Rose Winick Founder, President and CEO Rose Winick is the Founder, President and CEO of Wives Behind the Badge.  Founded in 2006, Wives Behind the Badge is a national charitable non-profit organization that provides much needed resources, emotional support and essential benefits to police families, and serves in a positive manner as a voice for the law enforcement community. As the wife of a police sergeant who works for a municipal police agency in Southern California, she found herself in need of advice that she felt she could only get from other police wives.  Not able to find appropriate resources available to her, she decided to form her own support system by starting an online support forum.  That forum has grown to over 200 members from across the nation, including members from England, Australia and Canada.  Over the years Rose has received many requests from officers and their families seeking assistance with resources and financial help during disaster and medical crisis, as well as law enforcement agencies requesting support due to budgetary cuts.  She was called into action and with the help of Kat Meredith, they formed Wives Behind the Badge into a non-profit organization for the sole purpose of raising money to help police families and law enforcement agencies. Prior to Wives Behind the Badge, Rose worked as a Dealer Service Analyst for PRIMUS Financial Services, in their wholesale department, and as a Senior Payment Processing Specialist for Hyundai Motor Finance Company.  In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her husband, two sons and their Boxers. Kat Meredith Vice President and COO Kat Meredith serves as Vice President and COO of Wives Behind the Badge and has been affiliated with the organization since shortly after its inception in 2006.  Her priority is to create a solid strategic plan for development that supports the organization's fundraising efforts, as well as work together with the President and CEO with management of the organization. With over 20 years of non-profit administration and fundraising experience, Kat has had the opportunity to work with such organizations as USC Doheny Eye Institute, California Hospital Medical Center, California State University, and most recently United Way of Greater Los Angeles.  She has worked in positions which focused on board management, business development, special events, prospect research and management, major gifts and donor relations, annual funds, as well as corporate and foundation relations. In her spare time, Kat is an active volunteer with the Los Angeles Zoo, and serves as a member of Las Amigas, a fundraising support group of Torrance Memorial Medical Center Foundation.  She lives in Southern California and enjoys spending time with her fiance, a law enforcement officer of 26 years, her daughter, a full-time college student, her surrogate son who is a U.S. Marine and currently stationed in Iraq and her furry children. Support Staff Jessie Le Boeuf Support Forum Web Technician Yvonne Davis Blog Correspondent DeAnna Williams Volunteer Coordinator Rebecca Marko Kids for K-9 Coordinator Kathy Everman Resource Coordinator