Gwen Kasero

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services Victim Assistance Program

Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country

Gwen currently supervises the Victims Specialists stationed in New Mexico, southern Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. Gwen began her career with the Bureau of Indian Affairs as a Victim Specialist in 2015, where she provided victim assistance to the Crow and Northern Cheyenne tribes in Montana, the San Carlos Apache Tribe in Arizona, and the Laguna Agency and Southern Pueblo Agency in New Mexico.

Andrea Arnold

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Uintah & Ouray Ute Indian Reservation

Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country

Andrea Arnold is a Victim Specialist with the United States Department of Interior, Office of Justice Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs with a primary duty station on the Uintah & Ouray Ute Indian Reservation in Fort Duchesne, Utah. She has 8 years of experience providing direct services to victims of crime.

Loretta Goldtooh

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Hopi Reservation

Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country

Loretta Goldtooth is a BIA Victim Specialist, stationed at the Hopi Agency in Keams Canyon, Arizona since 2017. VS Goldtooth also covers the Supai and Kaibab Agency. VS Goldtooth provides direct services to victims of crime, in all three agencies.

Robyn Simmons

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Mescalero Reservation

Opening Plenary: Victim Services in Indian Country

Robyn Simmons has been a BIA Victim Specialist assigned to the Mescalero Agency in New Mexico since 2011. Simmons provides direct victim services from the outset of a crime occurring and continued support and comprehensive services throughout the criminal justice process.

Dr. Dheeshana Sugandhi Jayasundara

California State University, Fresno

Domestic Violence in Transient Workforce Communities
& Closing Plenary: Battling Burnout

Dr. Sugandhi Jayasundara has more than 20 years of experience utilizing data lead research. She spent years studying the impact of oil development on interpersonal violence in Western North Dakota and Eastern Montana. Her innovative community-based research has lead to policy impact. She uses her knowledge and expertise to advocate for change at the funder, legislative, and community levels.

Lindsey Garlick

Duchesne County Sheriff's Office

Interactive Session: Building Resiliency

Lindsey is the Victim Services Coordinator for Duchesne County’s law enforcement. She serves as the President of the Uintah Basin Domestic Violence Coalition, the coordinator for Duchesne County’s Sexual Assault Response Team, and is the 8th District Judicial Victims’ Rights Chair.

Dr. Jayme Walters

Utah State University Transforming Communities Institute

Breakout: Roundtable Discussion

Dr. Walters is an Assistant Professor, BSW Program Director, and Director of Transforming Communities Institute (TCI) in the Department of Social Work at Utah State University. Among her many roles, Dr. Walters works closely with communities and nonprofits to build capacity and provide research support.

Teresa Larsen

Utah State University Transforming Communities Institute

Breakout: Roundtable Discussion

​Teresa is currently a researcher for the Transforming Communities Institute and is engaged with multiple community-engaged projects and coordinates professional education for the institute.

Vickie Bushman

Utah Office for Victims of Crime

Breakout: Back to the Basics: Domestic Violence 101

Vickie Bushman has been in the victim services field for the last 17 years. She has worked in a variety of areas of victim services, including with CAPSA, a domestic violence shelter, as Sandy Police Department Victim Advocate, grant analyst, and now as the State Victim Advocate Liaison with the UOVC.

Kylynn Beatty

Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center

Breakout: Importance of Interview Strategies

Kylynn specializes in couples, families, adult, and teenage relationships in her private practice. She serves as the Director of the Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center where she uses her education and experience to inform the interview strategies used in the CJC.

Jessica Shelburg

Uintah/Daggett County Children's Justice Center

Breakout: Importance of Interview Strategies

Jessica is responsible for conducting most of the child forensic interviews and disabled adult interviews at the CJC for the Uintah/Daggett area, and occasionally interviews for other jurisdictions as well. She also participates in training colleagues from all over Utah to become certified child forensic interviewers.

Doni Arnold

Friends Against Family Violence

An Introduction to Within My Reach

Doni has served the Uintah Basin in roles related to trauma for many years. Previously, she served as Utah Coalition Against Sexual Assault's Community Advocate in Duchesne County. In that role she provided Art Therapy workshops. In her current role as FAFV's Education and Prevention Coordinator Doni leads multiple Within My Reach classes across the Uintah Basin.

Maggie McQuivey

Friends Against Family Violence

An Introduction to Within My Reach

Maggie has been working with Friends Against Family Violence since 2020. After serving as a Shelter Advocate for three years she accepted a role as FAFV's first Community Outreach Specialist where she educates the community on the many resources available in the Uintah Basin.

Haylee Toland

Friends Against Family Violence

Interactive Session: Building Resiliency

Haylee serves as the Sexual Assault Advocate Coordinator for Friends Against Family Violence, is a nationally credentialed advocate, and serves on multidisciplinary teams throughout the Uintah Basin supporting survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

Eliza LeBeau

Mother and School Counselor

Survivor Story

Eliza is a survivor of domestic violence and a proud co-parent in a functioning blended family.  She is currently wrapping up her first book about her experience with domestic violence and the aftermath for her children and her family.