Finally, in late 1991, Ms. Salamone found the courage to leave the domestic violence relationship and to "turn the corner" - to face her fears of money and to take responsibility for her own finances. Today, Ms. Salamone, an expert in the field of domestic violence, is a Chartered Life Underwriter and a lecturer at the Center for Financial Studies in New York and at New York University. She has served on the board of directors of the Society of Financial Service Professionals. She has learned to balance her checkbook, and is committed to using what she knows to help other women survivors of domestic violence to overcome their fears of managing their money.


Dr. Karen Rosica has joined Turning the Corner as a Consultant; Karen has been a psychologist for 30 years. She specializes in women's issues and transitions plus serves on the editorial boards of two professional journals, Gender and Psychoanalysis, and Studies in Gender and Sexuality. She is on the adjunct faculty at the School of Professional Psychology at the University of Denver mentoring the work of new psychologists and supervising the clinical work of seasoned ones. She was instrumental in helping to found the Colorado Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, a psychoanalytic training institute. Based on that experience she went on to help others in the creation of new institutes in San Francisco, Minneapolis and Oklahoma where she continues to teach.

In addition to her professional life, she has been a leader in the arts in her community in Denver. She has served on boards, including Colorado Contemporary Dance, The Colorado School of the Arts, and The Humanities Department at the University of Denver, and chaired, contributed to and raised money for committees including Stories on Stage and the Colorado Symphony Opening Night Gala.

Karen also is a published writer, has done interviews for New Letters on the Air, an NPR literary magazine, and is a writing instructor for Lighthouse Writers, a freestanding writing school in Denver. In 2002, she helped produce a movie, Chick Flick that was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

Karen has two Masters Degrees, one in Social Work from Rutgers University and another in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College She has earned her Doctorate in Psychology from the University of Denver and has a Post-Graduate certificate in psychoanalysis.

While her primary residence is currently in Denver, most of her heart and some of her time is in New York City.

Board of Directors

Chairperson Justice Marjory D. Fields is Special Counsel to Beldock Levine & Hoffman LLP in the matrimonial department after 16 years on the Supreme and Family Court Benches. Before her appointment to the bench in 1986, she practiced matrimonial law for 15 years.

Justice Fields serves on the New York State Courts’ Family Court Advisory and Rules Committee and Family Violence Task Force. She is the author of many articles on matrimonial and family law topics and is a frequent guest lecturer in the United States and overseas. During the past 20 years, Justice Fields has presented judicial education programs for the New York State Court System, Federal Courts and court systems in other countries.

She was co-Chair of the New York Governor’s Commission on Domestic Violence from 1975 to 1985, and a member of the New York State Child Support Commission. Justice Fields was instrumental in the enactment of laws that improve protection for victims of domestic violence and for child support enforcement. She is a graduate of New York University School of Law. Her undergraduate and graduate studies were at City College of New York.

Treasurer Mary A. Baughman is CEO of Jersey Battered Women’s Service, Inc. (JBWS); a Morris County based domestic violence agency. Before joining JBWS, Mary was Financial Vice President for AT&T.

As CEO for JBWS Ms. Baughman has restructured and strengthened JBWS’s financial, marketing and operations, which has significantly improved the revenue growth. She has also developed the launch of new and innovative programs for battered women and their families.

Ms. Baughman is also a member of the New Jersey Coalition for Battered Women (NJCBW), the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV) and a lifetime member of Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society.

Dede Thompson Bartlett is a leading authority on domestic violence and its effects on the workplace. She is the Chair of the Advisory Council of the National Domestic Violence Hotline. Previously, she was Vice President of Corporate Affairs Programs at Altria Group Inc., the former Philip Morris Companies Inc., where she developed the Company’s award-winning Domestic Violence Corporate Awareness and Workplace Education Programs. She launched the first Corporate Conference on Domestic Violence and was responsible for sponsoring more than 50 conferences and workshops on domestic violence throughout the United States, Europe, Central America and Australia.
At Mobil Corporation, Ms. Bartlett was President of the Mobil Foundation and Chair of the Board Contributions Committee where she directed $30 million in charitable giving programs around the world. She was the Company’s first Director of Affirmative Action.

