation that reduced
access to firearms and alcohol and increased state resources for
community-based violence prevention.
For the last nine years, Marivic has had a successful private
consulting business with a focus on non-profit organizations,
foundations and government agencies. She has directed successful ballot
initiative campaigns and advised groups on organizing for legislative
advocacy. Marivic is especially sensitive to the need for reducing
violence and enhancing the quality of life in diverse communities. She
has been and continues to be very committed to community social change,
social justice and human development. She has worked with diverse
communities nationally and speaks several languages. Originally from
the Philippinesa and educated in the United States, Marivic graduated
from Wellesley College where she was the Commencement Speaker.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x104
Tara Shabazz, Director of Programs & Operations
Tara has over 7 years experience in community development and social
change in the public and nonprofit sectors. She has directed,
coordinated, counseled, developed, and managed many programs that focus
on Domestic Violence. Her years' involvement in domestic violence
issues has well equipped her to assess, plan and implement technical
assistance to domestic violence agencies. Her training is
designed to improve clients' living conditions and ensure them a safer
environment.
Tara has a successful track record of involvement in cultural
competency training and design of culturally relevant outreach and
education programs for underserved communities. She is also a member of
many domestic violence task forces, councils, and committees.
Originally from Sacramento, Tara earned both a Bachelor of Arts degree
in Social Science and Interdisciplinary Studies, and a Masters degree
in Education with a concentration in Multi-Cultural Education from
California State University, Sacramento.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x102
Christopher Brailsford, Director of Finance & Administration
Chris has over 14 years experience in finance and administration for
different non-profit organizations. His extensive knowledge in
analyzing a budget versus an actual expenditure, preparing financial
statements, processing all aspects of the accounting, managing the
general ledger and the activities required for timely financial
expeditions has set him apart from being a general accountant and
elevated him to the director position. As Director of Finance,
Chris has successfully proven his ability to budget programs and stay
within the funding guidelines.
Originally from , Chris earned a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business/Accounting from the University of Phoenix, Tucson in Arizona.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x106
Jeannette Zanipatin, Policy Director
Prior to joining CPEDV,
Ms. Zanipatin worked as the Statewide Policy Analyst for the California
Immigrant Welfare Collaborative (CIWC) where she focused on legislative and
budget priorities for California’s
immigrants. While at CIWC, Ms. Zanipatin
worked on passing legislation to help human trafficking and other serious crime
victims have access to critical benefits and help make the Naturalization
Service Program, a program that assists legal immigrants who want to become
citizens, a permanent program. Ms.
Zanipatin also worked to augment funding for the Naturalization Service Program
in the budget and helped maintain state funding for immigrant programs in the
budget despite facing record setting deficits in California.
Prior to working on policy
issues, Ms. Zanipatin worked as an immigration attorney in Seattle
and San Francisco
where she represented immigrant survivors of domestic violence and
immigrants
before the Immigration Court,
the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals. Ms. Zanipatin is licensed to practice law in
Washington State
and California
and is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Seattle University School of Law.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x103
Lonnie Best-Jarvis, Administrative Director
A native of Sacramento,
Lonnie was raised and educated in Geneva,
Switzerland
where she attended Swiss public schools until university. With a degree in political science from Mount Holyoke
College, she pursued her post-graduate
studies in the “Professionals in Inter-Cultural Relations” Program at Lesley College
in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
While living in Brazil for several years, she
taught, organized and led a number of church and youth-related events in
Portuguese. Among other international
organizations Lonnie has worked for the Swiss Bank Corporation, the International Bureau of Education, the Malta Mission
and the World Federation of Lutheran Churches.
She also served as director on the Board of Partnership for Productivity
(PFP) for 5 years, an NGO headquartered in Washington,
D.C. specializing in small economic development
in West Africa.
Lonnie’s mastery of 4 foreign languages and
strong spiritual commitment led her to be recruited by the First Church of
Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts
and charged with forming a team to build shortwave radio programs, broadcasting
to audiences in Europe and French-speaking Africa. She wrote and produced radio scripts with
messages of hope directed to remote communities not covered by major media.
