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. 

Tatiana Morales

Tatiana Morales is a Peer Systems Navigator at Tumbleweed with 19 years of experience supporting youth through education, mental health, and advocacy. Her work centers youth impacted by poverty, homelessness, and behavioral health challenges, always approaching them with empathy, authenticity, and through the lens of lived experience.

Tatiana’s commitment to youth and community stems from her own journey growing up in a high-crime neighborhood in California, navigating childhood without support. As a survivor of many forms of abuse, addiction, and homelessness, she now uses her voice to advocate for those often left unheard, especially survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and system-related trauma.

She is the founder of Roots of Unity, a grassroots initiative dedicated to promoting equity, healing, and connection in marginalized communities. She also previously served on the Board of Directors for the Black Heritage Foundation, where she helped create space for Black residents to connect, organize, and be seen. Tatiana is a member of Billings Stronger Together, an organization focused on making changes in the Billings community through protest, community organizing, and political participation. She also sits on the committee for Cross Community Reconciliation, helping to bridge the divide between races in Montana. As a VOICES committee member with the Northern Lights Family Justice Center, she uses her personal experiences with domestic violence and stalking to advocate for systemic reforms that prioritize survivor safety, dignity, and agency.

In and outside of her work, Tatiana is deeply rooted in community and family. She finds joy in art, storytelling, and spending time with her four teenagers, who keep her grounded and inspired. Her work is guided by empathy, equity, and an unwavering belief in the resilience of youth and survivors.

Eliauna Peabody

Eliauna Peabody is a Certified Nursing Assistant with four years of experience providing compassionate care to individuals and families. She is currently pursuing her nursing degree to expand her ability to serve and advocate for those in need.

As a dedicated single mother to her son, Eliauna has witnessed firsthand how domestic violence, stalking, and family violence can create cycles that impact generations. She is working hard every day to break that cycle for her family.

Eliauna believes that finding community and support is essential for healing and creating change. She is passionate about using her voice to raise awareness and advocate for others in our community, especially in places where resources are limited. Through her personal and professional journey, she hopes to inspire others to know they are not alone.

Charlene Sleeper

Charlene Sleeper is a Billings based Missing & Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP) crisis advocate. They are a descendent of the Crow Tribe, Chippewa-Cree Tribe, and are enrolled in the Southern Cheyenne & Arapahoe Tribes of Oklahoma. As a survivor of domestic violence and stalking, Charlene is passionate about the work they do under the MMIP Movement. In 2014, their stalker was convicted of sexually assaulting a male victim and is currently serving a 15 year sentence for his crime.  

Inspired by the 2018 Billings Women’s March which highlighted the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women’s (MMIW) Movement, they began researching the scope of the MMIW crisis. Since then, Charlene has developed the MMIP Billings Advocacy Project which performs many volunteer services including but not limited to: communicating missing persons information and persons of interest information to the public, supporting MMIP victim families in raising awareness for their cases, consulting on issues which contribute to the MMIP crisis, and promoting MMIP resource information. The MMIP Billings Advocacy project also organizes various types of awareness and intervention/prevention projects. This year’s priority area of focus is human trafficking which is often intersected by stalking behaviors. 

Charlene’s work spans tribal, local, state, and federal levels. They’ve supported Montana State MMIP policy work since 2019 and have provided MMIP homicide and missing persons field observations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. They’ve also provided testimonies to the Trump Administration’s Operation Lady Justice and the Biden Administration’s Not Invisible Act Commission which were created to seek solutions to America’s MMIP Crisis.

Charlene works as a mental health worker at Yellowstone Boys & Girls Ranch which provides residential psychiatric treatment services to youth. These youth are of the highest risk for becoming a missing juvenile, becoming a homicide victim, and can be potentially human trafficked.

Angeline Fox

Angie was born and raised in Billings, Montana, graduating from Billings West High. She attended college at the University of Montana in Missoula and obtained a bachelor’s in sociology with an emphasis in criminology. She will graduate with her master’s in social work in December 2025 from the University of Montana.

Angie began working for the Yellowstone County Attorney’s Office in 2006 and became a Victim/Witness Coordinator shortly thereafter. In 2019, she became the supervisor of the Victim/Witness Program and currently manages the county’s eight Victim/Witness Coordinators who are assigned to every criminal case the office prosecutes.

