Please meet Bonnie Spencer, Program Office Manager for Family Ark in Jeffersonville, Indiana. When Family Ark recently adopted the Traumatic Stress Institute's Risking Connection Change Model, Bonnie was tasked with ordering food and other logistics for the Risking Connection Basic Training late last summer. Prior to the training, she had started reading about what it meant to be trauma-informed and was still unsure of what it actually meant. After participating in the training, she really felt like everything came together and made sense.
Vanessa N. Mayers
Vanessa N. Mayers, MSW, is a Program Coordinator for the Traumatic Stress Institute of Klingberg Family Centers. She brings over two decades of experience in social services and nonprofits as a relationship builder and facilitator, bringing power structures and community members together for the advancement of both.
Previously, Vanessa served as the Director of Education and Conflict Resolution Services at the Center for Victims. In her role, she provided trauma-informed presentations and training to community-based organizations, schools, foundations, faith-based organizations, healthcare professionals, and government agencies. She also managed multiple programs, including the Safety and Supportive Services Program for the Housing Authority City of Pittsburgh, where she worked with management and residents in 14 high-rises and 5 family communities, providing training, crisis intervention, mediation, and victim services through a trauma-informed lens.
Vanessa continues to dedicate time to The Pittsburgh Study, a collective impact initiative collaborating across systems, disciplines, and with community members to promote children’s thriving and racial equity in the region.
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