Christine Herrman

Executive Director
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Christine Herrman joined the SATF in June 2008. During her two decades of work in the movement to end violence against women, Christine has served as an advocate in her home town of Ketchikan, Alaska, and as a prosecutor in Seattle, Washington, where she concentrated on cases of sexual assault, child abuse, and child homicide. Christine received her BS from the University of Utah, and her JD from Duke University, where she founded a sexual assault legal advocacy project between the local rape crisis center and the law school. As Executive Director of the SATF, Christine serves as a statewide and national leader in sexual assault policy and procedure development, and is committed to ending sexual violence.

Alexa Priddy

Response Program Coordinator
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Alexa Priddy joined the SATF in July 2008. She has worked with issues related to sexual violence for nearly 10 years and is committed to ending sexual violence in our culture through training and prevention efforts. Alexa has worked as a victim advocate, educator, program coordinator and trainer on college campuses and in communities in Wisconsin, Oregon, and Virginia. She has a MA in Women’s Studies from the University of Arizona and a strong commitment to advancing understandings of gender issues and gender-based violence and discrimination across Oregon. Alexa is committed to recognizing the intersections of oppressions in our culture and how that impacts perceptions and responses to sexual violence.
In her position as the Response Program Coordinator at the Task Force, Alexa coordinates the Sexual Assault Training Institute, providing comprehensive training to first responders to victims of sexual assault across the state. In this capacity, Alexa also provides technical assistance to county and campus SARTs on development and sustainability through training, peer-to-peer support, technical assistance, and a statewide SART listserv.

Ashley Maier

Prevention Program Coordinator
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Ashley started with the SATF in August 2009. While an undergraduate student in Illinois, she found her passion for ending oppression through courses addressing community psychology and sexual harassment. With this new lens, she chose to earn a M.S.W. with an individualized concentration on women’s studies, specifically focusing on violence against women, gender inequality, and social change, at Washington University in St. Louis. She began her career by providing direct services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence and grew to lead programs, groups, and initiatives focused on issues such as teen relationship violence prevention, community health and family violence training for physicians, community activism, and anti-oppression leadership. Ashley believes that sexual violence is a preventable manifestation of oppression. A champion for primary prevention, she is committed to promoting strong, healthy environments inhospitable to the roots of sexual violence.

Cliff Leek

Prevention Specialist
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Cliff Leek joined SATF as a Prevention Specialist in 2010. He received his BA in U.S. Race and Gender Studies from Willamette University where he was co-chair of their Men Against Violence organization for three years. He also participated in several other student organizations and administrative councils for social justice, diversity and equity. At his core Cliff believes in the intersections of identities and oppressions, and wrote his senior thesis on the interlocking nature of patriarchy and white supremacy. Cliff brings his interest in engaging men and in exploring the intersections of oppressions to his work with the Task Force.

June Harms

SANE Program Coordinator
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June Harms joined the SATF in October 2007. Prior to joining the SATF she worked for the Department of Justice, Crime Victims’ Services Division (formerly the Crime Victims’ Assistance Section) as an Administrative Assistant. She is passionate about women’s issues, specifically sexual assault and domestic violence. While attending Linfield College, June participated in the Consent Awareness Training Squad (C.A.T.S.), a project to mentor and educate high school and junior high school students regarding sexual assault and domestic violence. She graduated college in 2006, with a bachelor’s degree in Health Education and is currently working towards her Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Patti Kenyon

SANE Technical Assistance Coordinator
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Patti Kenyon joined the SATF in August 2008. She has 30 years of experience in critical care and emergency medicine. She received her initial training for the care of sexual assault victims in Minnesota and after moving to Oregon she attended the first statewide SANE training in April 2003. Patti is a registered nurse, an Oregon certified SANE and is certified through the International Association of Forensic Nurses as a SANE-A.
In addition to working with the Task Force, she is also employed by Samaritan Albany General Hospital as an emergency department nurse and is the SANE Coordinator for Samaritan Health Services. Patti is currently an active member with the SART teams in Linn and Benton counties. She serves on the Oregon State University Sexual Assault Response and Prevention Alliance committee and volunteers with the ABC House, a child advocacy center for Linn and Benton counties, and the Benton County Crisis Response Team through the Benton County Sherriff’s Office. She is a former member of the Attorney General’s Sexual Assault Task Force Medical Forensic Committee and the Oregon SANE Certification Commission.

Tamsyn Jameson

Program and Research Specialist
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Tamsyn Jameson joined the Task Force in 2010. She holds an MA in applied cultural anthropology from Oregon State University and in the past has conducted research into hunger and globalization. Before attending graduate school, she taught English for three years in rural Japan where she became proficient in Japanese. Besides supporting all the staff on special projects, Tamsyn oversees the design and research element of the Case Clearance Training Project.

Judy Hays

Membership Specialist
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Judy Hays joined the Task Force in July 2009. She graduated from a private university in Indiana with a BA in Elementary Education. After teaching for several years, she returned to her home in Oregon and worked for the Oregon Department of Justice for 19 years, 12 of which were for Attorney General Hardy Myers. Working with the former Attorney General, she appreciated his passion and tireless efforts on behalf of sexual assault and domestic violence crime victims. Judy serves as the primary contact between the SATF membership and the staff.