Staff & Board
Executive Leadership Team
Kelli Gaba
Director of Finance
Felicia Coleman
Director of Client Services
Layna Lankford, LPC-S
Director of Clinical Services
Tori Algiere
Director of Education & Training
Staff
- Teressa Hattaway, Finance Assistant
- Sandi Bronte, Administrative Specialist
- Lauren Pacheco, Executive Administrative Assistant
- Megan Tawbush, Program Assistant
- Valerie Lopez, Program Assistant
- Charley McGhauey, Program Assistant
- Haley Beahm, LCSW: Child & Family Therapist
- Arianna Kozitza, MA, LPC: Child & Family Therapist
- Jorge Ortiz, M.Ed, LPC: Bilingual Child & Family Therapist
- Joanna Collins LMSW: Child & Family Therapist
- Supervised by Sonia E. Torres, LCSW-S
- Famari Valdez LMSW: Child & Family Therapist
- Supervised by Katie Romeo, LCSW-S
Crystal Bradshaw, Client Services Supervisor
Family Services
- Leslie Alamo, Bilingual Family Advocate
- Ravon Davis-Conway, Family Advocate
- Angel Martinez, Bilingual Family Advocate
- Melissa Centeno, Bilingual Family Advocate
Forensics
- Alma Salinas, Bilingual Forensic Interviewer
- Alyssa Castro, Forensic Interviewer
- Katie Wyatt, Forensic Interviewer
- Caron Marnocha, Intake Analyst
- Darla Metcalfe, Output Analyst
- Leah Golden, Project Specialist
- Kyle Borel, Community Educator
- Mia Martinez, Bilingual Community Educator
- Melinda Sentence, Community Educator
- Stephanie Moreno, Project Coordinator
- Caroline Gatlin, Development & Communication Specialist
- Brooke Cox, Development & Events Coordinator
- Felicia Martinez, Development & Grants Specialist
- Courtney Clark, Volunteer Coordinator
Deb Kleypas, RN, CA-CP SANE, SANE-A, SANE-P, GFN-C, Forensic Nurse Supervisor
- Erin Miller, MSN, APRN, CPNP-PC, SANE-P, CPTMP, Forensic Nurse
- Madison Hukins BSN, RN, CA-SANE, CP-SANE, Forensic Nurse
- Carmen Batista Speller BSN, RN, CA-CP SANE, CM, Forensic Nurse
Interested in joining our team? Please check our Careers & Internships page for openings
Board of Directors
Barbara Shaffer
President
Jay Kennedy
Vice President
MaLea Sullivan
Treasurer
Heather Martinez
Secretary
Beth Bernardo
Kelley Crutchfield
Shawn Dick
Chief Allen Banks
Heather Jefts
Russ Schaeffer
Sara Groff
Lisa Hassel
Hector Hernandez
James “Jim” Howicz
Michelle Ly
Heather Martinez
Nancy Maxwell
Stacy McLaughlin
Robert Powers
Lisa Torres
WCCAC is part of a powerful network of Children's Advocacy Centers working to protect kids and support healing.
Children’s Advocacy Centers follow a proven multidisciplinary model to respond to child abuse with compassion, coordination, and care. WCCAC is proud to be an accredited member of this national movement.
Learn more about the CAC model and our statewide and national partners
Children’s Advocacy Centers of Texas (CACTX)National Children's Alliance (NCA)