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SafeSpace Welcomes NewCEO, Board Members

Article ByJackieHolfelder

SafeSpace,Inc., the onlycerti�eddomesticviolencecenter on the

Treasure Coast, recently announced that Dr. Teresa Albizuhas joined the nonpro�t as its new CEO. 

During the last twelve years, prior to coming to SafeSpace,Dr. Albizu served as founder and co-president of R-APinnacle Group - a consulting practice providingprofessional and leadership development education andtraining to businesses, corporations, higher educationinstitutions and not-for-pro�t organizations.

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Formerly, Dr. Albizu held a leadership position in the �eldof higher education, and mental health and coachingservices through her private practice.

She also currently serves as adjunct faculty with TheChicago School of Professional Psychology.

Dr. Albizu holds a Doctor of Education (Ed.D) in HigherEducation Leadership, an M.S. in Marriage and FamilyTherapy and a B.S. in Psychology.

Additionally, she is a Fellow of the National HispanaLeadership Institute’s Executive Leadership Program.

Along with Dr. Abizu’s appointment, SafeSpace alsoannounced two new additions to its Board of Directors:Aimee Markford, CPA, CFE, and Joanne Willenbacher, CPA.

Markford was born and raised on the Treasure Coast andhas served as CFO of the Indian River County Sheri�'sO�ce since 2018. She has an M.S. in Financial Managementand is both a Certi�ed Public Accountant and a Certi�edFraud Examiner.

Willenbacher, a Fort Pierce resident, is executive vicepresident and CFO for Coventry Development Corporationwhich manages and develops real estate land tracts.  Shehas a B.S. in Business Administration and more than 35years of experience in all aspects of �nancial, construction,property management, real estate development and U.S.and international tax accounting.

Markford and Willenbacher join a board that includes:

Joyce Page, president

Nancy Wong, president-elect

Carol Myers, treasurer

Richard Boga, secretary

Dan Pimpo, past president

Thomas Bakkedahl

Gregory John Burke

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Emmelis Keaney

Dr. Jack Mitchell

Major Patricia Oslager

For more than four decades, SafeSpace, a 501(c)(3)nonpro�t organization, has served as the only certi�eddomestic violence center on the Treasure Coast. Since itsinception in 1979, it has provided nearly half a million safenights of shelter, rescued more than 40,000 adults andchildren from domestic violence, and created programsdesigned to transition families to a happier, fuller life freeof violence.

For more information about SafeSpace, visitwww.safespace�.org or call 772-223-2399.

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Jennifer Cullen FerrariDr. Teresa Albizu sounds like the perfect fit for this positioLike · Reply · 7w

Mary BaysingerWonderful Choice!!!Like · Reply · 1w

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