About Us
Our mission is to facilitate healing and justice for victims of sexual and physical abuse, neglect, and exploitation and to engage the community to protect and support children.
What We Do
We provide a compassionate and effective way to bring services to children victimized by abuse. Our public-private collaboration significantly reduces the trauma associated with reporting child abuse. We help coordinate care and investigation from first report to conviction and beyond, while keeping the child at the center of everything the team does.
Who We Serve
Child Abuse has no boundaries. It spans across all social and economic levels, races, religions, and cultures. The Red River Children’s Advocacy Center serves victims of child abuse from Eastern North Dakota, Western Minnesota, Northeastern South Dakota, and four Native American Reservations.
Meet Our Team
Administrative Team
Sarah Matthews
Executive Director
Raelyn Soltis, LBSW
Director of Operations
Anna Schimmelpfennig, PhD, LP
Heidi Schultz
Development Director
Alyssa Nelson
Linda Strahm
Office Administrator
Skyler Siegel
Communication and Events Coordinator
Forensic Interviewers
Alexis Heckert
Forensic Interviewer & Family Advocate
Jessica Marynik
Forensic Interviewer
Advocacy
Kim Thompson
Family Advocate
Lindsay Schneider, LBSW
Mental Health Advocate
Julie Martin
Family Advocate, Prevention Coordinator
Chislaine Weisz
Family Advocate
Mental Health
Abby Tang, M.S., LPCC, NCC
Naomi Marks, LMSW, LGSW
McKinley Solberg
Board of Directors
Rachel Egstad
Board Chair
Assistant Grand Forks County Attorney
Jessie Andren
The Forum
Pam Foss
Assistant Clay County Attorney
Ruth Hetland
Product and Project Management Expert, MBA, PMP, ACPMPO
Dr. Michelle Jorgensen
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Sanford Health System
Dr. Kurt Kooyer
Physician, Urgent Med
Eric Malchodi
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, Gate City Bank
Rhonda Porter
Director, Clay County Social Services
Jennifer Thompson
Managing Partner HA Thompson and Sons
Tayler Draeger
Treasurer
Whitney Wright
Secretary
Ryan Younggren
Assistant Cass County State’s Attorney
