Safe Shores - The DC Children's Advocacy Center
...because it takes a team to end child abuse

Staff

Full-Time Staff

  • Nicole Borrello, MS, Victim Services Coordinator
  • Michele Booth Cole, JD, Executive Director
  • Jessica Galimore, Victim Services Associate
  • Patsy Kerstetter, Forensic Services Associate
  • Tracy Owusu, Senior Victim Services Associate
  • SooAnn Roberts, Communications and Development Coordinator
  • Diamond Vann, Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer
  • Abyssinia Washington, MEd, PsyD, Clinical Coordinator/Therapist

Part-Time Staff

  • Lauren Morley, MSW
  • Marybeth Rizio

Co-Located/Detailed Staff

  • James Goldring, Detective
    Metropolitan Police Department, Youth Investigations Branch
  • Andrea Burns, LGSW, Social Worker
    Child and Family Services Agency, Child Protection Section
  • Karen Giannakoulias, Child Interview Specialist/Advocate
    U.S. Attorney’s Office, Victim/Witness Assistance Unit
  • Natalie Call, JD, Assistant Attorney General
    Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia, Juvenile Section

Consultants/Pro-Bono Professional Services Team

  • Business Help Inc.
  • Teresa Giral, JD, PhD
  • Stephanie L. Marn, Esq., Proskauer Rose, LLP
  • Benjamin Ogletree, Esq., Proskauer Rose, LLP
  • Scott Godes , Esq., Dickstein Shapiro, LLP
  • IPR Technologies, Inc.
National Children's Alliance - Accredited Member