Board & Committees

Amber Leake, President

Amber Leake, President

Amber Leake is the Victim Services Director for the Department of Corrections. She is a Victim Offender Dialogue facilitator, a NOVA Crisis Responder, and a Critical Incident Peer Supporter. Amber oversees the Department of Corrections’ victim advocacy, notification, training, and support. The Victim Services Unit (VSU) tripled in size in 2017, and Amber now leads a dynamic team of ten staff members serving victims statewide during the post-sentencing phase of the criminal justice system.

Robin L. Bostic, Past President

Robin Bostic is Victim/Witness Director for the counties of King William and King & Queen, serving in the position since 2009. Previously, Robin worked as a Deputy Clerk in the King William Circuit Court handling civil and criminal cases as well as the collection of restitution. She has a BS in Criminal Justice with a minor in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University.

Vacant, Vice President

Mindy Stell, Secretary

Mindy Stell has been involved in the criminal justice field for over 25 years, where she has provided services and advocacy to both adult and child victims of crime. As the Director of the Dinwiddie Victim/Witness Assistance Program for more than twenty years, she has worked directly with victims of all crime to include victims of domestic violence, homicide, sexual assaults, and robbery. Ms. Stell currently holds the position of Second Vice President for the Virginia Victim Assistance Network, and previously as Treasurer, President, and First-Vice President for 5 years. Her duties within the Network include serving on various committees which include legislation and program committees.

Cristi Lawton, Treasurer

Previously the Executive Director of The Network, Cristi Lawton has over two decades of work experience in public service and nonprofit organizations.  She previously served as an executive director of two organizations, in addition to positions in fund development and planning.  Cristi holds a master’s degree in Urban & Environmental Planning from the University of Virginia.

Lindsay Cassada

Lindsay Cassada

Lindsay G. Cassada is the Coordinator of Chesterfield County’s Domestic and Sexual Violence Resource Center and has served in this role since July of 2017. Lindsay has been with Chesterfield County since 2009, initially employed as an Assistant Director of the Chesterfield Victim/Witness Assistance Program, then as a Probation Officer in Community Corrections Services.  Prior to Chesterfield, Lindsay served nine years as the Director of Hanover County’s Victim/Witness Assistance Program. Before that, she served the rural counties of King William and King and Queen, as a Family Violence Specialist for Quin Rivers Agency for Community Action (now Project Hope). Lindsay holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Virginia Tech.

Sharron Saunders

Sharron Saunders is a Victim/Witness Services Director for the City of Richmond, serving in the position since 2016. Sharron has been employed with the program since 2004. She has a Master of Arts in Human Services Counseling: Criminal Justice from Liberty University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Virginia Commonwealth University.