Robert Appel
Former Defense Counsel
Montpelier, VT
Judith Becker, Ph.D.
Professor, University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
Suzanne Brown
Executive Director, Washington Coalition of Sexual Assault
Programs
Olympia, WA
Robert Burakoff
Robert Burakoff Consulting Services
Arlington, MA
Gail Burns-Smith
Executive Director, Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services,
Inc.
East Hartford, CT
Ed Carter
Ed Carter & Associates
Bala Cynwd, PA
Madeline Carter, M.S.
Center for Sex Offender Management
Silver Spring, MD
David Chadwick, M.D.
Director Emeritus, Center for Child Protection
Children's Hospital, San Diego
La Mesa, CA
James Clemente
Supervisory Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quantico, VA
Robin Delany-Shabazz
Coordinator, Child Abuse Program
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Department of Justice
Washington, DC
Lisa Fontes, Ph.D.
Psychology Department, Springfield College
Springfield, MA
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Joan and Kent Haskell
Family affected by child sexual abuse
Groton, VT
Keith Kaufman, Ph.D.
President, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers
Portland, OR
Larry Kressley
Executive Director, Public Welfare Foundation
Washington, DC
Wanda K. Jones, Dr. P.H.,
ex officio
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Department of Health
and Human Services
Washington, DC
James Mercy, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Science
Division of Violence Prevention
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
Gina Ogden, Ph.D.
Visiting Research Scholar
Wellesley College Centers for Research on Women
Cambridge, MA
David Prescott,L.I.C.S.W.
Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center
Mauston, WI
Mark Rosenberg, M.D.
Executive Director
The Task Force for Child Survival and Development
Decatur, GA
Linda Spears
Child Welfare League of America
Washington, DC
Victor Vieth
Director, National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse
American Prosecutors Research Institute
Alexandria, VA |
I
founded Stop It Now! in 1992 because I am a survivor of child
sexual abuse. As I grew up, I learned there are millions of
us in society, many who are suffering and feeling unnecessary
shame because of society's decades of ignorance and denial.
In 1992, there were very few prevention programs and those that
did exist focused exclusively on teaching children basic protection
skills. Those programs were an important and necessary first
step, but the gravity and complexity of child sexual abuse required
more, and different, programs if sexual abuse was to be prevented
before it happens. 
