Laura Berry-Berman has served nine years as the Executive Director of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence. She served four years as the Director of the Madison County Victim Advocacy Program in Anderson, IN, and one year as an Indiana probation and restitution officer. She has served on the Mayor of Indianapolis's Commission on Domestic Violence and the Chemical People Task Force.
Laura is the co-founder of the Indiana Resource and Training Institute on Violence Against Women. The Resource Center is a first-of-the-kind institute that provides technical assistance training, aims to standardized training throughout the state of Indiana and serves as a lending library of books, videos and training materials.
She is a certified Law Enforcement Instructor and has conducted several domestic violence trainings for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Indiana Association of Chiefs of Police, the Indiana Sheriff’s Association and the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. She facilitates workshops for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center/ Violence Against Women Office National DV Train-the-Trainer Project.
Laura is an Adjunct Professor at Anderson University instructing Victimology. She graduated from Ball State University with a B.S. degree in Criminal Justice and M.A. degree in Political Science.