Bios

Portraits and short biographies of our Trainers and Consultants

	Rev. Dr. Marie M. Fortune Founder and Senior Analyst Rev. Dr. Fortune, a minister in the United Church of Christ, founded FaithTrust Institute in 1977. A graduate of Yale Divinity School, she is a pastor, educator, and author as well as a practicing ethicist and theologian. Her books include Keeping the Faith: Guidance for Christian Women Facing Abuse and Sexual Violence: The Sin Revisited.
	Salma Abugideiri, M.Ed Trainer and Consultant Ms. Abugideiri is the Co-Director of the Peaceful Families Project and a licensed professional counselor in Reston, Virginia. In her practice she works extensively with the Middle Eastern Community.
	Rev. Lizann Bassham Healthy Teen Relationships Trainer Rev. Bassham has over thirty years of experience in the field of youth ministry. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ and is the co-author of several curricula on issues of sexuality and spirituality, relationships, confirmation, and youth ministry, as well as being a national consultant in those areas. She has taught courses on Healthy Sexuality and Spirituality and on various aspects of Youth Ministry for both the Graduate Theological Union and Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California.
	Dick Bathrick, MA, LMFT *Trainer* Co-Founder of Men Stopping Violence, Bathrick brings more than three decades of experience in progressive social change to the work of ending violence against women. He is the author or co-author of a number of articles including "Deconstructing Male Violence Against Women: The Men Stopping Violence Community Accountability Model."
	Rev. Yvonne DeVaughn *Trainer* Rev. DeVaughn has devoted much of her time to supporting the healing of victims of sexual abuse. She is currently the Director of the Advocacy for Victims of Abuse Ministry for the Evangelical Covenant Churches. Rev. DeVaughn has presented and taught workshops in both faith-based and secular environments, from prisons to churches, in the United States, Latin America, and Africa.
	Rabbi Mark Dratch Trainer and Consultant A leader in the Jewish domestic violence community, Rabbi Dratch has expertise and experience in issues of domestic violence and abuse and has a track record of successful achievement—counseling, advising, writing, lecturing, advocating and formulating policy. He is the Founder and CEO of JSafe (The Jewish Institute Supporting an Abuse-Free Environment).
	Rev. Dr. Sharon Ellis Davis Domestic Violence Trainer Co-founder and Senior Pastor of God Can Ministries, United Church of Christ, Dr. Davis serves as the Director of Programs for the Education and Family Life Institute for individuals and families who are impacted by domestic violence. She is a career service Police Officer with the Chicago Police Department for over 30 years and is currently serving as one of their full-time Police Chaplains. She also serves as an Adjunct Professor with the McCormick Theological Seminary, teaching Sexual and Domestic violence, and has taught the same at the Chicago Theological Seminary.
	Rev. James S. Evinger *Consultant* Rev. Evinger is a minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Rochester, New York. He has worked at the University of Rochester Medical Center since 1990 and holds appointments in the School of Medicine and Dentistry and the School of Nursing. He has been involved with cases of sexual boundary violations in religious communities since 1995, focusing on intervention and prevention.
	Rev. K. Ray Hill Trainer An area conference minister in the United Church of Christ, Rev. Hill serves as an instructor for the Southern Conference Pastoral Leadership Development Program. He has 22 years of urban and rural pastoral experience as well as over 10 years of Christian education program development.
	Rev. Al Miles Domestic Violence Guest Presenter Rev. Al Miles is the author of Ending Violence in Teen Dating Relationships and Domestic Violence What Every Pastor Needs to Know. Rev. Miles coordinates Pacific Health Ministry at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.
	Dr. Nancy Murphy Domestic Violence Presenter Dr. Nancy Murphy is the Executive Director of Northwest Family Life Learning and Counseling Center (NWFL). Based in Seattle, Washington, NWFL is a faith based, non-profit agency dedicated to assisting individuals and families in finding hope and healing when confronting the pain of domestic violence, offering advocacy and support for abused women and children, transitional safe housing, a state-certified intervention program for batterers, counseling services, workshops and training programs.
	Dr. James Poling Clergy Ethics, Domestic Violence Trainer Dr. Poling is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), a pastoral psychotherapist, and Professor of Pastoral Theology, Care and Counseling at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He does teaching, writing, and training on sexual and domestic violence including clergy sexual abuse. He is the author of The Abuse of Power: A Theological Problem and Understanding Male Violence: Pastoral Care Issues.
	Rev. Kathy Reid Child Abuse Prevention Trainer Rev. Reid has over 20 years' experience training congregations, pastors and individuals around issues of child protection. She is the Executive Director of the Family Abuse Center in Waco, Texas. Prior to taking this position in 2009, she served as the Associate General Secretary for the Church of the Brethren, an Anabaptist denomination, headquartered in Elgin, Illinois. She was ordained in the Church of the Brethren in 1988 and in the Mennonite Church USA in 1990. Rev. Reid is the author of several books including Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: A Religious Education Curriculum for Children Ages 5–8 and Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: A Religious Education Curriculum for Children Ages 9–12.
	Rev. Dr. Sarah Rieth Clergy Ethics, Child Abuse Prevention, Risk Management, Post Congregational Care Consultant and Trainer Dr. Rieth is an Episcopal priest serving as a pastoral psychotherapist and consultant in independent practice in Charlotte, North Carolina. A Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, she works with many survivors of childhood abuse and domestic violence. Her dissertation and published articles focus on the healing needs of survivors of abuse. She has worked with her own and other judicatories to develop policies, procedures, prevention training, healing protocols, and pastoral response teams to address misconduct in the church, and she has provided healing consultations for churches of many denominations.
	Dr. Jaime J. Romo Trainer Dr. Romo, a Commissioned Minister in the United Church of Christ for Healing and Healthy Environments, earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of San Diego in 1998. He is a certified Primordial Sound Meditation Instructor with the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, and is a certified consultant with the A.K. Rice Institute for the Study of Social Systems. His most recent book is Healing the Sexually Abused Heart: A Workbook for Survivors, Thrivers and Supporters.
	Dr. Willard Sapp, D.Min Clergy Ethics Trainer Dr. Sapp is an ordained minister in the Baptist Church. He is a full-time pastoral counselor and licensed marriage and family therapist at the Behavioral Medicine Network in Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. He received his Masters in Divinity degree from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and his Doctor of Ministry Degree from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
	Sandi Thompson-Royer Domestic Violence Trainer Sandi has been working in the Domestic Violence Movement for over 15 years, beginning in rural Washington. She was the Director of Connections, a domestic violence and sexual assault program. She has also worked as the Societal Violence Network Coordinator for the Presbyterian Church (USA), creating a national network called Presbyterians Against Domestic Violence. Most recently, she has led groups of advocates from Washington State to do advocacy trainings with church women in Guatemala and Costa Rica in a project called Women Walking Together.
	Bettie Williams-Watson Domestic Violence Trainer Ms. Watson is a trainer, speaker, advocate, writer, community organizer and counselor, who has worked in the field of domestic and sexual violence, with both victim/survivors as well as in the treatment of perpetrators for the past 20 years. She is currently the Founder/Director of the award-winning organization Multi-Communities (M.I.C.), which addresses domestic, youth, and sexual violence in predominantly African American faith communities. Ms. Watson is also the Domestic Violence Program Coordinator for the Broadview Shelter and Transitional Housing Program.

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