Deborah is responsible for the overall management and operation of Stop It Now! in keeping with the strategic goals of the organization. She joined Stop It Now! in 2005 as Director of Public Policy, responsible primarily for building and maintaining strategic national alliances. Her prior work in the child sexual abuse prevention field includes program development, management, and implementation on national and state-wide levels. As an expressive arts therapist, she worked with adults, adolescents and children whose lives had been impacted by sexual abuse. Deborah holds a Master’s degree in Dance/Movement Therapy from Antioch/New England Graduate School.
We have an unprecedented opening to use the Penn State sexual abuse case’s stunning lessons about ignorance, self-interest, and responsibility to examine widespread, false assumptions about child sexual abuse and how to prevent it.
