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Our Team |
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Jetta Bernier ~ Executive Director
Jetta directs the Enough Abuse Campaign, a citizen education and mobilization effort to prevent child sexual abuse in schools, youth-serving organizations and communities. Launched through a 5-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002 to 2007), and supported by the Ms. Foundation for Women (2007 – 2014), the Campaign has now been adopted in Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Maine, South Dakota, and several California counties. She is developer of “Enough! Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in My School”, a one-hour, evidence-informed e-learning course for school personnel, and “Pledge to Prevent ™” a social media campaign aimed at educating, empowering and engaging citizens to take specific actions to prevent child sexual abuse from ever occurring. Jetta co-chairs the Policy Committee of the National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation and served on the 11-member National Independent Schools Task Force on Educator Sexual Misconduct which in February 2018 released recommendations for the country’s 1,5000 independent private schools. She was Co-Chair of the Coalition to Reform Sex Abuse Laws, a grassroots coalition that succeeded, in 2006 and 2014 respectively, in reforming Massachusetts’ criminal and civil statute of limitations in cases of child sexual abuse. Click here to read more>>> |
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Lindsay Hawthorne ~ Communications Coordinator
Lindsay has been advocating to end sexual abuse and other interpersonal violence since she was in high school, and she enjoys furthering the communications and prevention efforts of MassKids. She promotes the various prevention curricula and resources that MassKids and its Enough Abuse Campaign provide, including the two Enough! e-learning prevention courses for schools and for youth serving organizatinos, the It's Not Just Jenna video and discussion guide, the Abusive Head Trauma Prevention trainings for medical professionals and brochures for parents, and much more. Lindsay grows the reach of MassKids and Enough Abuse through e-newsletters and social media, as well as strategic outreach. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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OUR TRAINERS |
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Beverly Costa-Ciavola ~ Certified Master Trainer 
For over a decade Beverly has been a leader in training citizens and a broad range of child and family serving professionals about child sexual abuse and its prevention. She has conducted “Training of Trainers” session to equip other vetted community volunteers to deliver the Enough Abuse Campaign’s research-based curricula series including: Strategies for your Family and Community, Strategies for your School, Strategies for your Youth Organization, Understanding and Responding to the Sexual Behaviors of Children, and the “It’s Not Just Jenna” video and facilitated discussion. Additionally, Beverly is a certified trainer for three developmentally targeted trainings for children and youth including:
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Tommy Morris ~ Certified Enough Abuse Trainer
He brings over a decade of experience on the front lines bringing public school and community-based programming to underprivileged urban minority youth across central Massachusetts and the Merrimack Valley areas. He has worked tirelessly to help victims of sexual abuse, violence, and neglect receive the care and attention they need. Tommy’s engaging training style, his expertise in community-based programming and his marketing and advertising skills honed with Comcast New England, makes Tommy a sought out member of our training team. Tommy received his Masters degree in special education from Lesley University and his undergraduate degree in communications from the University of New Hampshire.
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Mary Wyszynski, MS, RNC, NNP ~ Nurse Educator on Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome Prevention 
Mary is co-developer of the MassKids’ in-hospital training program for Maternity Nurses and Nurse Educators whose goals are to prevent infant deaths and disabilities from Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome – the leading cause of non-accidental injury and deaths in children under 3. An experienced Nurse Educator, Mary has conducted hundreds of trainings on Abusive Head Trauma/Shaken Baby Syndrome prevention for a variety of audiences, including medical professionals, child care agencies, undergraduate and graduate students, and social service agencies. Mary’s extensive background includes a Masters Degree in Science from Northeastern University, with a concentration in critical care neonatal nursing, as well as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certificate from All Children’s Hospital in Florida. In addition to serving as lecturer, Mary has published AHT/SBS and family violence prevention articles in national peer reviewed journals. She is staff nurse at Newton Wellesley Hospital and has over 25 years of experience caring for critically ill newborns.
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Alvalyn Dixon-Gardner ~ Intern
Alvalyn is a first-year student at Tufts University who aspires to be a Child Psychologist. Her goals are to reform how mental health issues are addressed in the Black community. She is passionate about preventing child abuse and has worked previously as an intern with Prevent Child Abuse Illinois. Alvalyn is currently working to promote MassKids’ Pledge to Prevent™ action campaign to prevent child sexual abuse through social media, so that citizens everywhere can be educated and engaged to “Show Your Hand. Take a Stand!”
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Olivia Holladay ~ Intern  Olivia is a sophomore at Boston University and aspires to be a child advocate attorney. She has worked as a legal assistant in the past, and has done numerous projects and pursued many volunteering opportunities focusing on child advocacy. Olivia is furthering MassKids work to prevent child sexual abuse by conducting a national review of child sexual abuse prevention curricula for school children. This will assist policymakers and advocates as they consider which evidence-based training materials to implement in their schools.
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OUR M.I.T. BOARD FELLOWS |
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Ruchie Bhardwaj ~ Board Fellow, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Emma Kaye ~ Board Fellow, MIT Sloan School of Management
Emma is currently studying for her MBA at the Sloan School and her interests focus on large-scale transformation of organizations. Throughout her life, Emma has volunteered with programs aimed at improving the lives of children, including Junior Achievement of NY and 826michigan. She brings her business background and her passion for child advocacy to the MassKids team by serving as a Board Fellow.
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OUR VOLUNTEERS |
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Jennifer Dailey and Jennifer Matrazzo ~ Legislative Project Volunteers Jenn Dailey is a certified Enough Abuse Campaign trainer and former Coordinator of the Enough Abuse Campaign in New York. Jennifer Matrazzo was former Associate Director and Communications Director at PCA New York for 13 years. Both bring extensive knowledge and skills to support our work on the Child Sexual Abuse Legislation Project, a national research effort to collect information from the 50 states about five key pieces of legislation enacted by various states to prevent child sexual abuse. Information collected from this project will help document successes in implementation of these laws, as well as gaps that must be addressed to ensure the greatest protection of our children.
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Lindsay Hawthorne has an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Northeastern University, with a concentration in Social Media and Digital Communications. While pursuing her degree at Northeastern, Lindsay worked as the Administrative Secretary for the School Health Academy, planning and coordinating continuing education conferences, workshops, webinars and online programs. Lindsay has worked as a Communications Consultant and volunteer for several nonprofits. She served as the Media Intern for SurvJustice, a D.C.-based nonprofit providing legal advocacy for survivors of sexual assault on campuses across the country. Lindsay also interned with the MA Governor's Council on Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, and with the international Oak Foundation, while pursuing her undergraduate degree in International Relations with a minor in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies at Boston University. 
