13th Domestic Violence Education Symposium
Keynote Speaker
Lynn Rosenthal
Director of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Lynn Rosenthal is the HHS Director of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, where she leads the Department’s work to implement the National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence and related initiatives. In 2021, Lynn was appointed by Secretary Austin to chair then Independent Review Commission on Sexual Harassment and Assault in the U.S. Military.
Lynn served for three years as President of the Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus Ohio, a multi-service organization providing child advocacy, maternal health care, and domestic violence services. From 2017-2018, Lynn was the Biden Foundation’s Director of Violence Against Women Initiatives
From 2009 to 2015, Lynn was the the first-ever White House Advisor on Violence Against Women and a senior advisor to then-Vice President Biden. She co-chaired the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault on behalf of Vice President Biden and represented the Vice President on the White House Council on Women and Girls. Lynn has also been the executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence and state domestic violence coalitions in New Mexico and Florida.