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Rosa Beltré, Afro-Taina-Latinx, is the Executive Director of the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence. Rosa Beltré first joined OAESV as the Advocacy and Training Director in July 2013, before serving as OAESV’s Interim Executive Director, and ultimately becoming Executive Director in June 2017. Under Rosa’s leadership, OAESV transitioned from its former shared office space with the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center to a standalone office in Independence, Ohio, and improved its Columbus-based presence to provide conference and technology spaces and workspaces for eight full-time staff. OAESV has expanded from 3 employees to 17 under Rosa’s leadership, greatly increasing service capacity. Rosa uses her passion and experience to develop and sustain relationships with leaders in the field, as well as key stakeholders within the state and federal government. She has spent the last 17+ years training, cultivating community relations, providing development to organizations and communities focused on fair housing, child abuse, sexual assault, volunteerism, financial literacy, and church call to action. Rosa has served as the Co-chair of the State of Ohio Anti-Oppression and Accountability Committee and currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Women of Color Caucus of the State of Ohio, the Sexual Assault Advisory Board of Ohio, and the Ohio Family Violence Prevention Advisory Council, amongst other statewide taskforces.