Calendar Archive
OVC Web Forum Guest Host sessions began in October 2004 and are still being held today in 2006 and 2007 (see Upcoming Sessions), offering individuals in the field an opportunity to dialog with experts and discuss best practices for a wide variety of crime victim issues.
You may discover more details on these past sessions by browsing the calendar list below, Guest Host Biographies, the current topic list to find a match to a guest host topic, or by using the Search box located on the home page.
You will need to use the Search box to find past sessions not featured in the current topic list. Simply type in the guest host’s last name in the keyword field to retrieve the archived messages.
Past Sessions in Previous Years
2008
September 2008–Held on 09/24/2008
Responding to Sexual Violence on Campus
Join S. Daniel Carter, Senior Vice President of Securities on Campus, Inc., and Margaret Mikkelsen, Executive Director of Students Active for Preventing Rape, for a discussion on best practices for responding to sexual violence campus.
September 2008–Held on 09/10/2008
Assisting Child Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation
Join Rachel Lloyd, Executive Director of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services, and Jay Albanese, Ph.D., author of “Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children: What Do We Know and What Do We Do About It?” for a discussion on assisting child victims of commercial sexual exploitation.
August 2008–Held on 08/28/2008
Delivering Victim Sensitive Death Notifications
Join Janice Harris Lord, author of "I'll Never Forget Those Words: A Practical Guide to Death Notification," and Bill Jenkins, author of "What To Do When the Police Leave: A Guide to the First Days of Traumatic Loss," for a discussion on best practices for delivering victim-sensitive death notifications.
August 2008–Held on 08/13/2008
Learn About the National Victim Assistance Academy
Join National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA) senior faculty member, Mario Gaboury, J.D., Ph.D., and Christine Edmunds, co-founder of the National Victim Assistance Academy (NVAA), for a discussion on best practices for implementing the knowledge and skills obtained by attending the NVAA.
June 2008–Held on 06/18/2008
Assisting Victims of Domestic Abuse in Later Life
Join Bonnie Brandl, M.S.W., Director of the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life, and Jane Raymond, M.S., Advocacy and Protection Systems Developer, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, for a discussion on best practices for assisting victims of domestic abuse in later life.
May 2008–Held on 05/27/2008
Assisting Family Members of Missing Children
Join Duane Bowers, LPC, author of A Child is Missing: Providing Support for Families of Missing Children, and Abby Potash, Program Manager of Team HOPE (Help Offering Parents Empowerment), for a discussion on best practices for assisting family members of missing children.
May 2008–Held on 05/14/2008
Responding to Victims of Crime
Join Timothy Woods, Director of the Research, Development, and Grants Division at the National Sheriffs' Association and author of First Response to Victims of Crime, for a discussion with first responders and allied professionals on best practices for meeting the needs of crime victims.
April 2008–Held on 04/23/2008
Implementing Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Programs
Join Lucia Zuniga, Director of the Massachusetts SANE Program, and Joan Meunier-Sham, Associate Director of the Massachusetts Pediatric SANE Program for a discussion on best practices for implementing a Pediatric Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program.
April 2008–Held on 04/16/2008
Using Online Communications to Assist Crime Victims
Join Penelope Hughes, Vice President of Online Services at the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), for a discussion on best practices for providing online hotline services to crime victims.
March 2008–Held on 03/26/2008
Preparing Victim Service Providers and Children for Court
Join Victor Vieth, Director of the National Child Protection Training Center and designer of the "Finding Words: Interviewing Children and Preparing for Court" course, for a discussion on best practices for readying victim service providers, and preparing child victims/witnesses, for court.
March 2008–Held on 03/12/2008
Discussing Ethical Practices in Victim Services
Join Melissa Hook, Executive Director of the District of Columbia Office of Victim Services and author of Ethics in Victim Services, for a discussion on ethical practices in victim services.
February 2008–Held on 02/27/2008
Responding to Teen Victims of Dating Violence
Join Mitru Ciarlante, Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime's Teen Victim Initiative, and Barri Rosenbluth, Director of SafePlace's Expect Respect Program, for a discussion on assisting teen victims of dating violence.
