Erika Callaway Kleiner

Erika Callaway Kleiner (she/her) has worked in the anti-violence movement more than twenty years and has extensive experience in the areas of advocacy, training, prevention and project management.  Her passion is helping to create inclusive and accessible services for survivors of violence from underserved communities.

Erika was the director of the Alexandria Sexual Assault Center (SAC) and works now as a consultant managing the SAC Prevention Project and facilitating the Alexandria LGBTQ+ Task Force.  Erika was a co-founder of the Task Force in 2007 and has continuously worked on an initiative to improve services and outreach to survivors of domestic and sexual violence who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer + (LGBTQ+).  The Task Force has trained thousands of service providers. This work developed into a City-wide initiative, and the Task Force has been used as a model for other jurisdictions across Virginia.   Erika is a co-facilitator of the White Allies for Racial Equity caucus for the Department of Community and Human Services and co-leads a Race and Social Equity Work Group.  She is a faculty member of the annual Trauma-to-Trial non-stranger sexual assault training in Virginia.  Erika received the Pathfinder Award from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance and the Women’s Health and Safety Advocate Award from the Alexandria Commission for Women for her work to improve services to underserved communities.

Professional Experience

  • Alexandria Sexual Assault Center Prevention Project Manager, 2019-Present

  • Alexandria LGBTQ+ Task Force Facilitator/Trainer/Curriculum Developer, 2007-Present

  • Alexandria Sexual Assault Center Program Director, Advocate, Volunteer Coordinator, 2002-2007

  • Graduate Assistant focusing on Responding to Sexual Violence, Margaret Cuninggim Women’s Center, Vanderbilt University, 2000-2002

Education

  • Master of Divinity (M.Div.), Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2002

  • Bachelor of Arts in Religion, summa cum laude, Oklahoma City University, 1997