Find an AVA Coordinator

Advocacy for Victims of Abuse (AVA) regional conference coordinators make up the AVA National Leadership Team. The team helps provide direction, sets goals, and assists in implementing AVA’s strategic plan. These coordinators have been equipped to educate clergy and lay leaders at the local level as well as assist churches in the development of their own AVA ministry. Regional coordinators conduct educational workshops and seminars on adult and teen domestic violence and on adult survivors of sexual abuse for local churches, women ministries groups, and clergy. They also conduct AVA training for local church advocates.

The Evangelical Covenant Church is committed to this work because we knew that domestic violence and sexual abuse exist not only in our communities, but also in our congregations. AVA has been one of the highlights of our community of faith’s commitment to stand up for the downtrodden and broken.

A pdf listing of regional coordinators is also available.

AVA DIRECTOR
Yvonne DeVaughn – Casa Grande, Arizona | devaughn3(at)gmail.com

The Evangelical Covenant Church of Alaska
Melanie Smith – Soldotna, Alaska | melanie_smith78(at)yahoo.com

The Evangelical Covenant Church of Canada
Karen Bayley – Strathmore, Alberta | ckbayley(at)telus.net

Central Conference
Karen Brewer – Chicago, Illinois | pastorkaren1(at)yahoo.com
Joanne Nelson – Chicago, Illinois | jerome.nelson(at)sbcglobal.net
Dawn Price – Schaumburg, Illinois | dawnyk01(at)aol.com

East Coast Conference
Priscilla Borden – Abington, Massachusetts | arachncas(at)aol.com

Great Lakes Conference
Tina Hooper – Saranac, Michigan | tina(at)hooperprinting.com
Connie Nafziger – Westerville, Ohio | connie(at)chloeinc.org

Midsouth Conference
Anna Marie Peterson – Coppell, Texas | MrsAnnaMarieP(at)aol.com

Midwest Conference
Kyle Kelly – Mead, Nebraska | kylekelly(at)windstream.net

North Pacific Conference
Bonnie Hedman – Seattle, Washington | bonnie_hedman(at)hotmail.com
Colleen Hicks – Tenino, Washington | hickswithamission(at)hotmail.com
Debbie Marr – Portland, Oregon | debbiejmarr(at)gmail.com

Northwest Conference
Kathy Turgeon | turgek(at)netzero.net

Pacific Southwest Conference
Blanca Bertrand – Gilbert, Arizona | blancaprov356(at)gmail.com
Lynda Delgado – Downey, California | lyndadelgado4wm(at)yahoo.com
William DeVaughn – Casa Grande, Arizona | devaughn63(at)gmail.com
Corrie Gustafson – Chandler, Arizona | corrie(at)hopechurchchandler.com
Teresa Hillis – Tuscon, Arizona | techigs(at)yahoo.com
Rolando and Lesvia Leiva – Elk Grove, California | lleiva(at)sbcglobal.net
Kathy Melton | kathy-melton(at)comcast.net

Southeast Conference
Beverly Corridon – Miami, Florida | doxy_ava(at)bellsouth.net
Beverly Johnson – Mound Bayou, Mississippi | beverlyjohnson9(at)msn.com

Colombia, South America
Mary Lou Sander – Medellin, Colombia | pactosand(at)yahoo.com