(she, her, hers) Katie Ares is the Interim Executive Director at Soldier’s Best Friend, a nonprofit organization serving U.S. military combat-veterans living in Arizona with Post-Traumatic Stress and/or Traumatic Brain Injury. Katie’s work in nonprofits began through direct service as a domestic violence advocate in emergency shelter. Katie moved to Arizona in 2015 where she spent over two years in Operations for Giffords: Courage to Fight Gun Violence, and most recently she worked as the Public Policy Specialist at the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. Katie earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Public Administration from Webster University. Katie was the 2019 National Crime Victims’ Right Week Triumph Over Tragedy award recipient.