NSVRC is supported by a diverse and distinguished national Advisory Council committed to ending sexual violence. Council members represent a diverse range of disciplines, perspectives, and organizations to broaden the scope and strengthen the quality of our national work. Members serve a three-year term during which time they participate in quarterly conference calls, attend annual meetings, sit on committees, and provide consultation as needed. Respect Together (formerly the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape) received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) to expand their work nationally through NSVRC. NSVRC is governed by Respect Together’s Board of Directors.
To nominate yourself or someone else (with their permission) for the NSVRC Advisory Council please contact us.
Current Members
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Yolanda Edrington Yolanda Edrington became the Chief Executive Officer of Respect Together in December 2023. Prior to this, Ms. Edrington served as the Chief Operating Officer of Respect Together’s national division, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), for six years. Ms. Edrington brings over two decades of professional experience in leadership, human services, and health promotion to the national movement to prevent sexual abuse, assault, and harassment. As a leader, Ms. Edrington seeks to foster a trauma-informed organizational culture, striving to build trust, promote respect, and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. She is a bridge-builder who is proud to have supported Respect Together’s mission through expanding partnerships, increasing funding, and working alongside Fortune 500 companies like Uber, Lyft, and the NFL. |
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Jessica Grzywacz Jessica Grzywacz is a public health consultant at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. After getting a Master’s Degree in Public Health Education and Health Promotion, she directed an HIV counseling and testing program and chaired a community-based AIDS Council at a local health department before moving to the state health department. For the past twenty years, she has been Michigan’s Sexual Assault Prevention Specialist and also director of the state’s RPE Program. Jessica has extensive experience with national, state, and local partners that are committed to ending sexual violence. She counts primary prevention as a passion. |
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Corrine Sanchez, PhD Dr. Corrine Sanchez of San Ildefonso Pueblo is Executive Director of Tewa Women United. She completed her doctorate at Arizona State University in Justice Studies. Corrine is trained in sexual assault intervention and prevention. She has worked in the sexual violence field for 20 years and helped refine Tewa Women United’s awareness and healing intervention, “Trauma Rocks”. Dr. Sanchez has been part of the co-creation process of building Indigenous Knowledge through the contribution of TWU’s Research Methodology and Theory of Opide, a braiding of practice to action. Dr. Sanchez was one of sixteen visionary leaders across the country selected as the first cohort of the Move to End Violence. Dr. Sanchez is dedicated to family and community healing, youth development, and ending violence against women, girls and Mother Earth through her service with Tewa Women United. |
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Karen Webb After Hurricane Katrina, Karen had a strong desire to leave the private sector and begin to contribute to the public sector. She soon landed the position of Louisiana’s Rape Prevention and Education Coordinator. Karen is passionate about ending sexual violence. She is also passionate about health equity and serves on two Health Equity Action Teams. She believes we will end sexual violence one day, and then we will be able to address another issue that prevents people from living their best life. |
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Brandi Woods-Littlejohn Brandi Woods-Littlejohn is the Program Manager for Violence Prevention and directs the Oklahoma Rape Prevention and Education program at the Oklahoma State Department of Health. She provides direction and guidance to local-level prevention practitioners, ensuring they have the knowledge, skills, and resources to conduct effective prevention programs. Prior to turning her career to primary prevention, she helped establish and served as the Project Director for the Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board for 13 years. She has served on boards and committees across Oklahoma concerned with ending and intervening in violence against women and is an adjunct professor at Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City in the Crime Victim and Survivor Services division. |