Jetta Bernier
Executive Director

Jetta Bernier serves as Executive Director of Enough Abuse, formerly Massachusetts Citizens for Children or “MassKids,” the nation’s oldest private, statewide child advocacy organization, established in 1959. For over 6 decades, the organization has worked on several fronts to prevent all forms of child abuse.

Regarding sexual abuse, Jetta directs the Enough Abuse Campaign, a citizen education and mobilization effort to prevent child sexual abuse in schools, youth-serving organizations and communities. Launched through a 5-year grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2002 to 2007) and supported by the Ms. Foundation for Women (2007 – 2014), the Campaign has now been adopted in several states and two other countries. 

She is developer of numerous prevention resources, including: “Enough! Preventing Child Sexual Abuse in My School”, a one-hour, evidence-informed e-learning course for school personnel; and “Pledge to Prevent™”, a unique online action campaign that educates, empowers and engages citizens to take specific actions to prevent child sexual abuse from ever occurring. She produced the policy report, “Massachusetts Sexual Abuse Safe Child Standards” and two national advocacy reports – “State and Federal Legislative Efforts to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse: A Status Report“(2015),and “A Call to Action for Policymakers and Advocates: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Legislation in the States” (2021). 

Jetta served on the 11-member National Independent Schools Task Force on Educator Sexual Misconduct which in 2018 released “Prevention and Response,” with recommendations for the country’s 1,500 independent private schools. She was Co-Chair of the Coalition to Reform Sex Abuse Laws, a grassroots coalition that succeeded, in 2006 and 2014 respectively, in reforming Massachusetts’ criminal and civil statute of limitations in cases of child sexual abuse. She is currently Policy Chair of the National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, and leads the States Policy Exchange, a bimonthly networking group for advocates working to pass child sexual abuse prevention legislation across the country. 

Kathryn Robb, esq.
National Director, Children’s Justice Campaign

Kathryn Robb directs the Children’s Justice Campaign at Enough Abuse. She is a lawyer and legislative advocate who has been fighting to pass meaningful child sex abuse legislation across the country for over 2 decades. She is a national expert on Statute of Limitations reform/elimination aimed at providing justice for survivors, accountability for abusers and the prevention of sexual abuse for more children. She consults with lawmakers and governors to write and edit legislative language and has testified in over thirty jurisdictions as a national expert before legislative committees.

An outspoken survivor of childhood sexual abuse, Kathryn writes opinions for local and national press, presents at national conferences and appears on news outlets and as a guest on numerous podcasts across the country. She is a regular columnist for Verdict Justia and participated in the Scouts Honor and A Peloton of One documentaries about child sexual abuse.  

Kathryn is a co-founder of New Yorkers Against Hidden Predators, a coalition of organizations, advocates, and sex abuse survivors from across New York. She worked closely with then-New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, his staff, and New York state legislators to pass the New York Child Victims Act. After a 12-year hard-fought battle, the bill was signed into law on February 14, 2019. The New York Child Victim’s Act led to the drafting and passage of the Adult Survivor’s Act which ultimately led to the filing of civil charges by several survivors, including E. Jean Carroll.

For over two decades, Kathryn served as a board member and legislative advocate for the nonprofit Massachusetts Citizens for Children where she helped lead successful reform of the Massachusetts Statute of Limitations law in 2014.

Contact Kathryn at krobb@enoughabuse.org.

Jessica Schidlow, esq.
Senior Policy Analyst & Legislative Counsel

Jessica Schidlow is a children’s rights law and policy expert with extensive experience in statutory reform, appellate advocacy, and systems-level legal analysis. In her previous roles working nationally and internationally, Jessica concentrated on issues related to online exploitation, technology-facilitated abuse, and the intersection of constitutional principles with the rights of children and victims.

She is also the co-author of the Child Sex Abuse Statutes of Limitation Treatise (2002–2025), the first comprehensive national reference on civil and criminal statute of limitations (SOL) reform, relied upon by attorneys, advocates, and lawmakers across the country.

She has authored and coordinated dozens of high-impact amicus briefs before state supreme courts, federal appellate courts, and the United States Supreme Court. Her work has contributed to the development of national precedent on issues including the constitutionality of revival statutes, survivor speech protections, and institutional and corporate accountability for abuse.

As a legislative advocate, Jessica has worked closely with state and federal lawmakers to craft and advance laws designed to strengthen child safety and improve institutional responses to abuse. She has testified before Congress and multiple state legislatures on issues including online exploitation, SafeSport reform, and emerging technology-related risks, and is a frequent speaker on statutes of limitation reform, bankruptcy and abuse litigation, and the role of law in preventing systemic harm.

Alice Nasar Hanan, esq.
Legal Advisor and Consultant, Children’s Justice Campaign

Alice Nasar Hanan serves as the National Legal Advisor and Consultant with the Children’s Justice Campaign, where she leverages over five years of experience in children’s rights advocacy to protect children and help survivors access justice. She collaborates closely with Kathryn Robb, continuing their long-standing partnership on legislative initiatives to reform statutes of limitations (SOLs) for child sexual abuse and enhance child protection laws.

