Philanthropy is our Foundation

The Courage Closet — Hope can, and will, heal the world

The Courage Closet has partnered with Inova Ewing FACT Department at Loudoun to provide professional development and resiliency programs for frontline care teams. As of December 2022, The Courage Closet contributed $68,000 to the Ewing FACT Department. In addition to supporting team members, their giving touches all aspects of the department’s work – providing patient financial assistance for transportation to home and follow-up appointments and helping to maintain the technology and equipment needed for forensic examinations. We are grateful for this partnership and the care and support of the leaders and donors to The Courage Closet.

“I want others to know they are not alone, there is support and taking that first step is huge. Statistics show most of us know someone who has been through something like this and it is an honor to give back to the community and others who have gone through so much. ”

Liz Sands, Founder and CEO, The Courage Closet

Caring for Our Inova Ewing FACT Caregivers

In 2022, our longtime partners at ACT for Alexandria, a community foundation in Alexandria, Virginia provided a grant to support Team Member Resilience for the Inova Ewing FACT Department. Among other resiliency initiatives launched in 2022, the FACT team enjoyed a team building excursion and celebration of their hard work at a Washington Nationals baseball game.

Honoring the Life of Betty Ewing

We are proud that Inova’s FACT Department bears the Ewing family name. The strength of this program is the direct result of the vision of Betty and Charles Ewing that everyone in our community who faces abuse, domestic violence and human trafficking has the resources they need to heal and seek justice for themselves and their family.

Through her lifelong commitment to the health and wellbeing of children and her generous gifts of volunteer time and philanthropy, Mrs Ewing was a friend and lifeline for countless individuals and families in our region, and throughout the world We recognize and celebrate Mrs Ewing’s legacy at Inova and look forward to our continuing partnership with the Ewing family

Thank you for Helping Our Team Grow and Thrive

100 hours of professional development completed by our team in 2022

Leadership Forensic Nurse Examiners

Cecilia Ortega-Shew, LCSW Executive Director, Community Health

Ariel Ward, BSN, SANE-A, SANEP Community Health Director, Forensic Nurse Examiner

Samantha Colliver, BSN, RN-BC, SANE-A, CCM Clinical Manager

Ramneek Jhawar Outpatient Practice Manager

Medical Staff

Katherine Deye, MD

William E Hauda II, MD

Andi Allen, RN, BSN

Ashleigh Daniel FNP-C, MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P

Tabitha Finley, MSN, RN

Andrea Haick, RN, BSN

Abigail Ho MSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P

Monika Lemke MSN, MPH, RN, CNL, SANE-A

The Inova Ewing FACT Department is led and staffed by a highly skilled, experienced team of forensic specialists. At its launch, the FACT program had two team members. Today, because of your support, our team has grown to 22 individuals, including five nurse examiners with dual certification in pediatric and adult sexual assault examinations. Support

Kathleen Marcinek, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P

Barbara Myers, BSN, SANE-A

Elizabeth Onders, BSN

Erica Frances Porter, RN, BSN

Annabelle Sizemore, BSN

Astrid Strangio, RN, BSN

Mar Tortajada, MS,BSN,RN,CDE

Caitlin Yerkes RN, BSN, MPH, SANE-A, SANE-P

Staff

Fabiola Ascencio Calles, MA

Marlina Perrotte, BSE, MHA

Molly Redman, CCLS

Three of our FACT team members received Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE-A) and/or (SANE-P) certifications. SANE-A certification is focused on the adolescent and adult population of sexual assault patients, and SANE-P is focused on the pediatric and adolescent populations.

“As a team, Fairfax County Police Department Victim Services

Division, detectives and FACT work to support crime victims and survivors to reduce the incidence and trauma through personcentered emotional support, advocacy and medical services. The team of professionals often provide cross training and technical assistance to one another to ensure best practices are followed so that victims receive the best care possible. ”

Saly J. Fayez, MSW, LSW, Fairfax County Police Department, Major Crimes Bureau Director, Victim Services Division

A Cornerstone for Protecting Our Community and Seeking Justice for Survivors

Forensic examinations that are timely, sensitive and accurate are vital not only to a survivor’s recovery, but also to keeping our communities healthier and safer. Sexual assault is a problem for the entire community, not just victims and local sexual assault programs

Since its founding, the Inova Ewing FACT Department has been a reliable and visible partner with law enforcement and social service agencies across our region. We recognize that our work doesn’t begin with an assault, but rather begins with education. Each year, our team delivers hundreds of hours of training to thousands of partners. In 2022, we conducted trainings for:

Sexual Assault Center of Alexandria

SafeSpot of Fairfax

Prince William County Child Advocacy Center

Loudoun Abused Women’s Center

Doorways of Arlington

Northern Virginia Criminal Justice Academy

Advance Practitioners of Inova

Inova Cares Clinics for Families

Military

Domestic and Sexual Violence Services of Fairfax

Marymount University

Alexandria and Fairfax Police Departments

Philanthropic Support Provides Time for Our Nurses to Provide Expert Testimony and Evidence

In 2022, Inova Ewing FACT team responded to more than 100 subpoenas and provided courtroom testimony in jurisdictions across the region.