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Timeline and Correspondence

Click Here for the Timeline and Correspondence document.  This document contains a clear timeline of events beginning in mid August to the present.  There is also a sequential presentation of emails that were sent to the group of 12 leader of SNAP who sent a letter in mid September requesting a meeting with the Board of Directors and outlining serious concerns that were to be part of that conversation.  Subsequently, the Board of SNAP did not meet with the group but did arrange an 8-hour mediation.  This mediation was to be run by a group called Center for Conflict Resolution and paid for by SNAP.  During the first 4-hour session of the mediation, the group never met with the Board.  The members of the board found ways to stall any mediation and finally they stopped the entire process by refusing to talk to 8 of the 12 leaders because the board declared that they were not vetted or ratified as leaders.  Read the document for full details.  

Leaders Powerpoint presentation

Click here to download the Powerpoint presentation shown by the Leaders on April 16, 2025.  These slides give an overview of the events of the 8 months starting in mid August 2024.  During a Zoom meeting, the leaders who sent a letter to the SNAP Board of Directors on September 19, 2024.  More details can be found in the Time and Correspondence document found here.  (This link will be active after the meeting of leaders on April 16th.)

Headline

On September 30, 2024, Shaun Dougherty sent a letter with the contact information for all members of the SNAP Board of Directors.  It is printed below for your convenience.  Also, click here to read that letter and see the first mention by the board of what Dougherty called the "controversary."  The official letter from the group of 12 leaders had been sent on September 19, 2024.  It is contained in the Timeline and Correspondence document found here.   Click here for a list of the Board contacts. 



Shaun Dougherty, President: (814) 341-8386 sdougherty@snapnetwork.org

Eduardo Lopez de Casas, Vice President: 832-641-6319, eduarturo_c@yahoo.com

Dan McNevin, Treasurer: (415) 341-6417 dmcnevin@aol.com

Judy Klapperich-Larson, Secretary: (801) 831-5277 judysorrows1957@gmail.com

Paul Petersen, Board Member: (972) 569-0995 snapdfw.paul@gmail.com

Guila Benchimol, Board Member: gbenchimol@snapnetwork.org

ARE you a vetted leader in SNAP?  You may be shocked!!!

Eight leaders were recently excluded from mediation with the Board of Directors of SNAP.  8 out of 12 rejected! How? Why? It's time for you to ask the Board if you are ratified and vetted as a leader.  Don't say, "I've been a leader for a LONG TIME with SNAP. I'm sure I'm vetted and ratified."  The Board applied arbitrary rules to these 8 leaders and excluded them from discussions!  


Go to the contact list of the Board of Directors and demand to know if you are vetted.  If not, demand to know why not.  If you want to examine the fight to be heard that these 12 leaders have gone through, go to Timeline and Correspondence. 

 Calling all SNAP leaders and members who would like to help the Helpline.  SNAP has always had a marvelous tool for survivors.  


But there is a problem.  Shaun Dougherty has been carrying the only access to the Helpline and answering it himself with no backup.  This is not a good situation. Could you look at your schedule and see if you have the time to answer the Helpline number and make sure it continues for all our survivors of sexual abuse?  


Click here and call or email a board member and volunteer for this wonderful and important part of SNAP's mission. 

Download Document Timeline and Correspondence

Powerpoint Presentation slides (This information will be linked and activated following the All-Leader meeting on April 16th.)

Letter from Shaun Dougherty September 30, 2024

Contacts for the SNAP Board of Directors provided by Shaun Dougherty.  Contact list in PDF. 

Contact information for the Board:

Shaun Dougherty, President: (814) 341-8386 sdougherty@snapnetwork.org

Eduardo Lopez de Casas, Vice President: 832-641-6319, eduarturo_c@yahoo.com

Dan McNevin, Treasurer: (415) 341-6417  dmcnevin@aol.com

Judy Klapperich-Larson, Secretary: (801) 831-5277  judysorrows1957@gmail.com

Paul Petersen, Board Member: (972) 569-0995  snapdfw.paul@gmail.com

Guila Benchimol, Board Member: gbenchimol@snapnetwork.org