Becky Allender is an abuse advocate intercessor that has worked on the streets of Seattle with teenage prostituted girls at New Horizon Ministries and works with her husband Dan in providing prayer and wisdom during Allender Center for Trauma and Abuse events. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Education from Ohio State University and her Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from Colorado Christian University. Becky is the mother of two daughters, Annie and Amanda and one son, Andrew, and the grandmother of two boys, Cole and Van and has another grandchild about to arrive in August 2012. She is passionate about joining others to hear Jesus and advocating for the dignity, honor, and power of women to live freely and ferociously for God. (And yes, her husband wrote her bio.)

Dr. Dan Allender received his M. Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Michigan State University.

Dan taught in the Biblical Counseling Department of Grace Theological Seminary for seven years (1983-1989). From 1989-1997 he worked as a professor in the Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, Denver, Colorado. Dan served as President of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology in Seattle, Washington (2000-2009) and continues teaching as a Professor of Counseling there.

He travels and speaks extensively to present his unique perspective on sexual abuse recovery, love and forgiveness, worship and other related topics. He is the author of The Wounded Heart (NavPress), The Healing Path (Waterbrook Press), How Children Raise Parents (Waterbrook Press), To Be Told (Waterbrook Press) and has co-authored five books with Dr. Tremper Longman, III, Intimate Allies (Tyndale House Publishers), The Cry of the Soul (NavPress), Bold Love (NavPress), Bold Purpose (Tyndale House Publishers) and The Intimate Mystery (IVP).

He and his wife, Rebecca, live in the Puget Sound area and have three children and two grandsons.

Carlene J. Brown, assistant professor at Seattle Pacific University, holds a B.A. in Music Education and Music Therapy, Emmanuel College; an M.A. in Systematic Musicology, University of Washington; and a Ph.D., Systematic Musicology, University of Washington. She is a Board Certified Music Therapist, CBMT, and director of SPU’s Music Therapy program, the first and only program in Music Therapy in the state of Washington.

Patti Catalano is a board–certified music therapist and is credentialed in Neurologic Music Therapy. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Dayton in Ohio. Her clinical internship was done at Children’s Hospital in New Orleans, LA where she worked with children hospitalized for rehabilitation and acute medical problems. Patti also worked on the pediatric floor of Charity Hospital as part of a music therapy grant through the Orleans Parish School District.
She has lived in the Seattle area for 22 years with her husband and four children and during that time has worked with people of all ages—from tiny infants to vital 100+ year olds. In her private practice she has had clients who span all ages and abilities but who are all special and unique and who have shared with her their joy through music making. Her experience includes music therapy with children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities, children with autism, early intervention, older adults and geriatrics, adults with Alzheimer’s and dementia, pain management and oncology, and health impaired/orthopedically handicapped children.

Mike Hogan is the Pacific Northwest Director of Church Mobilization for International Justice Mission. IJM is a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other forms of violent oppression. IJM lawyers, investigators and aftercare professionals work with local governments to ensure victim rescue, to prosecute perpetrators and to strengthen the community and civic factors that promote functioning public justice systems.

Before joining IJM in 2009, Mr. Hogan worked as a Business Analyst and Project Manager with Peet's Coffee and Tea at their corporate office in Berkeley, California, where his responsibilities included evaluating business processes, producing cost-benefit analyses and supervising projects.

Prior to his time at Peet's Coffee and Tea, Mr. Hogan served his community while working as the Missions Director at The River Church Community in downtown San Jose, California. As Missions Director, Mr. Hogan managed economic relief programs aimed at serving underprivileged populations both in his local community as well as the disadvantaged in other areas of the world. Mr. Hogan also managed service projects to various parts of the developing world. He has led trips spanning a wide range of human rights issues, from providing law enforcement training and aftercare for victims of sexual abuse in Huánuco, Peru, to HIV and AIDS prevention in Malawi. Previously, Mike served for four years as the InterVarsity Campus Director at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Mike holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz as well as an M.B.A. from Santa Clara University.