February 2008–Held on 02/13/2008
Discussing Victim Services in Urban High Crime Neighborhoods
Join Kerry Cosgrove and Linda Miller, grantees of OVC's Urban High Crime Neighborhood Initiative, for a discussion on best practices for assisting victims of crime in urban high-crime neighborhoods.
January 2008–Held on 01/30/2008
Cultivating Relationships Between Victim Service Providers and the Media
Join Greg Luft and Anne Seymour, contributors to OVC's video, The News Media's Coverage of Crime and Victimization, for a discussion on best practices for developing relationships between victim service providers and the media.
January 2008–Held on 01/09/2008
Assisting Victims of Intimate Partner Stalking
Join Michelle Garcia, Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) Stalking Resource Center, for a discussion on bestpractices for serving intimate partner stalking victims.
2007
November 2007–Held on 11/28/2007
Working With Drug Endangered Children
Join Lori Moriarty, Director of the National Alliance for Drug Endangered Children Resource Center and President of the Colorado Alliance for Drug Endangered Children, for a discussion on working with drug endangered children.
November 2007–Held on 11/08/2007
Working with Survivors of Traumatic Events
Join Carroll Ann Ellis, Director of the Fairfax County Police Department's Victim Services Division and member of Governor Tim Kaine's Virginia Tech Independent Review Panel, for a discussion on working with survivors of homicide and other traumatic events.
October 2007–Held on 10/17/2007
Serving Sexual Assault Victims in the Military
Join Delilah Rumburg, member of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military Services, for a discussion on assisting sexual assault victims in the military.
October 2007–Held on 10/10/2007
Crime Victims' Rights Act
Join Steve Twist,
Counsel to the National Victims Constitutional Amendment Project, for a discussion on the Crime Victims' Rights Act and its enforcement.
September 2007–Held on 09/26/2007
Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers
Join Daniel Gregory, Community Relations Coordinator at Casa de los Niños in Tucson, Arizona, for a discussion on recruiting and retaining volunteers.
September 2007–Held on 09/12/2007
Public Policy in Victim Services
Join Susan Smith Howley, Director of Public Policy at the National Center for Victims of Crime, to discuss public policy in victim services.
August 2007–Held on 08/01/2007
Community Partnerships for Victim Assistance
In preparation for the 24th Annual National Night Out, OVC, in participation with the Community Capacity Development Office (CCDO) and the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), will present a Web Forum Guest Host session on best practices for community- and criminal justice-based partnerships in victim services with Lieutenant Donald Priddy.
July 2007–Held on 07/12/2007
Aiding Identity Theft Victims in Indian Country
In recognition of National Fraud Awareness Week, join Dan Hally, Chief Criminal Deputy for the Asotin County Sheriff's Office in Washington State, and Dianne Barker-Harrold, Program Manager for Unified Solutions Tribal Community Development Group, Inc., for a discussion on best practices in serving victims of identity theft in Indian Country.
June 2007–Held on 06/27/2007
Collaborations on Faith-Based Initiatives
Join Rev. Theresa Mercer of the Maryland Crime Victims' Resource Center, Inc., and Elaine Witman of the Sidran Traumatic Stress Institute to discuss best practices for collaborating on faith-based initiatives.
May 2007–Held on 05/29/2007
Peer Support for Disaster Survivors
Stephanie Frogge and Helga West will discuss best practices for providing peer support to disaster survivors.
May 2007–Held on 05/23/2007
Addressing Cases With Missing or Unidentified Victims
In recognition of National Missing Children's Day, co-hosts Laurie Caldwell and Bob Lowery will address issues faced in cases where the victim is missing or unidentified.
April 2007–Held on 04/26/2007
Sexual Assault Response Teams
In observance of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, join Dr. Linda Ledray and Elise Turner for a discussion on the challenges faced by sexual assault response teams and allied professionals.
March 2007–Held on 03/28/2007
Victim Service Provider Standards and Certification Issues
Dr. Dana DeHart and Dr. Mario Gaboury will co-host a Web Forum discussion on standards and certification for victim service providers.