Lonnie has initiated and supervised projects
in the fields of graphic and interior design, technological innovation,
construction and financial management; produced brochures for special events,
designed logos for college teams, managed financial portfolios and provided
technical assistance to friends and relatives. Last, but not least, Lonnie is
the proud mother of a son and two daughters, who have taught her grace under
fire, and are themselves dedicated to making the world a better place for the
underserved. The theme that has run consistent throughout her
career as manager, organizer, mom, coach and mentor has been Lonnie’s
commitment to helping her charges become strong and self-sufficient. She is
excited to be moving into the arena of public policy as member of an energetic
and growing statewide coalition.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x108
Marsha Guyton, Executive Coordinator
Marsha is the Executive Coordinator and a Survivor
Advocate for the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence. She has over 15 years' experience working
closely with clergy and church leaders to raise awareness of domestic violence
and child/teenage sexual abuse in the faith-based community in which she was
raised. A woman of deep faith, Marsha
has dedicated her time as a volunteer to work with battered women and
children. She has established and led a
number of “Girl Support Groups” where girls have felt safe enough to talk about
their personal experience as rape victims or sexual abuse victims while living
in unsafe home environments in the faith based community. While majoring in Criminal Justice with a
concentration in Child Abuse, she worked as a counselor for young boys living in
a group home for juveniles released from the California Youth Authority.
A renowned gospel singer and songwriter,
Marsha’s gospel musical career has opened doors for her to minister in song to
domestic violence shelter victims, domestic violence awareness month
celebrations, statewide conferences on domestic violence, women’s prayer groups.
She has received an invitation to sing at the White House, and performed a 1
woman mini-concert honoring the great Mahalia Jackson.
Prior to working for CPEDV, Marsha worked for
Lockheed Martin Corporation where she received a number of awards for
administrative excellence. Marsha is
dedicated to helping survivors and excited to be involved in a movement that is
working hard to end domestic violence in the state of California.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x111
Jo Anna Davis, Technical Assistance & Training Coordinator
Jo Anna is the technical Assistance and Training Coordinator of the
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence. In this
capacity, she provides training and technical assistance for victim
services. Her responsibilities include planning, coordinating, and the
implmentation of activities for the Statewide Technical Assistance and
Training program. Jo Anna also provides support for other program
activities, meetings, and trainings. Jo Anna interacts with local,
state, and national consultants, community groups and domestic violence
service agencies, and assists in the preparation of materials and
presentations.
Jo Anna has been involved with victim rights and services since 2000,
having worked with non-profit organizations as an executive director,
program developer, manager, and advocate. Begining as a part time
Office Manager for Family Safety Network, a grassroots domestic
violence program in rural Idaho she quickly learned every job duty and
function for the program, evenutally becoming one of the youngest
domestic violence Executive Directors in the state.
During that time, she developed crisis intervention services for
victims and specialized services for domestic violence victims and
youth. She coordinated and provided training for staff and volunteers
as well as developed training curricula and manuals.
Originally from rural Alabama, Jo Anna studied Rural Community
Development, Women's Issues, and Latin American studies in Costa Rick
before graduating from the University of the South in Tennessee.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x105
Zoë Flowers, DELTA Prevention Coordinator
Zoë is the Prevention Education Coordinator of the California
Partnership to End Domestic Violence. She also serves as the
DELTA Project Statewide Coordinator working to increase the capacity of
state and local grantees to use evidence-based planning and primary
prevention strategies to reduce the incidence of intimate partner
violence.
With several years experience in the domestic violence field, her
domestic violence career began in Georgia where she served as the
Public Awareness/ Training and Membership Coordinator for the Georgia
Coalition Against Domestic Violence (GCADV). While at
GCADV, Zoë created, edited, and published a monthly
newsletter. She also developed and managed the content for the
Coalition's website and organized its Women of Color Caucus in an
effort to provide support to domestic violence advocates of color.
She was instrumental in the creation of educational materials for
victims and service providers as well as the promotion of the state's
toll-free domestic violence hotline. In 2004, Zoë
coordinated one of the country's first domestic violence conferences
planned entirely by survivors of domestic violence.
