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Staff

Susun Kim

Executive Director

Susun, a 1991 graduate of New York University School of Law, is an experienced family law attorney with 15 years of legal aid experience.  She enjoys creating new projects and participating in collaborative initiatives, i.e., collective impact work.  She has helped put together county wide housing service collaboratives, developed the court-based housing law clinics, and convened a reentry initiative to assist the formerly incarcerated.  She has been actively involved in the United Way’s SparkPoint initiative focused on self-sufficiency.  She serves on the steering committee for the Contra Costa County’s Alliance to End Abuse Initiative and the Community Advisory Board of the Contra Costa County Community Corrections Partnership.  Susun has extensive training and facilitation experience and previously served as faculty for national training institutes hosted by the American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence.

Natalie Oleas

Regional Director of Administration

Natalie, a California native, has worked as a survivor advocate for fifteen years. She graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 2011, where her studies centered around victim advocacy, criminal procedure, and civil rights. While living in Massachusetts, she worked as a Legal Consultant for a local Rape Crisis Center. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from UC Santa Barbara, where she double majored in English and Sociology and worked as a Speaker for the Rape Prevention Education Program. She was a Certified Rape Crisis Counselor in California and Massachusetts. She is proud to be the coordinator for the Domestic Violence Multidisciplinary Team (DV MDT), the Human Trafficking Multidisciplinary Team (HT MDT), the Domestic Violence Death Review Team, the Strangulation Task Force and the Central Center’s Director. She believes strongly in a holistic approach to justice and healing.

Reina Sandoval-Beverly

Regional Director of Client Services

An advocate and activist for over 30 years, Reina is locally and nationally recognized as an effective trainer, group facilitator, curriculum developer and program administrator.  She has led community-based organizations and programs in Solano and Contra Costa County including the West Contra Costa Family Justice Center, STAND! For Families Free of Violence, Community Violence Solutions’ Safe 4 Us Supervised Visitation & Exchange Program and Solano Women’s Crisis Center.  She serves as consultant/advisor to initiatives including the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, A Call to Men and the Collective Healing and Transformative Justice Project (CHAT). Reina is committed to improving the quality of life for individuals and families impacted by intimate partner violence, and specializes in survivor advocacy, restorative justice practices, and working with individuals who cause harm. As a long-time resident of Solano County and the proud mother of two sons, she looks forward to working together with Solano partners to strengthen community safety and healing for individuals and families.

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