Providing domestic violence and child abuse services to American women and children overseas

Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center
Formerly the American Domestic Violence Crisis Line

Staff Directory

Paula Lucas Paula Lucas
Executive Director/Founder
lucas@866uswomen.org

Founder and Executive Director of the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center. Paula fled back to the USA, after living in Europe and the Middle East for 14 years, with her three sons to escape domestic violence and child abuse in April 1999. She founded the organization in September 1999 as an on-line resource while she and her children were still living in a domestic violence shelter. In April 2001, Paula established a domestic violence crisis line that was toll free internationally, 866USWOMEN. Paula now travels nationally & internationally giving a voice to an underserved population of Americans suffering with domestic violence overseas.

Brooke Galloway Brooke Galloway
Development and Policy Director
brookeg@866uswomen.org

Brooke has been with the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center since March of 2009. She graduated from Northern Arizona University where she majored in psychology and women’s studies. Brooke is currently obtaining her Masters in International Conflict Resolution from Portland State University. She recently returned from Cyprus where she spent five months researching the conflict and interning at a civil society nonprofit. Brooke is also a project coordinator with the African Diaspora Dialogue Project. Her experience and education with conflict resolution stems from her background working with survivors of domestic violence. Experiencing the courage of domestic violence survivors has made a lasting impression on Brooke and she is motivated to focus her career on advocating for nonviolence.

Debra Humphrey-Keever
CPA
debrahk@866uswomen.org

Debra is the newest employee, joining AODVC in January 2011. She was raised in the Midwest and obtained her degree from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. While obtaining her degree, Debra spent a semester studying abroad in England. In 1980, she moved to Oregon and obtained her CPA license in 1992. Debra brings a wealth of knowledge with 30 years of accounting experience including 12 years as a CFO for a large healthcare nonprofit in the Portland area. After taking the past two years off, she worked for the US Census Bureau in 2010. Debra fills her leisure hours with her long-time partner by traveling in their motorhome and spending time at their beach house.