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[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Jennifer Landhuis (M.S.) is the Director of the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), an AEquitas initiative. As Director of SPARC, she oversees the multi-faceted programming on stalking, including the development of resources and publications as well as training and technical assistance. Jennifer has over 22 years of experience as an educator and advocate on the issues of stalking, domestic violence, and sexual assault.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining SPARC, Jennifer was the Director of Social Change at the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence. In this capacity, she managed a variety of projects, including the Idaho Coordinated Response to Sexual & Domestic Violence and the Idaho Victims Assistance Academy. She also designed and facilitated state and national trainings on stalking, domestic violence, and sexual assault to build the capacity of criminal justice systems.<\/p>\n
Earlier in her career, Jennifer spent eleven years as an advocate and educator for local domestic violence\/sexual assault community-based crisis centers. She provided crisis intervention, including support, safety planning, information, shelter placement, and referrals for victims of stalking, domestic violence, and sexual assault. She also provided 24-hour enhanced on-scene advocacy for hospitals and law enforcement agencies and implemented a screening program to assist health care professionals in recognizing and intervening with patients who have been victimized.<\/p>\n
Jennifer graduated from Midland University with a Bachelors of Arts in Youth and Family Ministry and the University of Cincinnati with a Masters of Science degree in Criminal Justice. She is an adjunct professor at Boise State University. Jennifer is based in Boise, Idaho.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”2071″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1541017914101{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;background-color: #f3f4f4 !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1529619437202{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1612979103836{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Dana Fleitman (M.A.Ed.H.D) has been with the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC) since 2018. In this role, she provides in-person workshops, online trainings, and technical assistance to multidisciplinary professionals across the country on recognizing and responding to stalking. Dana develops resources, curriculum, and publications on stalking and leads SPARC\u2019s National Stalking Awareness Month efforts each January.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining SPARC, Dana was the Senior Manager of Prevention and Training Programs at Jewish Women International (JWI), the leading Jewish organization working to end violence against all women and girls. Her work at JWI included creating, delivering, and managing multiple educational programs on interpersonal and sexual violence for audiences ranging from teens to campuses to professionals in the field. She also wrote and supported federal and foundation grants and coordinated a monthly webinar training program for domestic violence service providers.<\/p>\n
Dana\u2019s previous experience includes coordinating training and technical assistance for the HHS Office of Adolescent Health teen pregnancy prevention grantees. She also has direct service experience with groups including foster teens, refugees, and recent immigrants.<\/p>\n
Dana graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and George Washington University with a Master of Arts in Education and Human Development. She is based in Washington, D.C.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”2951″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1620405302574{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1529619437202{margin-top: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1620405080415{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Julia Holtemeyer (MPP) is a Resource Specialist for the Stalking, Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), an AEquitas initiative. As a Resource Specialist, she develops resources and publications on stalking, and provides training and technical assistance.<\/p>\n
Prior to working at AEquitas, Julia was the Project Manager for the National Law Enforcement Leadership Initiative at the International Association of Chiefs of Police. In this role, she managed the programmatic, administrative, and financial activities for the Initiative, funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women. Julia coordinated and conducted training and technical assistance, providing subject matter expertise on improving police response to violence against women as well as identifying and addressing gender bias. She also supported additional projects on gender-based violence, gender bias, and victim services.<\/p>\n
Julia\u2019s work in gender-based violence began as a college student, when she worked at a rape crisis center and as a peer health educator. She later served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania, where she lived and worked at a secondary school in a small rural community, teaching mathematics, health, and life skills, including discussing gender-based violence. Julia went on to work in gender integration in global health, first with the USAID Office of HIV\/AIDS and later with the USAID ASSIST Project, a project to improve the quality of health services in more than 20 countries around the world. Julia applies her experience with gender-based violence, gender studies, global health, public policy, and knowledge management to\u00a0her commitments to equity and justice.<\/p>\n
Julia graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Mathematics, and from the George Washington University with a Master of Public Policy and a Graduate Certificate of Women\u2019s Studies. Julia is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”3586″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1592843052006{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1583961151785{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Althea L. Hart serves as an Associate Advisor with the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), an AEquitas initiative. In this role, she provides trainings and technical assistance to campuses, community and multi-disciplinary professionals across the country and creates intentional curriculum and resources on the intersectionality of stalking within race, culture, and gender equity.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining the SPARC team, Althea served as the Assistant Director for Capacity Building and Community Engagement at Emory University, School of Public Health, COMPASS Coordinating Center managing community investment programs that focused on capacity building of non-profits in the deep south. For 15 years, Althea has managed training and technical assistance programs that supported the work of coalitions, crisis centers, direct service providers and campuses that addressed sexual assault, stalking, and dating and domestic violence. Althea\u2019s work began at her alma mater Tougaloo College, where she coordinated a special initiative of the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) focused on training and technical assistance to HBCUs as it related to responses and prevention education around gender based violence on campus. After Tougaloo, she transitioned to the position of Campus Program Training and Technical Assistance Manager at the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) and later to the Mississippi Coalition Against Sexual Assault where she guided the OVW Technical Assistance Campus Student Conduct and Policy Program statewide campus taskforce and women of color initiatives.<\/p>\n
In addition, Althea has leant her expertise to developing curriculums for women of color survivors of sexual exploitation and human trafficking for the Georgia Center for Child Advocacy; and consultant for the Center for Court Innovation\u2019s Project SAFE, which focused on improving the services offered to criminalized black women who were survivors of intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual assault.<\/p>\n
Althea graduated from Tougaloo College (B.A) and Jackson State University (M.S.) and is based in Atlanta, GA.
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