About Us

The roots of Albany County SAFE Project can be traced back to 1974. A group of nine female University of Wyoming (UW) law students saw a need to raise awareness of rape on UW and in Laramie. With UW approval these women opened and staffed the Women's Awareness Movement Office (WAMO) on campus to provide educational materials to women. At the same time the law students were raising awareness about rape, a community group of feminists were organizing around the issue of family violence. This group of men and women donated money and raised funds to set up a voucher system to pay for hotel rooms when women and children fled abusive situations. In 1977 these two groups came together and in May of 1980 the Albany County SAFE Project was incorporated by Jane Warren.

SAFE bought its first permanent shelter building in the late 1980s, and purchased office space at 312 Steele Street in 1991. SAFE purchased its current office building at 319 Lincoln Street in 2010.

All of our services are free and confidential. We do not discriminate for access to services on the basis of race/ethnicity, language, sex, gender, age, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, social class, economic status, education, marital status, religious affiliation, residency, HIV status, or immigration status.

SAFE Project works closely with a number of organizations and agencies to ensure that victims and survivors have their needs met. SAFE Project coordinates the local Sexual Assault Response Team to better facilitate collaboration between health agencies, police officers, emergency responders, and the criminal justice system.

SAFE Project Board Members include:

President:

Yvette Haeberle, M.D.

M.D. and Forensic Medical Examiner

Former Board President, Family Advocacy Network

Vice President:

Laura Rainwater

Director, Wesley Foundation

Associate Pastor

United Methodist Church

Secretary:

Tracy Goodspeed

Administrative Assistant

Family and Consumer Sciences Department

University of Wyoming

Treasurer:

Richard Melone

Executive Vice President

Senior Lending Officer

First National Bank of Wyoming

Board Members:

Kyle Morris

Director of Student Services

Wyoming Technical Institute

Katrina McGee

Major Gift Officer

University of Wyoming Foundation

Maggi Murdock

Associate Provost & Dean

Outreach School

University of Wyoming

Amanda Brodie

Associate Director, Planned Giving

UW Foundation

Former Staff Attorney, WCADVSA

Kimberly Shannon

Manager, Marketing & Programs

UW Student Affairs

Michael Brisendine

Police Officer/Detective Sergeant

City of Laramie Police Department

Clayton Melinkovich

Attorney

Brown & Hiser, LLC

Former Staff Attorney, WCADVSA

Albany County SAFE Project

"working to end violence"

About Us