Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, CEO

Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, is Chief Executive Officer for the International Association of Forensic Nurses, where she implemented the adult/adolescent online SANE training and learning management system. She comes with 30 years nursing experience, with a focus on forensic nursing since 1995. She presents nationally on a variety of forensic nursing-related topics, including sexual assault and abuse, intimate partner violence, strangulation, child maltreatment and program sustainability.

Jennifer's work at a national level includes being Past-President of the International Association of Forensic Nurses where she served on the Board from 2006-2010, serving as a consultant for the Southwest Center for Law and Policy’s SAFESTAR Project, and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's SANE Sustainability Project. In addition, Jennifer has written, edited and reviewed state-specific protocols and customized protocols for hospitals, SARTs and tribal communities. Jennifer was a contributing author for the most recent edition of the Atlas of Sexual Violence; has contributed to Forensic Health Online; has published in the Journal of Forensic Nursing as well as the Journal of Emergency Nursing; and has edited the STM Learning text Violence Against Women, co-authoring the chapter on strangulation in the living patient and co-authored The Clinical Management of Children and Adolescents Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence: Technical Considerations for PEPFAR Programs.

Sub-specialities: child and adolescent sexual abuse, sexual violence, intimate partner violence, human sex trafficking, strangulation, violence against women and children, program management and sustainability