In his current role as the Pacific Northwest Director of Church Mobilization, Mike works to engage churches in the biblical call to justice, develop a deeper commitment to justice in churches through partnership with IJM, and to further develop IJM's Justice Advocate program by working with this group of IJM-trained volunteers to connect with a broader range of local churches in the Pacific Northwest region.

Mr. Hogan is based out of Portland, Oregon.

Kirsten Hutchison is a board-certified music therapist and a certified Neurologic Music Therapist. She is also trained in the Sanctuary® Model of care, which is a psychosocial education curriculum for victims of trauma. She received her degree from Utah State University and completed her clinical internship at Bethany Children's Home in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania working with teens in a residential care facility. Kirsten has been working extensively with children and teens with multiple disabilities including autism spectrum disorders, other developmental disorders, and emotional and behavioral disorders. She also has experience with adults in a nursing home, inmates in a minimum security correctional facility, and women in an eating disorders clinic. Kirsten has been working at Music Works Northwest since October, 2010. She has brought with her experience with group facilitation, and has assisted in developing and implementing new social and developmental groups for Music Works Northwest. Kirsten is bilingual and speaks both English and Japanese. When she is not doing music, her interests include writing, hiking, camping, learning, reading, and spending time with her wonderful and supportive husband.

Mindy Kalee, LMHC, RYT is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Registered Yoga Teacher in Washington state. She received her Masters of Arts in Counseling/Psychology from The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology in 2006. She worked as the Counseling Capacity Building Coordinator for service providers of children who were rescued from sex trafficking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia from 2007-2009.While in Cambodia, she facilitated a small scale research project on "Vicarious Trauma in Service Providers for Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Cambodia." In addition, she has facilitated training and speaking engagements on the topic of human trafficking both internationally and around the United States. She was trained in Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewing by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in 2009. In 2010, Mindy worked on a project in Sierra Leone, Africa assisting service providers working to educate the community on the issue of human trafficking. Mindy is the owner of COEUR Yoga and Therapy; a practice offering psychotherapy and yoga in Seattle. In her free time Mindy loves relaxing with a good book, cycling, rock climbing, practicing yoga, and finding lots of things to laugh about. To read more visit: www.coeurtherapy.com

David Knott, MT-BC, NMT is a board-certified music therapist, fellow in the Academy of Neurologic Music Therapy, instrument maker, improvisor and composer living and working in Seattle. He specializes in using improvisation to engage and facilitate therapeutic change with critically ill children.
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Since 1981, David has been playing and recording his own music solo and in collaboration with others. His interest in music and soundmaking comes from a personal, intuitive response to vibration gleaned from early years spent exploring his grandfather’s junkyard, the process of building his guitar at the Roberto-Venn School in 1994 and every improvised musical experience. With instrument building, performances, workshops and recorded works, he seeks to stimulate the listener to a point of resonance and discovery of their own musical being.
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In addition to periodic solo performances and sonic socials, he is a founding member of animist orchestra – an ensemble that uses natural materials to create very quiet, subtly evolving soundscapes. Additionally, he has made interactive installations in public and private settings which seek to provide participants with opportunities to realize kinesthetic expressions in sound and promote deeper listening.

Steffanie Lorig (Art with Heart, Founder/Executive Director) left her successful and award-winning design career to become the founding director of Art with Heart in order to focus her talents and heart on helping children in crisis. Before doing this, she enjoyed designing for clients such as Microsoft, Children’s Hospital of Orange County, Harcourt, Nordstrom’s and others. She is the visionary and author or co-author of Art with Heart’s therapeutic books for kids: Oodles of Doodles, Chill & Spill, Magnificent Marvelous Me, and Ink About It . She co-wrote a children’s picture book with her husband entitled Such a Silly Baby (Chronicle). She enjoys bettering the world – one child at a time.

Nancy Stillger (Art with Heart, Program Manager), holds a BA in Economics from Scripps College and a MA in Urban Planning from the University of California at Los Angeles. Nancy was the recipient of an Arts Administration Fellowship with the National Endowment for the Arts. She has over twenty years of experience in non-profit administration. Her experience includes working with at risk youth on murals in LA, conducting oral histories, community outreach, fundraising, volunteer management, program development, and strategic planning. She believes strongly that art can transform lives. Nancy enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, hiking and gardening.