IVAA Collaborative Partners

The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence, Boise State University Department of Criminal Justice, the Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance, the Idaho Crime Victim Compensation Program, the Idaho Attorney General’s Office, the Idaho State Police, Idaho State Police POST Academy, Idaho Sheriffs’ Association, the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys’ Association, the Idaho Victim Witness Association, the Idaho Chief’s of Police Association, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho have come together to implement the Idaho Victim Assistance Academy. The IVAA Executive Committee members represent the key stakeholder organizations. For more information on the IVAA or the IVAA Executive Committee, please contact Kelly Miller, Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence at kmiller@idvsa.org.

IVAA Executive Committee

Jan Bennetts
Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys’ Association

Chief James Bensley
Idaho Chiefs of Police Association

Mary Burke
Idaho State Police

Luann Dettman
Idaho Council on Domestic Violence and Victim Assistance

Traci Fedrizzi
Gem County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office

Sue Fellen
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence

Bonnie Glick
Idaho Victim Witness Association

Doug Graves
Idaho POST Academy

Lisa Growette Bostaph, Ph.D.
Boise State University
Department of Criminal Justice

George Gutierrez
Idaho Crime Victims Compensation Program

Kristi McKown
US Attorney’s Office

Kelly Miller
Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence

Sandra Piotrowski, M.S.S.A.
State of Idaho, Office of Attorney General

Shelli Sonnenberg
Boise Police Department

Sheriff Marv Williams
Idaho Sheriffs’ Association

The IVAA Statewide Committee is comprised of thirty-five (35) members to ensure geographic, demographic, and professional affiliation diversity.

“Great interdisciplinary experience that expanded knowledge about my own field and allowed me to network with other providers”

- Domestic Violence Victim Advocate, 2007 IVAA Graduate

Until the inception of the IVAA, there was no statewide training to support Idaho’s efforts to provide comprehensive, academically based, fundamental education and training for victim assistance providers, victim advocates, criminal justice personnel, and allied professionals.

“It is a great step in victim rights advocacy and these types of organizations and awareness are what we need more of in Idaho”

- Corrections Personnel, 2007 IVAA Graduate