PAVE Ambassadors
Nomi Abadi
Nomi Abadi is a virtuoso pianist, singer, composer, activist, and inventor of the NORY® double keytar. In 2020, Nomi founded the Female Composer Safety League, a 501(c)(3) whose mission focuses on the safety and empowerment of women composers. She was the first person to testify in front of the Judiciary Committee in Sacramento in support of AB-2777, a California legislation in progress which calls for the removal of the statue to limitations of sexual assault.
Jennifer Beals
Jennifer Beals is an award winning actress. Her inspirational quote for PAVE to empower survivors: "To turn to someone in your moment of need takes courage, to be there for someone in need takes empathy. Both actions come from the heart. The heart is the most magical part of our being, it has both the ability to heal ourselves and others."
Barbara Bowman
Barbara Bowman is a visual artist who bravely spoke out about Cosby and in 2014 wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post that inspired many other survivors to speak out. Cosby took her under his wing in the late '80s, when she was a teenager -- and repeatedly emotionally and physically abused her. She has partnered with PAVE and spoke at several summits and helped to create a powerful healing weekend retreat for survivors in Carefree, AZ.
Steve Connell
Steve Connell is an actor, poet, motivator, and transformative entertainer whose live performances are as dynamic as the words he delivers. He has entertained at private performances for President Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Maya Angelou, and Norman Lear, amongst others. His work has been seen on ABC, HBO, MTV, and performed live at Sundance, TEDMED, Kennedy Center, and The White House. His spoken word piece “We Are The Lions”, has over 8 million views and was performed live at the United Nations to launch their annual campaign to end violence against women.
Andrea Constand
Andrea Constand is an advocate, healer and author of The Moment: Standing Up to Bill Cosby and Speaking Up for Women. PAVE supported her through both criminal trials.
Terry Crews
Terry Crews is an American actor, television host, and former NFL football player. He is the host of America’s Got Talent. Terry Crews gained significant media attention at the height of the #MeToo Movement in 2017 when he revealed that he had been groped by a Hollywood executive at a party in 2016. For his vulnerability and activism, he was recognized as one of the “Silence Breakers” named as the Time Person of the Year in 2017.
He spoke at PAVE’s 20th Anniversary event in Chicago.
Dr. Vincent J. Felitti
Dr. Vincent J. Felitti is one of the world’s foremost experts on childhood trauma. Leading the charge in research into how adverse childhood experiences affect adults, he is co-principal investigator of the internationally recognized Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, a long-term, in-depth, analysis of over 17,000 adults. Defying conventional belief, this study famously revealed a powerful relationship between our emotional experiences as children and our physical and mental health as adults.
Trinea Gonczar
Trinea Gonczar is a survivor and advocate for victims of sexual abuse including those who are impacted as a result. As a former gymnast from Lansing, Michigan and a survivor of the disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, Trinea’s victim impact statement went global hours after she spoke. Her statement was aired on BBC, Al Jazeera, and World News Tonight.
Lisa Guerrero
Lisa Guerrero is the award-winning Chief Investigative Correspondent for Inside Edition on CBS and host of Secrets of Playboy on A&E. She has won over 40 national journalism awards and her stories have led to criminal justice reform and have shed light on over 500 scams and crimes across the country. Lisa is a former sportscaster, artist and author of the inspirational memoir, WARRIOR: My Path to Being Brave.
Pamela Guest
Pamela Guest is an actress, filmmaker and casting director. Pamela Guest has been on a crusade against sexual assault in the entertainment industry for decades. Guest is continuing that quest and her decades-long battle for justice and healing within SAG-AFTRA as she founded the first ever Sexual Harassment Prevention Task Force that has now transformed into two powerful committees within SAG-AFTRA. Guest testified in both Sacramento and Albany telling her story to help pass sexual harassment legislation.