March 2007–Held on 03/14/2007
Best Practices for Coping With Vicarious Trauma
Join Guest Host Barbara Rubel, Director of Griefwork Center, Inc., for a discussion on vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue and their effects in the workplace.
February 2007–Held on 02/21/07
Serving Crime Victims With Disabilities
On February 21, Olegario Cantos VII and Sharon D'Eusanio will host an online discussion on serving crime victims with disabilities. Mr. Cantos serves as Associate Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council in the Executive Office of the President. Ms. D'Eusanio is the Assistant Director for the Division of Victim Services and Criminal Justice Programs for the Office of the Florida Attorney General.
February 2007–Held on 02/07/07
Identity Theft Prevention and Best Practices
To coincide with Consumer Protection Week (February 4–10), OVC will present a Guest Host session with Jim Wright, Managing Director of Programs at the National Crime Prevention Council, to discuss best practices for protecting sensitive information and preventing identity theft.
January 2007–Held on 01/24/07
Serving Victims of Stalking
In recognition of National Stalking Awareness Month, OVC will present a Guest Host session with Michelle Garcia, Director of the National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC) Stalking Resource Center, on serving victims of stalking and promoting awareness.
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2006
December 2006–Held on 12/15/06
Serving Victims of Impaired Driving
In recognition of National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Month, OVC will present a Web Forum discussion on serving victims and survivors of impaired driving with co-hosts Debbie Weir and John M. Evans. Ms. Weir is the National Director of Victim Services for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), and Mr. Evans is the MADD National Assistant Director for Advocacy Training and Services.
November 2006–Held on 11/14/06
Crime Victim Compensation and Best Practices
Dan Eddy is the Executive Director of the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards. He implements national training and technical assistance for all state victim compensation programs and operates an information and resource center on compensation issues.
October 2006–Held on 10/25/06
Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
In recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, OVC is partnering with the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to present a Guest Host session on children exposed to domestic violence with co-hosts Dr. David Finkelhor and Betsy McAlister Groves.
September 2006–Held on 9/20/06
International Victims
Alan Lai is the Crime Victim Service Director for the Chinese Information and Service Center in Seattle, Washington, where he implements crime victim service projects with an emphasis on the underserved international population and provides training in several areas of victim services, including victims' rights, cultural sensitivity, and social service.
August 2006–Held on 8/31/06
Rural Victimization Assistance
Jeannette Adkins is the Executive Director for the National Organization for Victim Assistance. She has provided extensive training to professionals in the area of crime victim issues as an adjunct professor and as both a state and national trainer.
July 2006–Held on 7/27/06
Campus Victimization and Assistance Services
S. Daniel Carter is the Senior Vice President of Security On Campus, Inc., the only national nonprofit organization devoted exclusively to assisting the victims of violence on college campuses and to improving campus security.
June 2006–Held on 6/22/06
Internet Safety and Identity Theft
Joselle Shea is manager of children and youth initiatives at the National Crime Prevention Council and specializes in youth issues, including Internet safety and teen victimization.
May 2006–Held on 5/24/06
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Lucy Berliner is the Director of the Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress, an organization that helps people affected by sexual assault and other traumatic events.
Dr. Dean Kilpatrick is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Director of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center at the Medical University of South Carolina.
May 2006-Scheduled for 5/03/06 (Session Canceled)
We hope to have a Web Forum on this topic in the near future – Check back for updates.
Missing and Exploited Children's Issues
Marc Klaas is the founder of KlaasKids and cofounder of BeyondMissing, Inc. After the death of his daughter in 1993, Mr. Klaas became dedicated to promoting programs that have a positive impact on crime, abuse, and neglect.
April 2006-Held on 4/07/06
Assisting Victims of Sexual Assault Through a Multidisciplinary Response
Dr. Patricia Speck has practiced as a forensic nurse and family nurse practitioner for more than 20 years and has served as a consultant for victim service organizations on how to prevent, identify, and treat sexual and domestic violence between individuals, in families, and in communities.
