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.
Sarah Williams, LSW, Victim Advocate-303-735-4866
Sarah Joined the Office of Victim Assistance in April 2012. After obtaining her BA in sociology and women’s studies from Tulane University, she spent two years working with adolescents in foster care as a Teacher’s Assistant Counselors providing academic and therapeutic support as well as crisis intervention. She went on to pursue her masters from Smith College School for Social Work. Both at Tulane and Smith College School for Social Work, Sarah was a leader in providing education and awareness to her peers on sexual assault, relationship violence, and stalking. While in graduate school Sarah completed two full time internships at Citywide Case Management and the San Francisco Art Institute. Sarah has clinical experience providing clinical case management and individual and group therapy for adults with chronic mental illness and undergraduate and graduate students. Sarah has experience working with diverse populations and is committed to assisting people who have been impacted by trauma on the road to healing. She is particularly sensitive to the ways that oppression impacts the lives of her clients and sees herself as a social justice advocate.
Gender Violence Prevention and Education - If you would like a presentation on gender violence prevention, please contact Teresa Wroe, the Gender Violence Prevention and Program Development Coordinator in Community Health, a division of Wardenburg, 303-735-0474. Community Health is located in the UMC, University Memorial Center, fourth floor, room 411. Mailing address is UCB 207, Boulder, Colorado 80309.
Mailing address for Director, Assistant Director and Victim Advocate:
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.
