The Board of Directors :: National Organization for Victim Assistance® (NOVA) ::

NOVA's Board of Directors is comprised of up to fifteen elected members who are well representative of the victims' movement: professionals and volunteers from the fields of criminal justice, mental health, victim services and business. They are elected for four-year terms by people attending the membership meeting at NOVA's annual conference. The Board of Directors can appoint individuals to fill vacancies. In addition, NOVA has an Honorary Advisory Board of members who are prominent figures from the business and professional worlds. No remuneration is made to any Board member, all of whom participate at their own or their employer's expense.

The staff often draws on the special skills of both elected and appointed Board members when responding to problems in the field and requests for assistance; the Board truly represents experienced leadership in what is still a continually expanding field of social service and jurisprudence.

President
Robert Denton
Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Akron
Victim Assistance Program, Executive Director
Akron, OH
2^nd Term ends 2010

Vice President for Administration and Policy
Tim Jeffries
Managing Partner, P7 Enterprises
Scottsdale, AZ
1^st Term ends 2013

Treasurer
Dan McMaster
Refugee Job Mentor and Web Consultant
Omaha, NE
1^st Term ends 2010

Secretary
Francis Pellicia, MD
Consultant Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse
Jersey City, NJ
1^st Term ends 2011

Member-At-Large
Andrew N. Yurick, Esq.
Woodbury, NJ
2^nd Term ends 2010

Jeannette Adkins
Administrator, Greene County Prosecuter's Office
Xenia, OH 1^st Term ends 2013

Rhonda S. Barner
Director, Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office Victim/Witness Division
Dayton, OH
2^nd Term ends 2013

Meg Garvin, Esq.
Executive Director, National Crime Victim Law Institute
Portland, OR
1^st term ends 2010

Sandra McGowan
Chief, State Office of Victim Witness Advocacy (ret.), State of New Jersey
Huntingdon Valley, PA
1^st term ends 2013

Andrew N. Yurick, Esq.
Woodbury, NJ
2^nd Term ends 2010

Past President
Joseph Myers
Executive Director, National Indian Justice Center
Santa Rosa, CA

Honorary Advisory Board:

Paul Babeu
Sheriff of Pinal County
Chandler, AZ

Hon. Richard Barajas
Chief Justice (ret.), Texas Court of Appeals, Eight Circuit
El Paso, TX

Collene Thompson Campbell
San Juan Capistrano, CA

Todd Davis
CEO, LifeLock
Tempe, AZ

Hon. Lois Haight
Judge of Superior Court
Martinez, CA

Michael Lynch
Chief of Police, George Mason University
Fairfax, VA

Bette Stebbins
Arlington, VA

Michael C. Turpen, Esq.
Chapel, Riggs, Abney, Neal & Turpen
Oklahoma City, OK

Steven J. Twist
Vice President & General Counsel, Services Group of America
Scottsdale, AZ