Melody Lenhardt,-This week's speaker

 

Melody Lenhardt is the Family Advocacy Division Manager for Pinal County's Family Advocacy Centers. At Family Advocacy Centers, the Pinal County Attorney's Office helps individuals, children, and families reporting abuse by coordinating a comprehensive approach to the investigation and intervention process.  Melody started her career as a case manager for a children’s mental health clinic before moving to Arizona.  She worked as a victim advocate and bureau chief for 17 years at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.  She joined the Pinal County Family Advocacy Centers in 2018 as the manager of the Eloy and San Tan centers, and has taken on the leadership of the Maricopa center and the Medical Forensics Department. There are plans to open a Family Advocacy Center in Oracle, and Melody will give us a status report on that project.