Shannon Coopman, Vice President of Finance and Human Resources

Shannon joined FVPS in 1987. She is the agency's Chief Financial Officer and

Human Resources Manager.

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He currently guides the work of our Violence Intervention Program,
San Antonio and Bexar County's only program currently recognized by
the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Criminal Assitance
Division for meeting all of the Battering Intervention and
Prevention Program Guidelines. Mike joined the agency in 1999.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it has been with
the Agency since 2007. She graduated from Texas A&M University,
College Station, in 2002, with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Psychology. In 2007, she received her Master’s degree from
The University of Texas at Austin in Counseling.

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Laura is the Outreach and Transitional Services Director.
She was hired by the Agency as a residential case manager
in 1989 and has spent the past twenty years working with
battered women. In addition to running the Transitional
Housing Program and providing case management for
her clients, she also serves as a community educator
on domestic violence for various groups and
organizations including students of all levels,
professional community groups and educators, and
                she supervises the Donation Center.

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Director of the Community Based
Counseling Program, joined the agency in 2006. She graduated from University of
Texas at San Antonio with both her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology
and her Master of Arts degree in Counseling. She obtained her License in
Social Work in 2005. She has worked in various non-profit agencies to
include Substance Abuse, HIV and AIDS, Teen Pregnancy,
Diabetes Research and Homelessness.

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She joined the agency in 1996 and has 17 years of experience
working in the field of mental health, mental retardation,
domestic violence, teen dating violence, and substance
abuse prevention and intervention. Michelle graduated
from Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas)
with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology
and from St. Mary’s University with a Masters of Arts
degree in Counseling. She is currently a doctoral
candidate at the University of the Incarnate Word
pursuing a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Organizational

Leadership. She is a member of the Cambridge Who’s Who among Executives,
Professionals & Entrepreneurs.

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Bobbi is a Licensed Master of Social Work and the
Director of Residential Services for the
Battered Women and Children's Shelter.
She is also a Field Instructor, working collaboratively
with universities to supervise and facilitate the field
placement pedagogy for Master and Bachelor level
social work students.

Ms. Maria Sanchez, Director of Quality Assurance

This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it is the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and has been with the agency since 2002. She graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations and a Minor in Non Profit Management. As Director of Volunteer Services, she is responsible for managing the individual volunteer program, community service and service learning programs, representing the agency at community health fairs and special events, coordinating third party events and donations drives, and conducting community presentations, facility tours. Melissa is the President of SAVA (San Antonio Volunteer Administrators) for 2008-2010 and a member of the American Humanics Advisory Council of UTSA.

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Attorney for Family Violence Prevention Services
(Battered Women and Children’s Shelter) in San Antonio.
For the past five years she has specialized in issues of
domestic violence as it pertains to family law matters
and is certified in general mediation as well as divorce
and family law mediation. In addition to representing
crime victims in divorces, protective orders, child
custody and child support matters, Ms. Siegfried
presents in the community at seminars and panel
events concerning the above topics. She is currently a member of the San Antonio

Bar Association Family Law Section; Bexar County Children's Court Resource

Committee, Safe Havens Advisory Board, and is a mentor for the Bexar

County Community Justice Program.

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Gay Lynn Schwenk joined FVPS in 2008 as the Development Coordinator.
Ms. Schwenk has 15 years experience working in government and non-

profit agencies which serve disadvantaged populations.

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Clinical Director and the Director of Counseling Services.
He joined the agency in 1997. He is also the
Chair of the Bexar County Death Analysis Review Team.

Judi Yahn, M.A., LBSW, Director of Judicial and Military Affairs

Judi Yahn initially joined FVPS in 2007 as the Court Liaison.
She is currently the Director of Judicial and Military Affairs,
is the liaison to the military, and continues to be responsible
for the Court Liaison Program. Ms. Yahn has more
than 25 years of experience working with non-profit organizations,
with a particular focus on helping indigent populations and women and children.

Linda Benjamin-Miles Development Consultant

Linda advises on the total development program for FVPS,
creating strategies for fund raising, Internet marketing,
corporate and foundation relations, events management,
public relations and campaign planning.