TBTN Global Virtual April Archive

Katie Koestner is the first woman in the United States

Katie Koestner (she/her)

Katie Koestner is the first woman in the United States to speak out nationally and publicly as the victim of campus “date” rape at age 18. Katie has been featured on the cover of TIME Magazine, The Oprah Winfrey Show, NBC Nightly News, CNBC Talk Live, CNN, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Later Today, MSNBC, Entertainment Tonight and other national television programs. Katie is the subject of an HBO movie and has lectured for over 5000 schools and organizations in North America and around the world.

Amanda Blaugher is the Title IX Director at Gettysburg College

Amanda Blaugher (she/her)

Amanda Blaugher is the Title IX Director at Gettysburg College, and has been working with the Take Back The Night Foundations for six years. Prior to her role at Gettysburg, Amanda worked with Penn State at three of the commonwealth campuses in Residence Life for nine years. Amanda holds a Master’s Of Science in Counseling with a concentration in College Student Personnel Services.

Gordon has trained over 250,000 people at 300+ K-12 schools

Gordon Braxton (he/him)

Gordon has trained over 250,000 people at 300+ K-12 schools, military bases and institutions of higher education around sexual misconduct issues and bystander engagement. He was president of his fraternity at UVA and is the recipient of the Algernon Sidney Sullivan Award, the University of Virginia’s most prestigious award for humanitarian service.

John Stoltenberg, a long-time activist against sexual violence and a radical-feminist philosopher of gender

John Stoltenburg (he/him)

John Stoltenberg, a long-time activist against sexual violence and a radical-feminist philosopher of gender, is the author of Refusing to Be a Man: Essays on Sex and Justice and The End of Manhood: Parables of Sex and Selfhood as well many articles and essays. With trans feminist Cristan Williams he contributes regularly to The Conversations Project about radically inclusive radical feminism. He is also a novelist (GONERZ), playwright, communications consultant, and theater reviewer.

Dr. Sandra Miles is the Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Flagler College.

Dr. Sandra Miles (she/her)

Dr. Sandra Miles is the Vice President for Student Affairs and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Flagler College. Over the last 15 years as a Higher Education administrator, she has had extensive experience managing crisis, strategic planning, developing leadership programs, working with persons with disabilities, serving as a Dean of Students, Chief Student Affairs Officer, Chief Diversity Officer, Deputy Title IX Coordinator, and mediating disputes. In addition to her career achievements Dr. Sandra Miles is on the Chair of the National Center for Women Board of NASPA, a national speaker for Campus Outreach Services; the Immediate Past National Director of the Black Female Development Circle, Inc; and is an active alumnae member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

Susan Marine, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Higher Education Master’s Program at Merrimack College.

Dr. Susan Marine (she/her)

Susan Marine, Ph.D. is Associate Professor and Program Director in the Higher Education Master’s Program at Merrimack College. She was the founding director of the Harvard Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response and served in various victim advocacy and prevention roles over fifteen years on four different college campuses. Dr. Marine’s research focuses on the ways that sexual violence prevention educators, advocates and activists engage in changework. Her writing related to ending sexual violence has appeared in the Journal of College Student Development, Gender and Education,and numerous other publications, and she is co-editor of the forthcoming book, Collaborating for change: Transforming cultures to end gender-based violence in higher education (Oxford)

Tabitha Smith is the Director of Compliance & Inclusion at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

Tabitha Smith (she/her)

Tabitha Smith is the Director of Compliance & Inclusion at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. She is also a Licensed Professional Counselor with clinical experience in both public mental health and higher education settings.

Carrie Coppola is the owner of Mudita – Be Joy Yoga. Carrie has a M.Ed.

Carrie Coppola (she/her)

Carrie Coppola is the owner of Mudita – Be Joy Yoga. Carrie has a M.Ed. from the University of Utah and is a 500 E-RYT and Certified Yoga Therapist. Carrie believes yoga found her. She immediately felt the profound healing benefits of the practice. This ignited passion led her to create Yoga for Recovery, a program integrating yoga in treatment centers. Carrie has facilitated yoga for countless people in recovery through group and individual sessions, monthly workshops, weekly classes, within each sharing the hope and possibility of utilizing yoga to rediscover the connection to self, lost through trauma and addiction.

Roz Greeley was born in England and grew up in the Philadelphia and Boston areas.

Roz Greeley (she/her)

Roz Greeley was born in England and grew up in the Philadelphia and Boston areas. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst with a major in Management and Communications. She has spent most of her career as an executive with Macy’s Inc and is focused on dedicating the rest of her career to supporting women. Most recently Roz moved to Washington, DC with her husband and hound dog named Bentley.

Yoga Instructor, Reiki Practitioner, and Health Coach

Tierra Barber (she/her)

Tierra (She/Her) and yoga found each other at the same time she sought a deeper commitment to her physical, mental and spiritual health. Being a health and fitness enthusiast, yoga opened her eyes to a new expression of everything she loved.

Originally from Midland, Texas, Tierra received both her BSEd and MSEd from Baylor University in Health Science Studies and Exercise Physiology, respectively. After receiving her RYT-200 hour in 2013, she immediately started teaching to various demographics in the local community and privately. Her teaching has evolved to delivering a well-balanced class feeding the mind, body, and spirit.

Since then, Tierra has gone on to receive training in Thai Yoga Massage and Meditation. She recently completed her 300-Hour Teacher Training program through Yoga on High, which included the Urban Zen Integrative Therapy program. It’s her ultimate desire to take yoga out of the studio and into the community to educate others on the benefits and holistic approach of yoga. Tierra is excited about her journey and is grateful for the opportunity to share her love of yoga with the world!