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Brandie StringerFounding Executive Director
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Alana SacksBoard PresidentAlana Sacks, MSW, LICSW (Pronouns: she/her/hers) is a licensed independent clinical social worker who has worked with survivors of sexual and relationship violence for over a decade. She currently serves as the Associate Director for Response Services in the Department of BWell Health Promotion at Brown University. Before working at Brown, she served as the Assistant Director of Programs and Services at RESPOND, Inc., New England's first domestic violence survivor support organization, as well as working for Safelink, Massachusetts’ state hotline for survivors of sexual and domestic violence. Her clinical practice has served clients with diverse needs across the lifespan, practicing in myriad settings, from outpatient mental health clinics to inpatient psychiatric care. Alana trained at the award-winning Victims of Violence Program, which holds a national and international reputation and has made major contributions to the field of psychological trauma. A fierce feminist and advocate, she is passionately committed to fostering safe, fulfilling, and equitable relationships and to supporting those who have experienced harm in their unique journeys towards healing and recovery. In her free time she loves to cook and eat, spend time with loved ones, snuggle her cats, and engage in different forms of art and expression. Alana holds a BA in Philosophy from Boston College and a Masters in Social Work with a certificate of specialization in trauma from the Boston University School of Social Work.
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Amanda Ronchi
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Shana OrtmanBoard TreasurerShana Vanderweele Ortman (she/her) is thrilled to join the Haven Box Board of Directors. Shana currently works at the Rhode Island School of Design, managing events for the President’s Office. Her professional roots are as a grassroots organizer for environmental and social justice causes. She has run programs, fundraising, and operations at several non-profit organizations, including the Greenwich Odeum in East Greenwich, RI. As an events professional for the past decade, Shana has worked primarily at independent music venues, including as the Private Events Manager for two historic music venues in San Francisco. She has continued her events career in Rhode Island, and has overseen catering, event rentals, and special constituency events at RISD. Shana resettled in Rhode Island from California in 2017 so she could raise her kids closer to their extended family. She and her husband are raising two dynamic and energetic young children. When she’s not cheering on her kids from various sidelines, she enjoys visiting estate sales, making and enjoying art, and spending time with friends and family.
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Hann WoodhouseBoard of DirectorsHann Woodhouse, M.Ed is a career advocate for an expanse of social justice issues, from equitable access to basic needs to reproductive justice. She has worked in the field of violence prevention for almost a decade, educating thousands of Rhode Islanders a year on topics such as healthy relationships, interpersonal violence, bystander intervention, sexual health, and diversity and inclusion, among others. Though passionate about all of her work, her main focus is on youth empowerment and peer advocacy; she is a founding member and current advisor for the Rhode Island Student Collaborative (RISC) which connects college students across the state and elevates young voices about campus sexual and domestic violence. She is also in the process of developing and implementing a peer advocacy program for Rhode Island middle and high school students, to be launched early next year. In her free time (of which there is little) she is also a musician and creative: her first album was released in October 2021. She is excited to be on the Board of Haven Box and to expand the reach of these necessary services in her community.
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