Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Working Group

NC DOJ Multidisciplinary Team

As part of its efforts under the SAKI grant, NC DOJ formed a multidisciplinary team (SAKI Working Group) that includes law enforcement, prosecutors, community-based victim advocates, sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE), Crime Laboratory personnel, researchers, campus representatives, and NC DOJ staff. The Working Group convenes regularly to address issues related to those efforts, to make recommendations based on assessment of current and accepted best practices across the country, and to support the efforts of local jurisdictions in those efforts.

NC DOJ/Crime Laboratory

Amanda Thompson
SAKI Grant Manager
Assistant Director for Administrative Operations
North Carolina State Crime Laboratory

Trevor Allen
Director
North Carolina Justice Academy

Holly Jones
SAKI Assistant Site Coordinator, Public Protection Section
North Carolina Department of Justice

Jody West
Forensic Scientist Manager
North Carolina State Crime Laboratory

Suzi Barker
STIMS Administrator
North Carolina State Crime Laboratory

Jasmine McGhee
Director, Public Protection Section
North Carolina Department of Justice

Juliette Grimmett
SAKI Victim Policy Strategist, Public Protection Section
North Carolina Department of Justice

Troy Armstrong
Cold Case Investigations Specialist
North Carolina Department of Justice

Law Enforcement/Public Safety

Audria Bridges
Assistant Director
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation

Mike Roberson
Sheriff
Chatham County Sheriff’s Office

Terry Sult
Interim Chief
Cary Police Department

Chris Viverette
Sergeant, Special Victims Unit
Greenville Police Department

Brent David
Captain
Wake County Sheriff’s Office

Joy Strickland
Assistant General Counsel
North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation

Prosecution

Amber Lueken Barwick
SAKI Site Coordinator
Violence Against Women Resource Prosecutor
North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys

Alicia Marks
Assistant District Attorney
Fourteenth Prosecutorial District

Donald Coleman
Assistant District Attorney
Tenth Prosecutorial District

Victim Services/Advocacy

Monika Johnson Hostler
Executive Director
North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault

Jane Allen Wilson
Director of Training
North Carolina Victim Assistance Network

Medical

Katherine Ariano
SANE Coordinator
Duke University Hospital

Lauren Schwartz
Director of the Solace Center
Interact of Wake County

College Campuses

Angel Bowers
Associate Director, Counseling Center & Prevention Services
NC State University

Karen Phinazee
Sr. Dean of Student Conduct & Community Standards
Wake Tech Community College

Research

Dr. Patricia Melton
Senior Research Forensic Scientist
Research Triangle Institute, International