The Ion Center For Violence Prevention
Carissa Parnitzke is an experienced Human Resources professional currently serving as the Human Resources Director at The Ion Center For Violence Prevention since May 2021. Prior to this role, Carissa held various positions at Winegardner & Hammons from August 2003 to May 2021, including Human Resources Director and Bookkeeper, as well as Front Desk Supervisor and Guest Services Representative. Carissa’s early career included roles at the YMCA of Greater Cincinnati from June 1999 to September 2007, where responsibilities encompassed pool deck supervision, water aerobics instruction, and lifeguard training. Carissa holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Northern Kentucky University, earned between 2001 and 2008.
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The Ion Center For Violence Prevention
Our organization was founded in 1976 with the intention to provide services to survivors of power-based personal violence in the Northern Kentucky, Buffalo Trace, and Greater Cincinnati areas. Throughout the years our organization has used several names to present our services to our communities. The Rape Crisis Center of Northern Kentucky and Women’s Crisis Center were names that served us well. However, the growing normalization of violence prevention programs in our culture helped bring discussions of power-based personal violence to the forefront. This illuminated a much more pervasive problem and showed the need to present ourselves in new light to the communities we serve and reach out more effectively to the survivors of all identities who live there. In 2021 we added a new chapter to a 45-year story. Our name was revealed to us by the philosophies that drive our center and the services we provide. Our identity shines in everything we do: preventION – interventION – compassION – collaboratION – inclusION – protectION – transformatION