About

Our Team

Veterans, survivors, and allies working side by side to support survivors of military sexual trauma.

The Military Rape Crisis Center team

Leadership

Panayiota Bertzikis

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, United States Coast Guard Veteran

panayiota@stopmilitaryrape.org

Melissa O’Brien

Chief Operating Officer

Air Force Veteran and MST Survivor

melissa@stopmilitaryrape.org

David Hamada

Lead Operations Director, Japan

japan@stopmilitaryrape.org

Michelle Huang

Lead Operations Director, Germany

michelle@stopmilitaryrape.org

Veronica Sanchez

Director of Social Services

Army Veteran

veronica@stopmilitaryrape.org

Education and Outreach

Linda

Air Force Veteran

linda@stopmilitaryrape.org

Volunteer Coordinator

Tanya

Coast Guard Veteran

tanya@stopmilitaryrape.org

Legal Advocacy

Public Policy

Family Support

Kelli

Spouse of an MST Survivor

kelli@stopmilitaryrape.org

Briana

Mother of an MST Survivor

briana@stopmilitaryrape.org

Administrative Support

Melanie

Cambridge

Coast Guard Veteran

melanie@stopmilitaryrape.org

David

Phoenix

Air Force Veteran

david@stopmilitaryrape.org

Case Managers, United States

Elise

Marine Corps Veteran

elise@stopmilitaryrape.org

Holly

Air Force Veteran

holly@stopmilitaryrape.org

Jackie

Army Veteran

jackie@stopmilitaryrape.org

Priscilla

Army Veteran

priscilla@stopmilitaryrape.org

AshLeigh

Army Veteran

ashleigh@stopmilitaryrape.org

Carol

Army National Guard

carol@stopmilitaryrape.org

Catherine

Navy Veteran

catherine@stopmilitaryrape.org

Dominque

USMC Veteran, Spanish Speaker

dominque@stopmilitaryrape.org

Isabel

Spanish Speaker

isabel@stopmilitaryrape.org

Kylie J

USMC Veteran

kylieJ@stopmilitaryrape.org

Mallory

Army Veteran

mallory@stopmilitaryrape.org

Manuel

AZARNG, Spanish Speaker

manuel@stopmilitaryrape.org

Mychelle

Army Veteran

mychelle@stopmilitaryrape.org

Stacey D

Coast Guard Veteran

stacey@stopmilitaryrape.org

Case managers, Germany and Japan

Ready to reach out?

Email hello@stopmilitaryrape.org, call (617) 299-0253, or message us on WhatsApp at (802) 578-4769.

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