Carleen
Wray
Executive Director
Carleen Wray
is the Executive Director of the National Association
of Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE).
SAVE is a nonprofit
organization that strives to decrease the potential for violence in
our schools and communities by promoting student involvement in crime
prevention, conflict management, and service learning activities. She
was drawn to her current position because of her desire to ensure that
youth are safe in their schools and communities. Her previous work in
the juvenile justice field exposed her to the fact that youth today
are in need of assistance to ensure that their schools are free of
crime and conducive to learning and their communities are safe.
Ms. Wray served as the Assistant Director of SAVE from 2001-2010. Prior
to that she served as the Assistant Director of the Center for the
Prevention of School Violence from it's inception in 1993. As Assistant
Director of the Center she was a primary point of contact for information,
programs, and research about the problem of school violence and efforts
directed at preventing it from occurring. Her work provided a bridge for
cooperation between various agencies involved in school violence prevention.
Ms. Wray has also worked with the North Carolina Department of Correction
and the North Carolina Injury Prevention Divsion. She has served as a
Pre-trial release coordinator and has worked extensively in the juvenile
justice arena.
Ms. Wray has spoken at many conferences across the country and has
conducted numerous youth safety implementation workshops. She is
viewed as a national expert on youth violence prevention and has
been interviewed by numerous local, state, national, and international
media. She holds a bachelor's degree in Justice and Public Policy from
North Carolina Wesleyan in Rocky Mount, NC and is has completed masters
level's classes in Public Administration at North Carolina State University.
She is a certified court mediator, and is also a national trainer for
law-related education and conflict management projects.
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