Delaney Henderson
As an ambassador of PAVE, Delaney’s story has been featured on a 48 Hours Special Edition Episode on CBS as well as the Television Show, Crime Watch Daily on Broadcast syndication. She was invited to the Sundance International Film Festival to speak on behalf of sexual assault victims across the nation in a documentary on Netflix called Audrie & Daisy, in which her story is also featured in. Delaney graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and aims to spark a change in culture by sharing her powerful story with many young adults, parents and survivors.
Karen Huger
Karen Huger is an American television personality. She is best known as a cast member on the reality TV series The Real Housewives of Potomac on Bravo since the show's premiere in 2016. She has been a PAVE Ambassador for nearly a decade, using her voice to Shatter The Silence around sexual violence. Here's a throwback to her first time using her RHWOP platform to support survivors!
Randy “Cowboy” Jones
Randy “Cowboy” Jones is an American disco and pop singer best known as the Cowboy from Village People. Randy spoke at a PAVE musical fundraiser in New York and praised PAVE’s work of shattering the silence.
Tig Notaro
Tig Notaro is a Grammy and Emmy nominated American stand-up comedian, writer, radio contributor, and actress known for her deadpan comedy. Tig hosted a sold-out comedy event to benefit PAVE in 2018 in Los Angeles featuring Zach Galifianakis, Jen Kirkman, Micheala Watkins and Wendy Libman.
Angelica Page
Angelica Page is an award winning actress, director, producer and screenwriter. She is the only daughter of actors Rip Torn and Geraldine Page. Page has been involved with PAVE for nearly 15 years and was a keynote speaker on behalf of PAVE at the International Conference on Violence, Abuse and Trauma.
Antuan “Magic” Raimone
Antuan “Magic” Raimone gave his first TEDX Talk in March of 2018. He was in the cast on Broadway of many musicals including Hamilton. He has also spoken at the United States Merchant Marine Academy and at other conferences for the Offices of Victim Services in Albany, NY as a Survivor of childhood sexual abuse. He is an Advisory Council Member/Advocate/Speaker with the Offices of Victim Services of NYC against sexual assault/abuse and volunteers with Live Out Loud of NYC as an openly gay role model to LGBTQ+ Youth.
Johnathon Schaech
Johnathon Schaech exploded onto the scene as one of Hollywood’s most handsome leading men in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s HOW TO MAKE AN AMERICAN QUILT and Tom Hanks’ directorial debut THAT THING YOU DO.
Over the last twenty-five years, he's starred in over 160 Hollywood productions. Schaech captivated television audiences as an eccentric movie-star in Showtime’s hit series RAY DONOVAN.
Johnathon spoke out during the #MeToo movement in 2017 about the abuse by famous Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. He is a Founding member of SAG’s Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee.
Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino is an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winning actress. In 2017, Sorvino came out publicly about the sexual harassment she endured from producer Harvey Weinstein. She was a United Nations Goodwill ambassador for combating human trafficking.
Melissa St. Vil
Melissa St-Vil is a Haitian-American 5 time former World Champion, former 2 time All American in track-and-field, and ambassador for autism through the WBC. She’s been using her boxing platform to bring awareness to champions on the spectrum and on TV shows Like American Ninja Warrior & currently Team Combat season 2. Melissa is also showing Haitian and Haitian-American children that they are great, their history is strong, and to follow their dreams no matter what!
Jon Vaughn
Jon Vaughn is an award-winning college and professional athlete who played for the University of Michigan and in the National Football League (NFL) with the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, and Pittsburgh Steelers. When over one-thousand people sued the University of Michigan for sexual abuse perpetrated by a doctor on faculty spanning several decades, Vaughn was one of very few to do so publicly. He is an unwavering champion of survivors who works closely with PAVE.
Carla Westlund
Carla Westlund was raped by a man pretending to be her Uber driver and became a national speaker in the fight for safety in ride shares like Uber and Lyft. After she came forward and spoke out, several other women came out that they were assaulted by the same man. Carla’s message to the world urges how important it is for other survivors to not feel any shame in their experience.
Other Notable Ambassadors:
Shannon Bobo
Flip Rodriguez
Sarah Rice
Chessy Prout