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ABOUT US
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The DOVE Project's Mission
The DOVE Project is a domestic violence and sexual assault agency that provides survivor services, prevention education and community programming in an effort to reduce interpersonal harm.
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The DOVE Project's Vision
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We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe and supported in their communities and in their relationships.
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The DOVE Project's Values
Integrity
Collaboration
Compassion
Innovation
Dignity
Respect Authenticity
Commitment to self-inquiry
Humility in learning
Flexibility
Fluidity
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The DOVE Project's Belief Statements
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We believe that violence is rooted within systems of racism and oppression. We believe that every member of the community is capable of recognizing and being accountable to the part they play within they systems of privilege and oppression. We believe this requires challenging that status quo.
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We believe that an informed and compassionate understanding of trauma is the foundation of care in our community.
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We believe that to serve our community best, we must be dedicated to self-learning and growth.
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We believe that our community can be a community where we support survivors' choices without judgement.
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We believe that our community can be one that respects, values, and promotes healthy, nonviolent relationships and communications.
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We believe that a healthy community is one in which every member has a role to play either directly or indirectly in prevention, reducing or stopping interpersonal harm.
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We endeavor to show up with integrity, authenticity, and transparency.
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DOVE STAFF
Heidi
Executive Director
A native Oregonian, Heidi developed a desire to serve the community at a very young age. Through personal life experiences, her passion for ending relational violence has deepened. Heidi is a fierce advocate for survivors of abuse and is fueled by her desire to create change and to help others break free from the cycle of violence.
Heidi’s background in the non-profit sector has given her the skills and knowledge necessary to increase awareness of domestic violence and sexual assault, provide resources and support to survivors in her community and educate the community on how to stop violence before it starts. She believes that everyone deserves to feel safe in their communities, homes and relationships!
When she's not working to end domestic violence, Heidi enjoys her family, friends and being a rowing mom, dance mom and dog mom on rural Vashon Island.
Tracy
Program Director
Tracy McLaren has been with DOVE since 2015. Tracy began as an advocate, then moved into prevention work, and now oversees the advocacy, prevention and community outreach programming at DOVE.
Nyn
Community Advocate
Nyn Grey has been with DOVE since January 2015. She acts as a Community Advocate and Program Manager for the Community Access to Therapy, Holistic Health and Bystander Intervention Programs at the Agency. Nyn is a mother to three sweet girls, a wife, a proud owner of a great dog, and an island yoga instructor.
Rashaun
Community DV Advocate , LMFT
Rashaun Renggli (she/her) has been working for DOVE since March 2019 but has worked within the field of domestic violence prevention since 2009. Rashaun is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialization in complex trauma and manages the mental health program for DOVE. Rashaun also assists in other areas including community outreach, community training, social media and marketing. She believes in growing healthy relationships between couples, within families, and throughout the island community.
Kelly
Prevention Program Educator
kelly@vashondoveproject.org
Kelly (she/her) as a Prevention Program Educator role is to engage youth of all ages in programming targeted to the prevention of adverse experiences such as domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual health. She has a background in behavioral health, with a Bachelor of Social Work and a master's degree in education, all lending to the work she does throughout the schools and community with Vashon's youth. Kelly enjoys creating and joining community events. In her spare time, she loves hiking, camping, backpacking, and kayaking, as well as spending time with her partner, chickens, and dogs while gardening and cooking!
Celia
C.I.R.C.L.E Facilitator
Celia is the new C.I.R.C.L.E Co-Facilitator. She has a B.S. in Community Health Education and is a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES). She currently works part time as the Health Educator in the school based health center at Vashon High School. She has a passion for public health and prevention and has spent time working on covid response teams, in maternal child health, and in school based health (especially reproductive health). She is an active volunteer at her children’s school as well as a very involved dance mom. In her free time she loves gardening, music, cooking, and playing in the woods or beach with her kids. She also LOVES animals, and has a cat and a dog.
Laura
C.I.R.C.L.E Facilitator
Laura has been working in youth mentorship and rites of passage programs for 10 years and is thrilled to be a part of the C.I.R.C.L.E team. She loves to support youth find their unique passions, gifts, and expression as they navigate the dynamic terrain of adolescence. She weaves her other interests of embodiment, movement, nature and heart into her circles.
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Lillian
Legal Advocate
Lillian recently joined The DOVE Project as our new Legal Advocate. In this role, she provides essential legal advocacy-based counseling, guiding survivors through the complexities of the court and judicial systems.
