Throughout this year, we will be highlighting individuals or groups that have impacted our work over the last 50 years.

Michelle Santucci

Then: POV Board Member and Corporate Secretary
Now: POV Advisory Board Member

For over 15 years serving on Peace Over Violence’s Board of Directors, Michelle participated in the agency’s most transformative event…its renaming and rebranding from the Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women (LACAAW). This important change helped expand POV’s national recognition and put POV on the map internationally. This along with representing the BOD in the 2015 launch of Italy’s Denim Day are just two of her favorite and memorable POV accomplishments.

As a sexual assault survivor herself, Michelle learned of the critical need and importance of support organizations like POV, which is why she passionately promotes and raises awareness on this very important issue.

“It has been such a rewarding experience working with Patti and her talented team of professionals. I knew immediately when I took their self-defense class that POV (then LACAAW) offered me a way to help other survivors, something I had wanted to do for years. The vision and mission to end all forms of violence for everyone, not just women, sets POV apart and provides a platform for everyone and anyone to realize a world without violence.”

Even with a demanding career as a Vice President for a leading national insurance broker, contributing where she can as a POV Advisory Board member, including fundraising and donating, or fostering and volunteering for a local Golden Retriever rescue, helping others will always be a top priority.