Advisory Members...

The WOCN Advisors is comprised of ten women of color members from diverse ethnicities, localities, and professions who represent the broad membership of WOCN. The purpose of the WOCN Advisors is to define the work and support the growth of the WOCN Project.

Lead Advisor Desiree Allen-Cruz
Domestic Violence Services Coordinator for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon

Lead Advisor Alice Lynch
Director of Black, Indian, Hispanic, and Asian Women in Action (BIHA) in Minnesota

C. Hermanex
Founder of Directions, Int., in Arizona, California and the Southwest, is a consultant, program and funding analyst, and promoter of leadership opportunities for Consumer-Survivors (recipients of DV/SA services).

Cathy Maxfield-Coleman
Specialist in Outreach to Underserved Populations at Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance in Richmond, Virginia

Ho-Thanh Nguyen
Founder and President of Pennsylvania Immigrant and Refugee Women's Network (PAIRWN)

Rose Pulliam
Independent Consultant located in Austin, Texas

Nicole Sengkhammee
Coordinator for the South East Asian Families and School Together (SEAFAST) program in Green Bay, Wisconsin and serves on the Board of Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Jacqueline Torres, Ph.D
University Professor and Executive Director of Firm Foundation located in Hartford, Connecticut

Z. Ruby White-Starr
Associate Director of the Family Violence Department of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) where she directs the operation of the Resource Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody and the Safe Havens Project. In this position, she researches and establishes new collaborative partners in the community to address domestic violence in the underserved population.

Sumayya Coleman
Founder of such projects as Ujima House, Inc. in Nashville, Tennessee, and previous Director of CONNECT Program, a project of the Urban Justice Center in Brooklyn, New York, and is a consultant and trainer with Share Time Wisely Consulting in Laurel, Maryland.