Moving up

Homicide Survivors names Helms executive director

Vanessa Helms joined Homicide Survivors Inc. as executive director.

Over the past 12 years, Helms worked at the Pima County Attorney’s Office in the Victim Services Division.

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She has worked as a crisis advocate and coordinator of programs including a crisis volunteer program, a rural office expansion and the Victim Compensation Program for Pima County. Helms is a trainer for victim advocates statewide and nationally, for the Arizona Victim Assistance Academy and the National Office for Victim Assistance.

She has a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from the University of Arizona and a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Phoenix.