Kelly Schweda is the executive director of the Prevention, Outreach and Education Department within the Office for Civil Rights and Title IX Education and Compliance. She has worked in the field of domestic and sexual violence survivor services and prevention for the majority of her career. She obtained her master’s degree in women’s studies from Eastern Michigan University and has been at the forefront of creating and sculpting prevention services on MSU’s campus since she arrived in 2008. Her department currently holds multiple programs designed to promote safety and improve quality of life by educating students, faculty and staff on sexual assault and relationship violence, eliminating violence on campus, empowering students to become advocates for a non-violent community and positively effecting social change.