2025 Conference Speakers

Jennifer Landhuis, M.S.

Jennifer Landhuis (M.S.) brings over 28 years of experience as an educator and advocate on the issues of stalking, domestic violence, and sexual assault to her current position as the Director of the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC). As Director, she oversees the development and implementation of multi-faceted resources, programs, and publications on stalking, collaborates with national partners, and provides robust trainings to criminal justice and victim service professionals. Jennifer has led the SPARC initiative since its founding at AEquitas in 2018.

Prior to joining SPARC, Jennifer was the Director of Social Change at the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence. In this capacity, she managed a variety of projects — including the Idaho Coordinated Response to Sexual & Domestic Violence and the Idaho Victims Assistance Academy – and designed and facilitated state and national trainings to build the capacity of criminal justice systems.

Earlier in her career, Jennifer spent 11 years as an advocate and educator for local domestic violence/sexual assault community-based crisis centers. Her direct service experience includes providing crisis intervention and 24-hour enhanced on-scene advocacy for hospitals and law enforcement agencies.

Jennifer graduated from Midland University with a Bachelors of Arts in Youth and Family Ministry and the University of Cincinnati with a Masters of Science degree in Criminal Justice. She is an adjunct professor at Boise State University. Jennifer is based in Boise, Idaho.

Dianne Parker

Dianne Parker is a 2x Emmy award-winning journalist, 2x Edward R. Murrow award recipient, a Montana mom of two beautiful children and a victim/survivor of felony-level stalking from a complete stranger, a compulsive television viewer of the statewide noon news for CBS. 

Dianne is the statewide morning co-anchor for NBC, ABC/Fox in Montana, Northern Wyoming and a small portion of Idaho and Canada. You can watch her on the NonStop Local App worldwide. She’s passionate about helping others through storytelling, with a focus on Montana’s Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations. 

Dianne is a media advisory board member for Alternatives pre-release (corrections to community) and for Access Billings, a non-profit dedicated to improving ADA accessibility throughout Billings for seen and unseen disabilities (https://accessbillings.org/). She is a past board member of YWCA Billings and a volunteer emcee and judge for Miss Montana U.S.A., the Women’s Run (which funds YWCA Billings), Pheasants Forever and Relay for Life. She is a past Relay for Life Publicity co-chair, helping to consistently raise more than a half a million dollars annually to help fight cancer, ranking this relay in the top 5 worldwide for funds raised.

Her past professional experience includes lifestyle television host for CBS and Public Relations Manager for Avitus Group and was also the 6 & 10 pm news anchor for CBS in Anchorage Alaska. 

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Jennifer Landhuis, M.S.

Jennifer Landhuis (M.S.) brings over 28 years of experience as an educator and advocate on the issues of stalking, domestic violence, and sexual assault to her current position as the Director of the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC). As Director, she oversees the development and implementation of multi-faceted resources, programs, and publications on stalking, collaborates with national partners, and provides robust trainings to criminal justice and victim service professionals. Jennifer has led the SPARC initiative since its founding at AEquitas in 2018.

Prior to joining SPARC, Jennifer was the Director of Social Change at the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence. In this capacity, she managed a variety of projects — including the Idaho Coordinated Response to Sexual & Domestic Violence and the Idaho Victims Assistance Academy – and designed and facilitated state and national trainings to build the capacity of criminal justice systems.

Earlier in her career, Jennifer spent 11 years as an advocate and educator for local domestic violence/sexual assault community-based crisis centers. Her direct service experience includes providing crisis intervention and 24-hour enhanced on-scene advocacy for hospitals and law enforcement agencies.

Jennifer graduated from Midland University with a Bachelors of Arts in Youth and Family Ministry and the University of Cincinnati with a Masters of Science degree in Criminal Justice. She is an adjunct professor at Boise State University. Jennifer is based in Boise, Idaho.

Kristie Funk

Officer Kristie Funk is currently a Domestic Violence Investigator for the Billings Police Department. Kristie joined the BPD in 2021 and worked on patrol for three years. Since Kristie’s childhood she aimed to be a detective. In 2024 a position that Kristie was most interested in opened up. A position that takes a special kind of person to be interested in. In March of 2025 Kristie was moved into her current position of Domestic Violence Investigator. Since being in this position, Kristie has helped train patrol and submit ideas for legislation changes for Montana Statutes.

Kristie helps patrol investigate and follow up on Partner Family Member Assaults, Stalking, and family violence related crimes and has assisted in a few human trafficking interviews. Kristie works with victims/survivors whom have yet disclosed incidents and are ready then helps connect them with services within the Northern Lights Family Justice Center.

Kristie moved to Kalispell, MT from outside the DC area. In Kalispell, Kristie attended Flathead Valley Community College where she received an Associate in Substance Abuse Counseling and General Studies. Kristie then moved to Billings and attended MSUB where she obtained her Bachelors in Psychology.

 

Morgan E. Dake

Morgan E. Dake is Senior Pro Bono Counsel and serves as the Pro Bono Practice Group Leader. She manages the firm’s pro bono efforts across all 11 offices at Crowley Fleck. Morgan facilitates pro bono participation throughout the firm and serves as a mentor to the firm’s attorneys in their pro bono cases. She oversees the administrative aspects of the pro bono program, including screening and approving cases, and monitoring their progress to ensure they are handled efficiently and effectively.

Morgan works with the more than 160 attorneys at the firm helping them find pro bono cases that align with their passions, and encouraging them to step outside their usual practice areas for professional development and personal fulfillment. In her direct representation of pro bono clients, Morgan’s practice includes family law, guardianships, immigration, and end-of-life matters. She also partners with community organizations and justice initiatives to provide comprehensive legal support.

Prior to assuming her current role, Morgan worked as a Senior Deputy County Attorney for Montana’s most-populated county, where she prosecuted domestic violence and sex crimes. 

Brad Kneeland

Brad Kneeland is a Standing Master for Montana’s 13th Judicial District Court in Yellowstone County, where he primarily presides over domestic relations matters, including divorce and parenting cases. Before his current role, Brad served as a prosecutor with the Billings City Attorney’s Office, focusing on misdemeanor cases related to domestic violence, such as partner/family member assault, protective order violations, sexual assault, and stalking.

His background also includes clerking for the Honorable Jessica T. Fehr and serving as a public defender with the Montana Office of the State Public Defender. In that role, he represented clients in a wide range of cases, including criminal, juvenile, dependency and neglect, and civil commitment matters throughout Billings and eastern Montana.

Brad earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Montana and his law degree from Western New England University School of Law.