Sally Richards Joins SCAN of Northern Virginia as Director of Development

PHOTO: Sally Richards, the new director of Development at SCAN of Northern Virginia

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SCAN of Northern Virginia (Stop Child Abuse Now) announced today that Sally Richards has accepted the position of Director of Development and will begin on Sept. 8. Since moving to Alexandria in 2014, Richards has been involved with grant writing and fundraising locally at Volunteer Alexandria, where she spearheaded their successful free agent fundraising during Spring2Action in April.

“I am excited to join the team at SCAN with whom I share a passion for helping protect abused and neglected children,” said Richards. “Having advocated for children as a lawyer, I now look forward to serving children in a different capacity.”

Richards volunteers with the Del Ray Business Association, Volunteer Alexandria and Career Confidence.org. Before moving to the area, she was an attorney working as a Guardian ad Litem in Ohio, where she also served on the board of Conneaut Community Foundation, Inc. and consulted for the Conneaut Historical Society. Richards graduated with a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland State University and a B.A. from RIT Eisenhower College.

“SCAN looks forward to strengthening our team with the addition of Sally Richards,” said Sonia Quiñónez, SCAN’s executive director. “Our board of directors and program staff look forward to partnering with Sally as we seek to gather resources to support SCAN’s child abuse prevention work here in Northern Virginia.”

SCAN of Northern Virginia Stop Child Abuse Now (SCAN) of Northern Virginia is a non-profit
organization whose mission is to promote the well-being of children, improve parent-child relations and prevent child abuse and neglect. Their vision is that every child in Northern Virginia will grow up in a safe, stable, nurturing family, with the support they need to contribute to stronger communities today and as adults tomorrow. They educate the community about the scope, nature and consequences of child abuse and neglect and the importance of positive, nurturing parenting; provide direct parent education; and advocate for children in the community, the legislature and the courts.

Learn more about SCAN at www.scanva.org @scanofnova