Trustee Chair

Azucena Ugarte is the Director of Domestic Violence Strategies for the City of Philadelphia and, as such, has been assigned the responsibility of improving the City’s Health and Human Service agencies response to families and individuals affected by intimate partner violence. Before working with the City, Azucena worked for 11 years for the largest domestic violence organization in Philadelphia implementing education programs about Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence for community members and professionals; as well as developing teen dating violence prevention programs in middle schools, high schools and other organizations for youth. Azucena holds a Master of Arts in Anthropology and Education, a Master in Education of Human Sexuality, and is a PhD Candidate for Human Sexuality. She joined the board in May of 2019.