Heather Burgess
Certification Status
Certified
Albany, NY
Certification Date
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Adult facilities
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Heather Burgess (she/her) is an Empire Fellow at the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV). As a member of OPDV's Bureau of Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Programming, she works to advance culturally-responsive services within the gender-based violence response system.
Previously, Heather was the Senior PREA Research Associate with the NYC Board of Correction and specialized in the Board’s Elimination of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment standards. She was also the BOC representative on the NYC TGNCNBI Task Force, a collaborative group consisting of members from DOC, CHS, city government, and community organizations that works to improve the treatment and housing of transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex people in custody.
Previously, Heather was the Senior PREA Research Associate with the NYC Board of Correction and specialized in the Board’s Elimination of Sexual Abuse and Sexual Harassment standards. She was also the BOC representative on the NYC TGNCNBI Task Force, a collaborative group consisting of members from DOC, CHS, city government, and community organizations that works to improve the treatment and housing of transgender, gender non-conforming, non-binary, and intersex people in custody.