Rev. Anthony Evans has been president of NCBI since 1992 and has fought tirelessly to reduce health disparities, foreclosure, homelessness and black on black crime as well as promote financial literacy and help to preserve environmental justice across the country.
In September of 2008, Ms. Grove published the curriculum-based intervention book,
The Street FAM, for Gang Involved Youth. This important and unique approach addresses grief and loss issues associated with gang life. Due to this progressive approach to such a high risk population, Ms. Grove’s work in this area was presented with her permission and on her behalf at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in
2014.
In 2009, Heidi was awarded Regis University’s most prestigious Social Justice Award as a result of her work in the community and subsequently profiled in Regis University’s Be
Influential nationwide campaign.
From 2006-2013, Ms. Grove Co-Founded a Non-Profit organization in Denver Colorado working with High-Risk Inner-City youth through a progressive engagement methodological approach: the utilization of urban arts as career exploration. As a result of this progressive yet effective approach, Ms. Grove worked collaboratively with many community and government leaders to implement various new practices in youth engagement throughout the city: still in place to this day.
For over 10 years Heidi has worked with and in multi-modality systems for youth. As a result of her unique expertise, has worked in tandem and consulted with youth offenders, legal counsel, probation, social services, education, legislators and lawmakers and private counselors for youth. Her expertise includes; juvenile delinquency, adjudicated youth, foster care youth, youth involved in social services systems, sub-culture/street engaged youth, disconnected youth, family systems and multi-systems involved youth. Heidi’s expertise with such a highly distinct and unique population allows her to identify and understand how intersectional impact juvenile justice, child welfare, mental health, education, environment and family systems, impact youth in such a complex manner.
In addition to her deep understanding of such a complex population, Ms. Grove brings over 10 years of experience in Research Design, Program Evaluation, Implementation,
Analysis, Statistical Reporting, and Dissemination of data findings in both private, nonprofit and government sectors.
As a result of her knowledge base and professional experience, Heidi is a regular contributing writer for Regis University’s Theory in Practice for the Counseling field and a sought out trainer, educator and mentor in various capacities for those who work with this population. Her work and research has been published in various journals, articles, and academic textbooks since 2003. Additionally, Heidi has presented her research findings and expertise in local, national, and international arenas.
Daveed has led a variety of projects as a practitioner. He has helped institutions concerned about the potential for attacks on their premises to institute what he calls “crisis architecture” principles, shaping the physical architecture to increase attack survivability without undermining its core function. He has conducted threat assessments for a variety of clients, including firms in the oil and gas industry operating in dangerous or unstable environments. He mapped the online counter-ISIS narrative space for Google’s Redirect Method project, which was designed to divert users who may be susceptible to the jihadist group’s propaganda, and provide them with a different perspective on ISIS. He has served as a subject-matter consultant on militant groups during live hostage negotiations with them. He frequently designs and leads lectures and training for U.S. government personnel through such programs as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Individual Terrorism Awareness Course and the Naval Postgraduate School’s Leader Development and Education for Sustained Peace program. And he has designed and led strategic simulations exploring the competition between violent non-state actors and states for the government and major academic institutions, including Johns Hopkins University.
Also known for his rigorous scholarship, Daveed is the author or volume editor of twenty-three books and monographs. He has published widely in the popular and academic press, including in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, and Terrorism & Political Violence. Daveed has also testified on his areas of core competency before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives over a dozen times, as well as before the Canadian House of Commons. He has served as an expert witness on terrorism and sub-state violence in numerous federal legal cases, including criminal, civil, and asylum cases.
Daveed holds a Ph.D. in world politics from the Catholic University of America and a J.D. from the New York University School of Law, and can conduct research in five languages.
Before joining CDPHE, Ms. Brummett practiced family and appellate law in both Colorado Springs and the Denver Metro area. Ms. Brummett received her JD from the Sturm College of Law, University of Denver and also a Master’s of Forensic Psychology from the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, University of Denver.
Before coming to Colorado in 2005, Chris spent five years as the co-coordinator of a large suburban Philadelphia school safety center that received one of the first Emergency Response and Crisis Management grants in 2003. Chris has trained professionals on such issues as violence prevention, school-based crisis response, adolescent trauma, sexual harassment and misconduct, suicide intervention, and mandated reporting of child abuse. She is the former training coordinator for the Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance (COVA) and has taught victim studies at the University of Northern Colorado. Chris has training from the US Department of Homeland Security, the Boston Trauma Center, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation
CHI has a foundational commitment to violence prevention which was formalized as an organizational priority initiative in 2008 as United Against Violence. We recognize violence as a public health issue and therefore understand and are committed to using public health approaches to address and mitigate violence altogether. In addressing issues of violence, we use a multi-faceted approach that relies on engagement from a spectrum of stakeholders and the use of multiple strategies. Through involvement in community-based initiatives, public policy advocacy, education and awareness initiatives that span the social-ecological spectrum, and shareholder advocacy to influence the corporate sector, we have been able to advance the work of preventing violence in the communities we serve and beyond. CHI will continue to serve as a model for other health systems, understanding the vital role of the health sector in mitigating one of the country’s most preventable public health problems.
Representing CHI is Laura Krausa. She is the System Director of Advocacy for CHI (CHI). In this role, she is responsible for advocacy efforts that focus on public health and social issues that impact socioeconomic and health disparities. She has extensive experience in violence prevention and has been a principal leader for a multi-faceted violence program within CHI that is over 10 years strong. She is a regular speaker for the Catholic Hospital Association and the American Hospital Association in violence prevention and addressing human trafficking and has authored several articles addressing violence and other social issues impacting health and well-being. Laura has a diverse background that included nearly two decades in the performing arts and arts administration. She is particularly interested in addressing social equity and in utilizing public health strategies to build resilience along the social-ecological spectrum. Laura received her BA from the University of Northern Colorado, and her MS in Nonprofit Business Management from Regis University.