The AdvocateWeb Team
AdvocateWeb is the result of the inspiration and
support of many different people. Here is an introduction to
the full AdvocateWeb Team.
President,
Chief Executive Officer
Cindy Boling
Cindy has been an outstanding supporter of AdvocateWeb and victim
advocate. As a survivor of exploitation by a physician, Cindy has
found this horrific experience has given her a deep sense of
purpose, and she is now making a tremendous positive difference in
the lives of countless other victims.
Cindy has over twenty years of experience as an investigative
paralegal, and brings to AdvocateWeb many wonderful gifts in being a
persistent, motivated, creative, innovative, compassionate, and
resourceful leader. Pursuing greater public awareness and empowering
victims through education is a passion of Cindy's. Cindy has also
done a lot of work to help organizations like the Texas State Board
of Medical Examiners be more aware of victims' concerns, and has
been a consistent advocate for greater patient safety.
Founder
Kevin Gourley
Kevin has over two decades of experience in
software industry and has been involved in the development
of the Internet since its inception. He has many years
experience working with nonprofit organizations and
community service groups. His love of people and passion for
serving the community, combined with his broad experience in Internet
technologies, has led him to be an "evangelist" in
promoting the use of the Internet in building online
communities and in advancing community service initiatives
through the use of new technologies. Having
personally witnessed the impact of professional sexual exploitation
on someone very close, and being moved by the stories of many other
survivors, Kevin created AdvocateWeb in 1998. He
has devoted much time and effort in networking with leading experts
and advocates regarding the topic of professional sexual abuse, and
has diligently worked to
build this thriving online support community at
AdvocateWeb for victims and professionals, while also successfully
pursuing tougher laws and policies to
deter this abuse. He also works with numerous other consumer
advocacy groups and non-profit organizations across the world to assist in this goal.
Kevin also operates a
web development consulting
business and is an
accomplished photographer.
| Board of
Directors |
| Cindy Boling, President |
Jon Porter |
| Kevin Gourley,
Founder |
Gary Richard Schoener |
| Jerry Lozano, Secretary/Treasurer |
Ed Walters |
| S.
Michael Plaut Ph.D. |
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|
Advisory Council |
|
| Wendie H. Abramson
LMSW |
Kay Maisey |
| Carl F. Ameringer J.D.,
Ph.D. |
Dee Miller R.N. B.S. |
|
Theresa J. Anderson-Varney Ph.D. |
Catherine D. Nugent
M.S. |
| Steven
B. Bisbing Psy.D., J.D. |
P.Susan Penfold M.B.
B.S. |
| Celia
Brackenridge MA BEd |
S.
Michael Plaut Ph.D. |
| Cheryl
Cooney M.S.Ed. |
Carolyn
Quadrio |
| Marilyn
Daniels M.A. |
Angelica
Redleaf D.C. |
| Estelle
Disch Ph.D. |
Rev.
Dr. Sarah Rieth |
| Ellen
Edgerton |
Patricia
Salt Ph.D. |
| Rev.
James S. Evinger M.Div. |
Stanley
J. Spero J.D. |
| Nancy
Hopkins |
Gary
Schoener |
| Ann
Hutchison |
Werner
Tschan M.D. |
| Margaret
Kennedy |
Melba
J. T. Vasquez Ph.D., ABPP |
| Sandra
L Kirby Ph.D. |
Karyn
Walsh |
| Larry
A. Kuusisto Ph.D. D.C. |
Mary
Ann Werner |
| Rev.
Patricia Liberty |
Dr.
William H. Willimon |
| Deborah
Lott |
John
D. Winer J.D. |
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Volunteer Coordinators
Summary of Job Descriptions are below...
|
Important Note: |
These volunteers
will be
compiling new information for our website, and they welcome
suggestions from individuals and organizations about services
or resources we should include. |
Coordinator of Volunteer Resources
Cindy Boling
cindy.boling@advocateweb.org
As Coordinator of Volunteer Resources, Cindy
helps "coordinate the coordinators" to oversee the work of these
Volunteer Coordinator roles. This role is to help the other
Coordinators stay focused on what they have committed to do, and if
they need help in some way, seeing that they get the help they need
to enable them to do the job.
Coordinator(s) of Faith-Based Victim
Advocacy Resources
Gerri Stowman gerri.stowman@advocateweb.org
Wayne Stowman wayne.stowman@advocateweb.org
The Stowmans coordinate the compilation of faith-based
resources for survivors and victim advocates. AdvocateWeb
attempts to provide resources for persons of all faiths and
religions.
Coordinator of Faith-Based Institutional
Resources
Donna Scott
donna.scott@advocateweb.org
Linda Maue (Assistant) linda.maue@advocateweb.org
Donna and Linda coordinate the compilation of faith-based educational
resources for churches, synagogues, other religious institutions,
and for the general public.
Coordinator of Media Resources
t.b.d.
Coordinates the media updates which we regularly send out to
subscribers. Also she will be monitoring opportunities for
op-ed campaigns or other media public education opportunities,
maintaining a list of professional or victim advocate resources for
assisting media inquiries, offering assistance to victim advocates
on how to most effectively interact with the media.
