Meet the SAFE-T Team

SAFE-T Team

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Sheridan Miyamoto, PhD, FNP, RN, FAAN

Founder, Director & Principal Investigator

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Cynthia Bittner, RN, BS

Assistant Director

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Jen Delwiche, PhD, RN, CNE

Research Associate

Jocelyn Delgado, PhD

Research Project Manager

Marsha M. Freije, MSN

Outreach Program Specialist

Abigail Ho, FNP-C, MSN/MPH, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P

Clinical Coordinator

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Thomas Rodgers

Director of Operational Technology

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Bilal Khan

Information Technology Manager

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Jonathan Essick, BS

Technology Consultant

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Ian Spears

Telehealth IT Consultant

Jeff Kleine

Business Advisor

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Alessandro Gubbini

Technology Development

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners

SAFE-T System’s expert staff of telehealth Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (TeleSANEs) meet high standards of qualification and expertise. TeleSANEs are Registered Nurses or Advanced Practice Nurses experienced in the field of sexual assault forensic examinations. They are board-certified by the International Association of Forensic Nurses (SANE-A or SANE-P) and have passed a comprehensive background check.

SAFE-T teleSANEs are based throughout the United States and all maintain active nursing licensure in both their home state and the state where they provide telehealth support. Collectively, they have over 140 years of sexual assault exam and forensic nursing experience, conducted over 5,000 sexual assault examinations, and testified over 100 times in court. Each team member has a minimum of 5 years of independent clinical practice as a forensic nurse and has content expertise that they share through educational offerings. SAFE-T teleSANEs are selected for this unique role due to their strong desire to mentor and support new nurses in this field.

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners are vital to providing access to quality sexual assault care. The SAFE-T telehealth model helps solve the concerns of local SANE availability by increasing the SANE workforce through tele-consultations, overcoming geographic barriers.

Research Team

The SAFE-T Center lab is accepting graduate students. Click HERE to learn about graduate programs and send us an email about your interest in working with SAFE-T: info@safe-tsystem.com

Advisory Board

SAFE-T System is supported by a board of academic and industry experts who serve as advisors, ambassadors, and advocates.

Marlene Austin

Executive Director
PASSAGES, Inc

Stacie Blake

CEO
YWCA Lancaster

Kelly Callihan

Executive Director
Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association

Stephen Carpenter

Program Admin., Garber Venture Capital Fund
Adjunct Instructor, Farrell Center for Corporate Innovation and Entrepreneurship
The Pennsylvania State University

Lisa Davis

Director, Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health &
Outreach Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration, Penn State

Lorah D. Dorn

Emerita Professor in Nursing and Pediatrics
Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, The Penn State University

Josh Eisner

Associate Director of State Health Relations
The Pennsylvania State University

Suzanne V. Estrella

Commonwealth Victim Advocate
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Victim Advocate

James Fenush

Vice President, Nursing Emergency Services & Clinical Support Services
Penn State Health Minton S. Hershey Medical Center

Nicole Gautsch

Senior Director of Nursing Services
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Alessandro Gubbini

Owner, Soundflair LLC
Medical Device Engineering & Business Leader

Kevin Harter

CEO
Respana Therapeutics, Inc.

Fritz Haverstik

Assistant District Attorney
Lancaster County District Attorney's Office

Michelle A. Henry

Attorney General, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Office of Pennsylvania Attorney General

Tivi Jones

Founder & CEO
Hey Awesome Girl

Jeffrey Klein

Consultant
JCK Advisory, Advisor to Founders and CEOs of small companies

Chris Kirchner

Executive Director
Children's Advocacy Centers of Pennsylvania

Alicia Kozakiewicz

Founder, Motivational Speaker, Internet Safety Expert, Media Personality, Advocate, Survivor
The Alicia Project

Kimberly Marcantonio

Manager of Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children Programming
Children's Advocacy Centers of Pennsylvania

Morgann McAfee

Director of Strategic Communications and Recruitment
Penn State Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing

Donald McKenna

President
Penn State Health Minton S. Hershey Medical Center

Connie Mitchell

Former Deputy Director (Ret.)
Center for Family Health at California Department of Public Health

Jim Olson

Owner
West Shore Management Group

Cathy Palm

Founder
The Center for Children's Justice

Jim Pietropaolo

Director
Startup Leadership Network, The Penn State University

Rick Riegel

Principal
LMC Advisory, LLC

Thomas Rodgers

Interim Associate Vice President for Facilities Management & Planning, Chief Facilities Officer
The Penn State University

Philip Scribano

Attending Physician, SAFE Place: The Center for CPH at Children's Hospital of Philadephia
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Clinical Pediatrics Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Barbara Sheaffer

Medical Advocacy Coordinator
Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect

Kate Slatt

Vice President, Policy & Care Delivery
The Hospital and Healthsystem of Pennsylvania

Lindsay Vaughan

Research Consultant
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency

Stephanie Watkins

Senior Vice President Advocacy & Policy
The Hospital and Healthsystem of Pennsylvania

Dennis Watts

Former VP of Healthcare (Ret.)
Ecolab

Heather Young

Distinguished Professor and National Director
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing and Betty Irene Moore Fellowship for Nurse Leaders and Innovators Program

Hui Zhao

Professo of Supply Chain Management, Center for Supply Chain Research
Smeal College of Business at Penn State University and University Park

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