Kerri is a Wisconsin Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with experience in child and family mental health, child welfare, foster care, and child protection policy, along with graduate training in nonprofit management. She leads Project Worth’s vision and mission through both lived and professional experience and is dedicated to advancing prevention, systemic accountability, and earlier intervention to better protect children and families.

Why Project Worth: “Because kids are amazing and deserve to know their worth.”

Provides technology support and helps keep Project Worth’s systems, tools, and website work moving forward behind the scenes.

Why Project Worth: “Because strong advocacy needs steady support, practical tools, and people willing to help build what the mission needs next.”

Supports operations, partnerships, and community connection so Project Worth can grow with care, clarity, and purpose.

Why Project Worth: “Because lasting change is built through trust, teamwork, and communities willing to protect children together.”

Amy is a Wisconsin Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who leads survivor-centered support efforts, helping ensure survivors are heard, supported, and connected to meaningful resources.

Why Project Worth: “Because survivors deserve support that is compassionate, trauma-informed, and rooted in dignity.”

Anna is a licensed attorney in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Missouri. She brings legal experience and a survivor-focused approach to justice advocacy, helping shape responsible and effective child protection efforts.

Why Project Worth: “Because justice should be accessible, accountable, and centered on protecting children and survivors.”

Leads legislative strategy and policy work, including efforts connected to Wisconsin SB 333 and broader state and national child-protection goals.

Why Project Worth: “Because strong policy can turn survivor experience into meaningful protection for children across Wisconsin and beyond.”

Advocates for stronger mandated reporting systems and accountability to better protect children and support survivors.

Why Project Worth: “Because every report of abuse deserves to be taken seriously, documented clearly, and met with action.”

Sami supports Project Worth through donor relations, development, and community connection. Her role focuses on building meaningful relationships with supporters, growing donor engagement, and strengthening the resources needed to move Project Worth’s mission forward. She is a licensed insurance professional, serves as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteer, and has experience in mental health coaching. Her lived experience also informs her commitment to creating meaningful change so children know there are adults willing to act on their behalf.

Why Project Worth: “Because every child deserves to know someone cared enough to do something.”

Katie joined Project Worth because she believes survivors deserve protection and faith institutions must respond responsibly when abuse is disclosed. A Wisconsin native and mother of four, she brings lived experience as a survivor of child sexual abuse connected to a faith community. Her experience with institutional response and accountability shaped her commitment to stronger clergy-reporting laws and safeguards in Wisconsin. She advocates for policies that support survivors, strengthen responsible reporting, and improve accountability within faith institutions.

Why Project Worth: “Because every survivor deserves protection, every report of abuse deserves action, and no one in a position of spiritual authority should be above accountability.”

A fierce protective mother with experience working in banks, Meagan supports Project Worth’s financial organization, treasury responsibilities, and responsible stewardship of the mission. Her role helps keep financial systems clear, accountable, and ready to support the organization’s growth.

Why Project Worth: “Because children deserve protection, and advocacy deserves careful stewardship that keeps the mission strong.”

Addy brings professional experience as a correctional officer and behavioral technician supporting youth in Wisconsin. Drawing from both professional and personal experience, she is passionate about youth mental health, behavioral intervention, and the realities facing at-risk youth. Addy is currently pursuing undergraduate studies in criminal justice and behavioral psychology.

Why Project Worth: “Behind every behavior is a story, and every young person deserves someone willing to understand it.”

Emma holds a bachelor’s degree in social work with a minor in counseling and has experience in crisis intervention, suicide prevention, and youth advocacy. She is trained in LivingWorks ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) and works as a CLTS Support & Service Coordinator. She is passionate about supporting children, survivors, and families through advocacy, prevention, and community support.

Why Project Worth: “Children imitate what they survive before they understand it. Advocacy begins by listening.”