Angie has worked with all types of victims of crime and assisted with dozens of trials including multiple homicide cases. Angie’s passion is working with survivors of domestic violence, helping them to recognize their strength and ability to effect positive change in their lives and for their families.

Angie received the Montana Attorney General’s Crime Victim Advocate of the year award in 2014 from Attorney General Tim Fox. She served on the board of directors for the Center for Children and Families for 3 years. Angie presented to the Montana Board of Crime Control Educational Power Hour in 2021 and to the Montana Violent Crime Investigators Association Conference in 2024. Additionally, Angie has been involved with the creation of the Northern Lights Family Justice Center here in Billings.  

Angie believes in building lasting relationships with service providers in Billings and across the state to effectively help victims of crime.

Arielle Dean

Arielle Dean is the Deputy Chief of Criminal Operations for the Yellowstone County Attorney’s Office.  She assists in managing the Office’s team of prosecuting attorneys, specifically those who appear in the District Court.  She also maintains her own rigorous caseload of primarily sex offenses and homicides. 

Prior to moving back home to Billings, Montana in 2020, Arielle worked as a Deputy District Attorney for the largest prosecuting office in the metropolitan area of Denver, Colorado.  While there, she handled a wide variety of cases including domestic violence cases and other crimes of violence.  In 2019, she was promoted to a position in the Special Victims Unit, where she specialized in prosecuting sex offenses and crimes against children. 

Currently, Arielle works with several community partners to assist survivors and families.  She is a member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team at the Yellowstone Valley Child Advocacy Center and serves on the Fetal, Infant, Child & Maternal Mortality Review & Prevention Team (FICMMR).  In 2024, she received the HSI Denver Partnership Award for her work in prosecuting online predator sting cases.  Her passion is supporting and educating others in best, trauma-informed practices when working with survivors, and to find ways to prevent future trauma and abuse.        

Arielle earned her undergraduate degree from Gonzaga University and her law degree from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

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Hollie Bowman

Hollie was raised with her sister and brother in Lewistown, Montana, by her father. Hollie’s parents and siblings struggled with severe substance use disorders and often experienced domestic violence; she was ultimately removed from her family due to substantiated severe child abuse and trauma and was placed with her mother in Texas at the age of 15. Unfortunately, her mother relapsed and returned to incarceration, and Hollie was emancipated at 17 years old.

Hollie felt a calling to be of service to others and help others who had also experienced traumatic events in their childhood. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from Texas State University in Psychology, Sociology, and English Literacy. She continued at Texas A&M for a graduate degree in Counseling. Upon graduation, Hollie began working with justice-involved veterans in crisis as a First Response Crisis Support Counselor. She enjoyed her work with veterans and decided to continue her education, earning teaching certifications in Social Studies and English. She eventually moved into teaching at-risk youth and working closely with advocacy groups for children in need.

Hollie returned to Montana in 2021 and committed herself to helping within the Billings Community. Initially, Hollie worked as a Service Administrator overseeing adults with developmental disabilities in group homes and supportive living. Hollie accepted a position at Alternatives Inc. as Director of Community Programs in 2023 and began working with justice-involved offenders in their community. Through this work, Hollie began to see a need for supportive work for victims of stalking and domestic violence. Hollie currently works as an activities director and social worker for clients in memory care services. She continues to volunteer and advocate for victims and youth in the Billings community.

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. 

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Brittney Mada

Brittney Mada serves as Pro Bono Counsel with a dual role in program development and direct advocacy. She contributes to Crowley Fleck’s pro bono program through promotion and facilitation of pro bono participation across the firm while also managing relationships with clients and partner organizations. Brittney advises and represents individuals in an array of civil legal issues that blend resource scarcity with interpersonal conflict.

Her practice is grounded in creating and holding space for those who are susceptible to being denied access, face capacity limitations, or are otherwise restricted from their meaningful involvement in legal processes. She previously served as a crime victim attorney with Montana Legal Services Association, a role that allowed her to connect with individuals experiencing violence and cultivating her desire to continue pro bono work in her home state and beyond.

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.