Coordinator of Conference Resources
t.b.d.
This person would be responsible for monitoring relevant conferences, seminars,
retreats, workshops, etc. so that we can keep this information
up-to-date on our website.
Coordinator of Medical/Mental Health Care Abuse
Resources
Brooks Mitchell
brooks.mitchell@advocateweb.org
Brooks coordinates the compilation and upkeep of current
information on the topic of exploitation and abuse within the mental
health and medical health care communities.
Coordinator of Sport Abuse Resources
t.b.d.
Coordinates the compilation and upkeep of current
information on the topic of exploitation and abuse of athletes within
sports.
Coordinator of Educator Abuse Resources
t.b.d.
Coordinates the compilation and upkeep of current
information on the topic of exploitation and abuse of students by
educators.
Coordinator of Local Support Community Resources
t.b.d.
This person coordinates the compilation and upkeep of current
information on the topic of building local support communities.
Coordinator of Disability Resources
t.b.d.
Coordinate the compilation and upkeep of current
information on the topic of exploitation and abuse of persons with
disabilities.
Coordinator of Legal Resources
t.b.d.
Coordinates
the compilation and upkeep of current
information on the topic of litigation and legal information.
Attorney Panel
Coordinator
Cindy Boling
cindy.boling@advocateweb.org
Cindy is coordinating our new AdvocateWeb
Attorney Panel, a new feature recently added to AdvocateWeb.
Learn more about it by clicking here.
Coordinator of Legislative Resources
t.b.d.
This person coordinates the monitoring of legislative activities
within the United States and assist in maintaining current
legislative information on our website.
Coordinator of European Resources
Dr. Med. Werner Tschan
werner.tschan@advocateweb.org
AdvocateWeb is a nonprofit organization based in
North America, but we are addressing a type of abuse that is a
global problem. Dr. Tschan will
help us stay up-to-date with information pertinent to our European
friends.
eNewsletter Editor
Kevin Gourley kevin.gourley@advocateweb.org
Kevin is temporarily managing
and editing our weekly eNewsletter and Message of HOPE.
Guestbook Coordinator
Cecilia Hoyt
cecelia.hoyt@advocateweb.org
Cecilia monitors our Guestbook activity and responds to any
inquiries or problems with postings.
Bookstore Coordinator
Belinda Martinez
belinda.martinez@advocateweb.org
(or you can reach her at
books@advocateweb.org)
Belinda
is responsible for maintaining the AdvocateWeb online
bookstore database, monitoring for new books to add to the database,
and handling requests for updates to the database.
Print Publications
Coordinator
Sharon Knight
sharon.knight@advocateweb.org
As Print Publications Coordinator, Sharon handles the design and editing of
our print publications, including brochures and other print media
distributed by AdvocateWeb.
Brochure Distribution Coordinator
Nicole Todd *
brochures@advocateweb.org
Nicole handles requests for mailing out AdvocateWeb
Brochures.
* = newest team members
Volunteer
Coordinators, Job Description |
| Objective: |
AdvocateWeb intends to excel at
maintaining up-to-date resources for sexual exploitation
victim/survivors, victim advocates, professionals, churches,
other institutions, professional organizations, and the media. |
| Roles: |
We have created these Volunteer
Coordinator roles to allow us to have a designated person
focused on ensuring that we do the best we can at meeting our
general objective in various areas. As a
Coordinator, your most important role is to help us stay
up-to-date on our resources made available on our
website. |
| Scope: |
By dividing these
responsibilities, the intent is to make these manageable,
reasonably-sized, volunteer roles. We realize everyone
has busy lives! The scope of your work may only take a
few hours per month. As a Coordinator you will be
helping us watch for new resources or information of interest
to the public, seek new articles we might wish to add, advise
when items should be removed, provide information we might
include in our eNewsletter, etc. You are an
advocate for greater public awareness and greater resource
availability, and the primary vehicle is through the
AdvocateWeb website, but may also include personal interaction
as well. To the extent that you have time to do so, we
also encourage you to actively seek broader participation in
the work of AdvocateWeb or in collaborative
efforts. We also encourage you to
think of ways of involving others to help you in this
work. You don't have to do it all yourself. You
can build a team of people to help you if you
want! |
| Assistance: |
To facilitate serving in these
roles, Coordinators are provided an AdvocateWeb.org email
address. We will make these addresses available to the
public so that people can more readily reach you regarding
these topics. You will be granted direct access to
private email groups to confer with other experts and victim
advocates, as well as to our Advisory Council if you need the
advice and insights of this diverse group of professionals,
victim advocates, and experts. As a part of the
AdvocateWeb Team you also can confer with others on the
Coordinator Team, plus you have the support of our President
and webmaster in your endeavors. Regarding updates to our
website, all you need to do is send emails regarding the
changes necessary and we will do the website updates.
You don't have to have any web technical skills!. Also,
if you have any special needs of assistance, we're always here
to help you. |
| Term: |
These Volunteer Coordinator
roles have 2 year renewable terms. |
If you have questions regarding
the AdvocateWeb Team or organization, please contact Kevin Gourley [
kevin.gourley@advocateweb.org
]
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Disclaimer
Exploitation
