Our Staff
The Office of Victim Assistance: Main number 303-492-8855
General email: assist@colorado.edu
The Office of Victim Assistance is located on the fourth floor of the south side of Center for Community (C4C), suite S440. Click for link to map.
Jessica Ladd-Webert, LPC, Director – 303-735-2323
Jessica started at Victim Assistance in October 2007. She was promoted to the Director of the department in January 2012. Jessica is familiar with the University of Colorado because she received her undergraduate degree in Psychology here. She then went on to earn a Master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Phoenix. While working on her master’s degree she interned as a counselor at Access Counseling, a non-profit counseling center in Boulder. Jessica has worked as a contract therapist at MESA, Moving to End Sexual Assault, Boulder’s rape crisis center, doing woman survivor groups. At one time she was MESA’s Client Services Coordinator. She was also a volunteer counselor and supervisor on MESA’s 24-hour hotline for over six years. Jessica was a part of the victim advocates for the Boulder Sheriff’s Office for seven years. Her career has always focused on crisis and trauma work and she continues to bring her skills of therapy and advocacy to support the CU community. Jessica is also a CO State Licensed Therapist.
Ruchi Malhotra, MS, LPC, Assistant Director -303-492-2235
Ruchi joined the Office of Victim Assistance in May 2009. She attended University of Colorado for her undergraduate degree in Sociology. During this time, she worked as the Cultural Resources Coordinator at the Women’s Resource Center and the Programmer for the Student Outreach and Retention Center for Equity (SORCE). Ruchi then completed a master’s in Mental Health and Counseling at Southern Oregon University.While in graduate school, Ruchi was a counseling intern with the Counseling Center and the Queer Resource Center. Her counseling experience includes facilitating support groups for international women, transgender students, and individuals facing intimate partner violence.While in Oregon, Ruchi provided therapy to youth, young adults and families facing economic hardship, family conflict and abuse. Ruchi is passionate about exploring with individuals methods for healing from trauma and advocating for those experiencing various forms of oppression.
Davian Gagne, MSW, Gender Violence Prevention and Education Coordinator – 303-492-5951
Davian began working with the Office of Victim Assistance in July, 2008. She received a bachelor of psychology and a Master of Social Work from the University of Denver. Prior to joining the University of Colorado, she worked for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment as the Data Analyst and Program Evaluator for the Sexual Assault Prevention Program. In this capacity she managed various sexual violence evaluation projects with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She also worked for Moving to End Sexual Assault in Boulder as the Prevention Education Coordinator. In this role, she developed gender violence prevention curricula for the peer education program which she supervised. Davian has been working in the anti-violence movement for over four years and continues doing this work in both her professional and personal life.
Mailing address for all staff:
Office of Victim Assistance
University of Colorado at Boulder
UCB 140
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0140
Portions of this project were supported by grant #2004-WA-AX-0005 awarded by the Office of Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, US Dept of Justice. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women.
