Sandra Mizell Chaney
 
   

Sandra Mizell Chaney
3907 Emblem Corner
Bowie, Maryland 20716
Phone: 301-249-4366
mygreatestgift@hotmail.com

Work:
Building Families Inc.
Removing Barriers, Restoring Families
PMB 269, 3540 Crain Highway
Bowie, MD 20716
Office Phone: 301-249-4402
Fax: 301-249-1510
Cell: 240- 535-1621

Employment

CEO/President, Building Families, Inc., Bowie, MD, February 2001 to present

- Inspirational Speaker, Leadership & Staff Development Trainer, Biblical Life Coach, Minister
National Trainer, Faith Trust Institute, Seattle, Washington April 2003 to present
Consultant, Community Vision Incorporated - DC Housing Authority, Washington, DC, May, 2004- November 2004

- Contract Monitor for the Domestic Violence Intervention Program in the Public Housing Complexes

Consultant, Office on Victims of Crime, Washington, D.C. May, 2004 - Present

Consultant, Faith Training Program, My Sister’s Place, Washington, DC December 2003 – September 2004


-Developed faith base training curriculum to educate and train clergy, leaders and laity in the faith community


Manager of Faith-based Outreach, My Sister’s Place, Washington, DC August 2002 November 7, 2003

- Implementing Faith-based Pilot Program at My Sister’s Place, a shelter for battered women
Certified Crisis Counselor for the DC Department of Mental Health October 2002
Consultant, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) November 2002
Consultant, Domestic Violence Intervention Program, My Sister’s Place October 2001- August 2002

- Developed, implemented and trained women of color for the “Domestic Violence Intervention Program” in the Public Housing complexes for DC Housing Authority

Volunteer Health Educator, My Sister’s Place, February 1999 – October 2001

 

Grant Reviewer

Health and Human Services, Youth Services Bureau of the Administration on Children, August, 2006 – Panel Chair

Health and Human Services, Youth Services Bureau of the Administration on Children, July, 2006

Department of Justice, July, 2005

Office on Victims of Crime, Washington, D.C. May, 2004

Office on Violence Against Women, Washington, DC, April 2003

Publications

Co-wrote the article, "You Deserve a Non-Violent and Healthy Relationship”, Our Place Newsletter, Washington, DC, October 2002

Author: “Give It To Her: The Gift of Healing and Restoration, June 2005

Contributing Author, Inspired Living Magazine, 2006

Contributing Author, Refined by Fire: Discovering Victory through Adversity, October, 2006

Honors Received

2006 nominee of the Maryland Top 100 Women’s’ program

Honored at The Black and Domestic Violence Institute (Atlanta, GA) Annual Banquet Dinner on February 14, 2004 with the “Fruit of Her Hands” Award. (Proverbs 31)

Recognized at My Sister’s Place Annual Board of Director’s Dinner, October 2000 & 2001

Membership/Associations

Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Domestic Violence Inter-faith Coalition – Maryland, 2004 - 2006

Board Member – Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence, 2005

Women n Power International Ministry

Christian Women’s Speakers Directory

Media
Appear regularly on Washington, DC and XM Satellite radio stations

Interviewed by local and national print media