Alice has played a pivotal role in drafting and analyzing legislation, providing testimony before legislative committees, and supporting the enactment of SOL reform in numerous jurisdictions. As co-author of the Child Sex Abuse Statutes of Limitations Treatise (2002–2024), she provides comprehensive legal analyses of criminal and civil SOLs, revival windows, and state rankings across all U.S. jurisdictions, informing ongoing legislative advocacy. Alice has also contributed her expertise as a volunteer legal advisor, supporting community abuse prevention initiatives and training local school and camp leaders in child safety and protection. Earlier in her career, Alice worked at Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP in New York City, focusing on complex commercial litigation and white-collar criminal defense, and later at a New Jersey litigation firm.

Alice earned her Juris Doctor from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2008, graduating in the top 10% of her class and serving as an editor on the Cardozo Law Review. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Rutgers University, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and with highest honors. Alice is passionate about using her expertise to strengthen child protection laws, uphold the dignity of survivors, and empower communities to safeguard future generations.

Lindsay Hawthorne
Digital Media and Communications Manager

Lindsay Hawthorne serves as the Digital Media and Communications Manager for Enough Abuse and promotes the many prevention curricula and resources that it provides. She manages the Learning Management System and serves as the liaison with schools and youth organizations that implement the two Enough! e-learning courses on child sexual abuse prevention, the It’s Not Just Jenna video and Discussion Guide, and many more prevention resources. She manages Enough Abuse’s cadre of dedicated interns and volunteers from several universities and grows the reach of its work through social media platforms, e-newsletters, SEO strategies and through strategic outreach.

Lindsay was selected as a 2025 Public Voices Fellow on the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse with The OpEd Project, and has authored five published op-eds.

Lindsay also assists with coordinating and providing Enough Abuse in-person trainings and webinars to schools, youth organizations, and communities, and coordinates the States Policy Exchange, a virtual networking group for advocates working to pass child sexual abuse prevention legislation in their states. Lindsay also researches and tracks the passage of child sexual abuse prevention legislation in the states and updates the information in the 2021 report co-produced by Enough Abuse and Prevent Child Abuse America, “A Call to Action for Policymakers and Advocates: Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Legislation in the States”, as well as on the interactive legislative maps on enoughabuse.org.

Lindsay has an M.S. in Nonprofit Management from Northeastern University and a B.A. in International Relations with a minor in Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies from Boston University.

Contact Lindsay at lindsay@enoughabuse.org.

Zayn Cheema
Policy Coordinator

Zayn Cheema is the Policy Coordinator at the Children’s Justice Campaign at Enough Abuse. She began working with Enough Abuse after graduating from Vassar College in May 2025 with a B.A. in Neuroscience & Behavior and Political Science. As an intern, Zayn previously worked with the International Institute of New England and the Forest Foundation in Boston, MA to learn more about refugee resettlement processes, grant-writing, and non-profit work. She hopes to eventually attend law school and work in advocacy. 

Contact Zayn at zayn@enoughabuse.org.

Grace Coll

Director of Prevention Education & Training

Grace Coll serves as the Director of Prevention Education and Training where she delivers Enough Abuse’s child sexual abuse prevention trainings to schools, youth organizations and to parents and communities. Experienced in digital media design, Grace is overseeing the development of our current in-person trainings to online formats in response to increased demands for our evidence-based Enough Abuse courses.

In response to significant increases in the exposure of children and teens to online child sexual exploitation, including sextortion, child enticement, deepfakes, AI generated child sexual abuse materials, etc., Grace helps develop and promote Enough Abuse’s three trainings on online safety for youth and for parents.

An instructional designer, Grace is also working to develop new prevention curricula for school administrators, child care providers and residential group home staff to increase their capacity to early identify and respond to grooming and boundary-violating behaviors.

Grace received her Master in Social Work from Boston College where she specialized in the Children, Youth and Families Program. She also has degrees in Digital Media & Design and Communications from the University of Connecticut.

Contact Grace at grace@enoughabuse.org.

Beverly Costa-Ciavola
Certified Master Trainer

For over a decade, Beverly has been a leader in training citizens and a broad range of child- and family-serving professionals about child sexual abuse and its prevention. She has conducted “Training of Trainers” sessions to equip other vetted community volunteers to deliver the Enough Abuse Campaign’s research-based curricula series including: Strategies for your Family and Community, Strategies for your School, Strategies for your Youth Organization, Understanding and Responding to the Sexual Behaviors of Children, and the “It’s Not Just Jenna” video and facilitated discussion.

Additionally, Beverly is a certified trainer for three developmentally targeted trainings for children and youth including:

• Care for Kids©, an early childhood sexual abuse prevention curriculum for children from Pre-K through 2^nd Grade that teaches communication skills, nurturing skills, and an understanding of healthy boundaries.
• We Care Elementary©, a sexual abuse prevention curriculum for children in Grades 3 through 6 that includes six lessons at each grade level on a variety of topics related to building healthy relationships.
• SAFE-T (Sexual Abuse Free Environment for Teens©,) a positive and trauma-informed health education program for youth in 7^th and 8^th Grades, designed to decrease the likelihood of youth being sexually abused and/or sexually abusing others.