Grief can be experienced differently after a sudden death. Suicide and violent deaths further complicate our grief journey. This online session explores this and how to care for ourselves and others. We are grateful to Regina McDevitt, Executive Director of the Family Justice Center, for joining us as our guest speaker this month for this very important topic.
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Regina McDevitt is the Executive Director at the Chattanooga Hamilton County Family Justice Center and her personal goal is to live life well,  love people and be the change she  wants to see. She has 25 years’ experience working in victims services, public speaking; program development, nonprofit management, community collaboration; Trauma informed organization development, strategic planning, and  Leadership development.  She holds a BA in Psychology and  M.Ed. in Guidance/Counseling and is a graduate of the Executive Leadership Institute (Alliance for Strong Families and Communities and the University of Michigan). She was a recipient of the 2011 National Visionary Award (National Sexual Violence Resource Center); and various awards for advocacy efforts.

Ms. McDevitt has trained community leaders, educational institutions, social service agencies, communities of faith, health care providers, first responders and military service personnel etc. locally, nationally and internationally.

She  is a peer reviewer for the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC), a consultant with the OVC Training and Technical Assistance Center (OVC TTAC) and serves as a peer reviewer for the National Council on Accreditation. She is faculty for Private Dispute Resolution Services Training Institute in Chattanooga TN.

 Ms. McDevitt serves various state and local boards and was recently appointed to the Parkridge Health System Board of Trustees.  She has  5 sons, 5 grandchildren,   and her husband recently retired from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.