A specialist in shareholder communications, Ms. Bartlett served as the Corporate Secretary of Philip Morris Companies Inc. and Mobil Corporation.
A powerful communicator, Ms. Bartlett lectures around the world about the effects of domestic violence in the workplace. The YWCA of New York, the National Center for Victims of Crime, the Stamford Police Department, Women in Management, Women Executives in Public Relations and the Center Against Domestic Violence, have all honored her for this work. Ms. Bartlett is a Director of the Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence, the Public Safety and Justice Advisory Board of Rand, and the Domestic Violence Crisis Center. She is an honors graduate of Vassar College and holds a Masters Degree from New York University.

Bruce G. Grieshaber is the co-founder and President of the Board of Directors of the Jenna Foundation for Non-Violence, in Syracuse, NY. The Jenna Foundation was named for his daughter, Jenna, who was murdered on November 6, 1997, by a paroled violent felon. Mr. Grieshaber and his wife Janice forced the passage of “Jenna’s Law” in New York State that eliminates parole for violent felons. They formed the Foundation to teach children the value of respect, civility, and non-violence and to provide advocacy for victims of violence, their families, and the wider community.
Mr. Grieshaber has been in the financial services industry for 25 years, and is a Chartered Financial Consultant and a Chartered Life Underwriter. He has been recognized by his peers with the Distinguished Service Award of the Society of Financial Services Professionals.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Grieshaber have been awarded the Post Standard Achievement Award by the Syracuse Newspaper Group and The Advocate of the Year Award by Governor George Pataki. Additionally, he is a member of the Central New York Domestic Violence Coalition and an advisory board member of Fight Crime, Invest in Kids.

Elinor C. Guggenheimer is a living example of how much one individual with an unrelenting passion for social justice and concern for others can accomplish.

One of New York City’s most eminent civic leaders, she has been an activist for more than half a century, working to improve conditions especially for women, children, and the elderly. From her early years at the Educational Alliance, where she worked with teenage girls, to the founding of the Council of Senior Centers and Services of New York City in 1979 and the founding of New York Women’s Agenda in 1992, Ms. Guggenheimer has energized others to push aside barriers that stood in the way of people achieving their highest potential.

Her activism in women’s causes moved her to found the New York Women’s Forum in 1973, the National Women’s Forum in 1981, the International Women’s Forum in 1983,
and the New York Women’s Agenda in 1992. She has also been showered with numerous honors, such as the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1997 and the Eleanor Roosevelt Leadership Award.

At 91, Ms. Guggenheimer is seeking to change the national image of the elderly to reflect the productivity and value of older adults.

Wanda Lucibello is the Chief of the Special Victims Division in the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office. She has conducted training programs for police, prosecutors and service providers in the investigation and prosecution of domestic violence cases in conjunction with the National College of District Attorneys and the New York Prosecutors Training Institute. At the request of the United States Department of State, she spent several weeks in 1998 and 2000 in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa where she worked with prosecutors and women's groups on new legislative initiatives in family violence. In conjunction with the

Office on Violence Against Women in Washington, D.C., she assisted in the preparation of a prosecutor's brochure on Full Faith and Credit in Interstate Orders of Protection.

Gregory W. Simonelli is Senior Vice President of Agency/Marketing for the Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. With over 30 years of hands-on business experience, Mr. Simonelli is a Senior Sales and Marketing Executive with a proven record of accomplishments in sales management, both in the Field and Home Office areas of life insurance and financial services. Greg started his outstanding career with The Equitable Life Assurance Society and quickly succeeded in becoming a Member of the prestigious Million Dollar Round Table. An innovator in his field, Greg rose to the position of Executive Vice President at The United States Life Insurance Company after winning the company’s highest award for superior achievement in Individual Insurance Marketing for 12 consecutive years.

Highly active in business and dedicated to his community, Greg has always played a leadership role. He served as president of the Life Supervisors of New York, president of the Life Underwriters of Nassau and Suffolk Counties, president of the Northeast Management Forum, and president of the Hicksville Baseball Association for over ten years. Greg is a graduate of the New York Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Business, and he received his Chartered Life Underwriter’s (CLU) designation from The American College.

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