Nancy Friauf has served Atlanta’s nonprofit community for more than 35 years, including recent leadership positions as executive director at Genesis Shelter as well as Gwinnett Children’s Shelter. Prior to these, she served as director for crisis intervention at YWCA of Cobb County for the department of battered women’s rape and crisis programs. She began her career in helping battered women, children and families in the Atlanta region more than 35 years ago at the Council on Battered Women, which later became PADV. Friauf graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and received a Master of Education in Community Counseling from Georgia State University. She also holds a Master of Public Administration in Nonprofit Management from Georgia State University, is an Amanda G. Hyatt Fellow and received the 2013 Martin Luther King Jr. Torch of Peace Award.