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Leadership Team
Melissa Werkman
Executive Director
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Rebekah McDowell
Operations Director
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Andrea Woller
Prevention Program Manager
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Samantha Akerman, LMSW
Clinical Supervisor
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Ashley Vance, LMSW
Lead Forensic Interviewer
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Sarah Zuidema, LMSW
Program Director
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Misti DeVries, BS
Prevention & Outreach Director
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Core Staff
Alica Cadena, LLMSW
Therapist
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Katherine West, MSA
Communications Coordinator
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Márcia Van Soelen, LLMSW
Family Advocate
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Andrea Walcott, LLMSW
Therapist
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Katie Proctor, LLMSW
Therapist
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Marian Anderson, LLMSW
Caregiver Therapist
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Augustena Baar, BSW
Forensic Interviewer
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Kelsey Klumpstra
Intake Coordinator
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Melanie Mays, MA, LLPC
Kids Have Rights Educator/Therapist
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Jessica Turk
Client Support Specialist
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Kristen Sarkipato
Kids Have Rights Educator
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Michelle Eason
Prevention & Operations Assistant
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Onalee Roberts, LLMSW
Kids Have Rights Educator
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Preston
Comfort Dog
The best boy.
Samantha Klokkert, LLMSW
Therapist
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Susie Kim-VanderGriend, LLMSW
Therapist
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Melissa Vigh
Administrative Secretary
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5% of children under the age of 18 are solicited sexually online.
1,000+ suspected child sexual abuse cases are reported in Kent County each year.
75% of childhood sexual abuse is thought to go unreported.
1 in 7 girls and 1 in 25 boys are sexually abused.