Lillian earned her Master’s degree from The United Nations University, specializing in Human Rights Law and Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. Her passion for preventing sexual and gender-based violence is matched by her commitment to supporting survivors on their transformative journey towards empowerment, autonomy, and healing after trauma.
Outside of her work, she loves hiking with her husky, baking, dancing, and crafting unique jewelry.
Charmica
Development and Donor Relations Officer
charmica@vashondoveproject.org
Charmica Epps Harris (she/her) is DOVE's Development and Donor Relations Officer with over 12 years of fundrasing, communications and donor engagement experience. She has a passion for working with non-profits to grow their fundraising and friendraising efforts to impact communities and families. When she isn't working, she is spending time with her family or volunteering with her sorority.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
bdirectors@vashondoveproject.org
Tami Brockway Joyce
A PNW native and third generation Islander, Tami first fell into nonprofit work as a teenager volunteering at a Humane Society summer camp. Inspired by working with kids, Tami developed a passion for volunteer work that stuck. From teaching creative dramatics at The Boys & Girls Club to becoming a Big Sister through Big Brother/Big Sisters (she and her “little sister” have been together for 23 years now), nonprofit work has fostered her passion for respecting and listening to kids. Tami serves as DOVE’s Board President, works as a Parent Educator at Vashon Maury Cooperative Preschool, and co-hosts the comedy podcast The BROADcast with the Famous Filson Sisters. She loves playing board games with her teenagers and husband and living in the woods on Vashon.
Reach out at bdirectors@vashondoveproject.org or catch her on Instagram at @VashonTeacherTami!
Maya Krah
Bio coming soon!
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Erin Hansen
Growing up immersed in the rebellious spirit of punk rock, Erin (She/They) gained invaluable insights into the need for community action and the essential support for those facing adversity. Beyond the board, finds joy in family life, artistic exploration, and live music. An advocate for personal growth and challenging bias, they infuse the punk ethos into their community engagement, contributing wholeheartedly to uplift survivors on their journey to healing.
Justine Witt
​Justine is an islander at heart, but only recently moved here six years ago. She is mother to an artist and VISD student, and partner to a Vashon author. Her life on the island is not at all what her younger self envisioned for life, and she loves that the unexpected has turned out so well. She feels lucky for the peace and happiness that she enjoys, and has joined the board to do what she can to help others build that for themselves. Justine is enthusiastic about DOVE's youth programs and teaching our kids how to manage their own happiness and defend their boundaries. She believes in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, and the profound importance of community.
Martha Enson
Building on 30 years of experience in physical theatre, Martha is currently Artistic Director of EnJoy Productions, an event production company that creates one of a kind, celebratory events nationally and internationally. Her work includes performing, producing, writing, directing and teaching. Her focus is improvisation and presence. She received her MFA from the O'Neill Theater Center and Ecole Jacques Lecoq (Paris) in 1987 with a masters degree in puppetry and physical theater. She is a founding member of UMO Ensemble, directed and performed with Teatro Zinzani in Seattle and San Francisco from 2001 - 2006, currently writes and directs Zinzanni’s off site events, and performs as an aerialist on rope, trapeze, and lyra. She lives on Vashon Island, WA with her husband Kevin Joyce and their daughter Ruby.
Gretchen Baumgardner
Bio coming soon
Erin Christine Bechtold, CPA
​After a lifetime of living across the great northwest and Alaska, Erin Christine settled on Vashon
in 2012 and currently enjoys spending time with her two young boys, trying at the restoration of
an old farm property when they can. In joining DOVE, Erin Christine begins her work
advocating for victims of domestic violence and interpersonal harm.
She brings a decade of experience in public accounting and federal taxation to the Board, as well
as a background in economics, environmental studies and social justice. Having lived in isolated
and rural communities for many years, she knows the sustaining value of community and intense
need for direct action toward collective liberation.
Marc Pease
Marc brings his decades of experience representing local jurisdictions in Washington State and throughout the U.S. to the DOVE Board. An award-winning government-television producer he has keen insight into technology and distribution using advanced methods and has previously utilized the Washington State Ferries’ video screens, and the Voice of Vashon to carry the Vashon DOVE Project messages. Marc has a strong background to develop, negotiate, and manage inter-local agreements, contracts, and grants. He has been an advocate on domestic violence issues communicating at the local, state and national levels and looks forward to again serve our local Vashon community.
