Executive Leadership Team
The VIP Network mission is to create connected and thriving communities, free from violence and injury. VIP Network partners include community and state leaders across multiple disciplines who are experts on the topics of child abuse, substance abuse, sexual violence, domestic violence, teen dating violence, suicide, motor vehicle safety, traumatic brain injury, older adult falls, and prescription drug abuse. The variety of disciplines and expertise represented across the VIP Network coalitions and committees ensures that Colorado has strong capacity to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based strategies to reduce morbidity and mortality due to violence and injuries. VIP Network partners have collaborated on a number of successful initiatives over the years.
The Executive Leadership Team for the VIP Network includes the following members:
Lindsey Myers, CDPHE Violence and Injury Prevention Section Manager
Sarah Brummett, CDPHE Office of Suicide Prevention Manager
Ali Maffey, CDPHE Policy and Substance Abuse Prevention Unit Supervisor
Colleen Kapsimalis, CDPHE Program Integration and Evaluation Unit Supervisor
Tomei Kuehl, CDPHE Interpersonal Violence Prevention Unit Supervisor/RPE Director
Barbara Gabella, CDPHE Senior Scientist in Injury Epidemiology
Marrisa Mora, CDPHE Essentials for Childhood Coordinator
Kirk Bol, CDPHE Vital Statistics Section Chief/Colorado Violent Death Reporting System
Kate Cohen, VIP-MHP Community Outreach Specialist
Carol Runyan, Colorado School of Public Health
Amy Miller, Colorado Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Brie Akins, Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Carol Gould, Colorado Department of Transportation
Judy Dettmer, Colorado Department of Human Services, TBI Program
Dwayne Smith, Children’s Hospital Colorado
Kendra Dunn, Colorado Department of Human Services, Child Maltreatment
Beverly Kingston, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence