THE PUZZLES CONFERENCE FAMILY
Amanda Norris Ames
she/her | Committee Member
Bernstein Shur
Co-Practice Group Leader for Investigations & Resolutions Team, Shareholder, Investigations & Resolutions Team
I’m passionate about helping Title IX teams institute best practices for responding to and resolving reports of sexual misconduct.
Jess Clark
she/her | Committee Member
UNC-Chapel Hill
Case Management and Database Coordinator
I love independent bookstores and buying more books than I have time to read.
Shannon Collins
she/her | Standing Committee Member
National Organization for Victim Assistance
Director of Campus Training & Technical Assistance Program
I love independent bookstores and buying more books than I have time to read.
Carolyn G. Curtis
she/her | Committee Member
Independent Consultant
Speaker about the impact of rape & secondary survivor; Prevention Educator; Sexual Assault Victim Advocate; Writer
I taught myself how to cook by spending one year cooking only the recipes of Ina Garten & Giada DeLaurentiis.
Kayla DeCant
she/they | Committee Member
Lewis University
Project Director of Prevention & Outreach
I have three amazing cats who love to say hello during virtual meetings.
Sarah Diamond
she/her/ella | Committee Member
University of San Diego
Associate Director of Prevention and Education
At one point in my life I was trilingual!
Michelle DiPasquale
she/her | Committee Member
University of Wyoming
Violence Prevention Program Manager
I love cooking, traveling and hiking!
Juliette Grimmett
she/her | Conference Organizer
Chrysalis Network
Founder
My kids, bubble tea, cats, Red Sox games & my family are all I need!
Kristian Hall
he/him | Standing Committee Member
NC National Guard
Director of Campus Training & Technical Assistance Program
Served in the military for 24+ years in the JAG Corps and the past thirteen years as the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator.
Trudie Hughes
she/her | Standing Committee Member
NC Community College System Office
Associate Director of Disability Services and Title IX
I am a huge animal lover and wish I could run a refuge for those abandoned.
Yuka Kato
she/her | Conference Organizer
North Carolina State University Counseling Center
Interpersonal Violence Treatment Coordinator
I love hiking in the big nature.
Rachel King
she/her | Committee Member
RK Resolution
Restorative Justice Practitioner
I spent 20 years in higher education learning from students’ courage, vulnerability and resilience.
Ashleigh Klein-Jimenez
she/her | Standing Committee Member
ValorUS/PreventConnect
Director of Prevention
I have 4 pet pigs!
Janine Kossen
she/her | Standing Committee Member
NC State University Women’s Center
Director
I love to travel all over the world to explore, eat, visit museums, and take photos!
Caitlyn Largent
she/her | Committee Member
Cultivating Consent, LLC
Co-Founder
I have a black cat named Elphaba!
Taylour Neal
she/her | Standing Committee Member
North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Director of Campus Services
My comfort show is every single Marvel movie that has ever came out… and Grey’s Anatomy of course.
Karen Phinazee
she/her | Standing Committee Member
Wake Technical Community College
Sr. Dean of Student Conduct & Community Standards/Deputy Title IX Coordinator
I am a survivor!
Veronica Quinonez
she/her | Committee Member
Veronica Quinonez Trainings, LLC
CEO
I’m a musical nerd who sings, writes lyrics, and occasionally breaks out into song out of nowhere.
Lori Rose
she/her | Committee Member
Rose Model for Healthy Relationships
Founder & Lead Educator
Violence prevention and co-creating new paradigms of healthy connection is the work I can’t not do, and every day, nature reminds me of new hope and possibilities.
Arianna Sessoms
she/her | Committee Member
Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Action Alliance
Prevention Technical Assistance & Training Manager
I enjoy traveling to new places, eating good food, and cuddling with my cat, Luna!
Tayler Simon
she/her | Committee Member
The Hive Community Circle
Education and Outreach Manager
I am an avid reader of authors of color, and that informs a lot of the work I do.
Andy Thyrring
they/she | Committee Member
Dr. Thyrring, Independent Consulting and Education
Preventionist
Outside of prevention, I work with somatic approaches to healing trauma and am excited to achieve my 500+ hours of YTT!
Carly Tinkler
she/her | Committee Member
DVACK
Campus Sexual Assault Advocate
I am a survivor of domestic violence.