Zoë is also the author of Dirty Laundry -Women of Color Speak
about Domestic and Dating Violence. This series of candid interviews
chronicles the lives of women of color from all walks of life and their
experiences with dating and domestic violence. As a result of the
buzz created by Dirty Laundry, Zoë frequently speaks on panels
with traditionally underserved populations and facilitates workshops on
domestic violence in communities of color. In 2005, Zoë was
a featured author at Charis Books & More, Atlanta's oldest feminist
bookstore.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x101
Sandra Navarrete, Technical Assistance & Training Specialist
Sandra is the Technical Assistance & Training Coordinator of the
California Partnership to End Domestic Violence and is responsible for
coordinating and conducting trainings and technical assistance. Sandra
also serves as the Rural Grant Liaison working on the Rural Domestic
Violence and Child Well-Being Project focusing on the intersection of
domestic violence and child maltreatment in rural communities of the
Northern and Central regions of California. Prior to her
employment with CPEDV, Sandra was a Systems Advocate working in the
area of public policy with the Arizona Coalition Against Domestic
Violence. She also served as a Judicial Assistant to an Arizona
Superior Court Judge working in the areas of Criminal, Family and Civil
law.
Originally from San Francisco, Sandra's parents are from Honduras and
El Salvador and Sandra is fluent in Spanish. Sandra has a
Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of California,
Berkeley.
Phone: 800-524-4765 x107
Kathy Moore, Evaluator
Kathy
is the Empowerment Evaluator (Consultant) for the DELTA Project. She also assists CPEDV in its capacity
building efforts around policy advocacy.
At present, Kathy has her own private consulting business working with
domestic violence agencies focused on organizational development, strategic
planning, needs assessments and program evaluation efforts. She has worked in
the domestic violence field for the last 16 years serving in direct
service capacities, program management, as well as executive leadership
roles. Kathy has considerable experience developing service delivery
programs, leading multi-disciplinary task forces and offering trainings in
the areas of family violence. In addition, her background includes
leadership/governance issues, human resources, fund development and
marketing/communications.
In
the past, Kathy worked in Oregon
where she Chaired the Family Violence Coordinating Council and co-Chaired the
Domestic Violence Enhanced Response Team (DVERT) Steering Committee. She established a Batterers Intervention
Committee, and led the development of protocols and monitoring of batterers
intervention programs (later adopted by the State Attorney General). In
addition, Kathy sat on the Child Abuse Multi-Disciplinary Team, participated in
its Child Fatality Reviews, and created system-wide protocols on the handling
of cases when both domestic violence and child abuse occurred.
Kathy
earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Social Work and
Psychology. She later earned a Masters of Social Work degree with a
concentration on Program Management and Administration. She continues her
education with Social Work seminars, domestic violence conferences, and
conversational Spanish courses.
Lisa Fujie Parks, MPH, Project Coordinator
Supporting healthy relationships, safety and accessible services
for diverse LGBTQ communities has long been a passion for Lisa. She developed
and delivered domestic violence prevention workshops for LGBTQ youth and adults
with a focus on reaching communities of color. Lisa led a team of staff and
youth leaders to conduct a needs assessment and develop the LOVE & JUSTICE
Project, focused on preventing relationship violence among LGBTQ youth of
color. She also developed and delivered training on addressing LGBTQ domestic
violence at shelters and other community-based agencies and at national
conferences.
Lisa has worked
to prevent and respond to sexual and intimate partner violence for over 10
years. Most recently she worked at Prevention Institute where she co-developed
and delivered national training on emerging topics in primary prevention of
violence against women, including norms/environmental change strategies,
multidisciplinary collaboration, local policy change and media advocacy. She
co-authored The Spectrum of Sexual Violence Prevention: Toward a Community
Solution and contributed to numerous other publications. Lisa has provided
consultation, training and facilitation for numerous state and national sexual
and intimate partner violence prevention efforts, including in California, Minnesota
and Oklahoma.
Lisa educates and organizes to end child sexual abuse with Generation
Five, serves on the National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual
Exploitation and on the research and best practices committee of the PCAR
Vision of Hope Child Sexual Abuse Fund.
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