Sally Laskey is the Associate Director of the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and manages several national technical assistance projects that focus on developing and enhancing victim-centered multidisciplinary responses to sexual violence.
March 2006-Held on 3/29/06
Youth Violence Prevention
Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith is a nationally recognized public health leader who works with community-based programs locally, nationally, and internationally, including the critically acclaimed Partnerships for Preventing Violence satellite broadcast training series.
March 2006–Held on 3/22/06
Elder Abuse
Lisa Nerenberg has been involved in elder abuse prevention for more than 20 years and is a consultant for organizations nationwide.
February 2006–Held on 2/08/06
NCVRW Awareness Campaign
Anne Seymour is the cofounder and senior advisor of Justice Solutions, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., that specializes in criminal and juvenile justice, crime victims' rights and services, and community safety.
January 2006–Held on 1/27/06
Sexual Assault and Stalking
Dr. David Lisak is an associate professor of psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he conducts and supervises research on the causes and consequences of interpersonal violence.
Tracy Bahm is the Director of the Stalking Resource Center for NCVC where she helps raise national awareness about stalking and encourages the development and implementation of multidisciplinary responses to stalking in local communities across the country.
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2005
December 2005–Held on 12/22/05
Drunk Driving
John Evans is the National Assistant Director for Advocacy Training and Services of Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
November 2005–Held on 11/30/05
Mass Violence
Angela McCown is the founding Victim Services Director for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
November 2005–Held on 11/16/05
Indian Country
Jo Hally (Choctaw/Cherokee) is the Executive Director of Native American Circle and is a consultant for the Victim Advocacy Training Online Project of the National Center for Victims of Crime.
October 2005–Held on 10/18/05
Domestic Violence
Anne Munch is currently the supervisor of the "Fast Track" domestic violence unit in the Jefferson County District Attorney's Office in Golden, Colorado.
September 2005–Held on 9/07/05
Assisting Parents of Murdered Children
Nancy Ruhe is the Executive Director of the National Organization of Parents Of Murdered Children, Inc. (POMC).
August 2005–Held on 8/31/05
Victims' Rights
Steve Twist is the Assistant General Counsel for Viad Corp in Phoenix, Arizona.
July 2005-Held on 7/06/05
Compassion Fatigue
Viki Sharp is the Assistance Program Administrator for the Arizona Department of Corrections.
June 2005-Held on 6/08/05
Serving Victims of Crime in Indian Country
Jerry Gardner (Cherokee) is the Executive Director of the Tribal Law and Policy Institute.
May 2005-Held on 5/25/05
Child Victims
Nancy Chandler has served as the Executive Director of the National Children's Alliance (NCA)-a nonprofit membership organization that represents more than 500 Children's Advocacy Centers throughout the United States.
April 2005–Held on 4/27/05
Rights of Sexual Assault Victims
Professor Doug Beloof is a prolific author, an active litigator, a learned scholar, a keen public policy consultant, and a social visionary.
March 2005–Held on 3/16/05
Human Trafficking
Florrie Burke (FBurke@safehorizon.org) is the Senior Director of International Programs at Safe Horizon in New York City, where she oversees the antitrafficking program and the Solace Program for Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma.
February 2005–Held on 2/23/05
Identity Theft
Linda and Jay Foley are co-founders of the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC).
January 2005–Held on 1/26/05
Cultural Sensitivity in Victim Services
Brian Ogawa is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Services at Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas.
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2004
December 2004–Held on 12/15/04
Serving Victims of Drunk and Drugged Driving
December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month.
Debbie Weir is the National Director of Victim Services for Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD).
November 2004–Held on 11/30/04
Faith-Based Programs
Steve Siegel supervises the Denver Victim Services 2000 Project, which has been designated by the U.S. Department of Justice as the single urban site for a demonstration model of victim service networks.
October 2004–Held on 10/27/04
Domestic Violence
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Sarah Buel is currently a Clinical Professor at the University
of Texas School of Law as well as co-director of their domestic violence clinic.
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