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Board Spotlight: Jan Bennetts
This month, we’d like to congratulate and welcome Jan Bennetts as our new Board President! Although she has served on our board since 2014, she now serves as president of our board of directors. We’d like to highlight some of the reasons we are so grateful that Jan gives her personal time to help provide oversight and vision to the Women’s and Children’s Alliance as we work toward a community where everyone can thrive in safe, healthy relationships.
 An Idaho native, Jan received her undergraduate degree from University of Idaho, afterwards she attended Willamette University College of Law where she received her Juris Doctorate. She has served at the Ada County Prosecutor’s Office since 1994. In 2014, she was unanimously selected to succeed Greg Bower as Ada County Prosecutor and finish his term in office. She ran for the office officially in 2016 and holds the position today. She is the first woman to serve in this position and has dedicated her career to protect victims of violent crime.
Early in Jan’s career as a deputy prosecutor, she was greatly impacted by several domestic violence cases she handled. Working with domestic violence victims motivated Jan to work to improve the criminal justice system’s response to domestic violence not only to hold offenders accountable but to provide victims with support and resources.
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Any new beginning can serve as an invitation for change and excitement. As a new counselor at the WCA, I am learning things from my colleagues and clients every day. I am originally from the Bronx, New York and I got my undergraduate degree in Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon and earned my counseling degree at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. At each internship site and job, I’ve learned new skills and ideas that help me help my clients. Gaining experience and skill is a gradual process that comes from trying new things, reading new books, and being open to feedback from colleagues.
It is with a fond farewell that we say goodbye to Sunday. Sunday served as a therapy dog in the Ada County Courthouse for eight years helping crime victims – especially children – get through the stressful and sometimes traumatic criminal justice system.
