Faculty
Hi, my name is Jill
A few words about Jill
Jill Shehi Chapman serves as a Kansas National Guard Primary Prevention Specialist. She has over 24 years of experience within the criminal justice, child welfare, prevention and advocacy systems working with individuals experiencing all forms of violence. Jill spent 15 years as the Program Director and as a trained Forensic Interviewer at LifeHouse Child Advocacy Center in Topeka, Kansas where she interviewed over 1,200 children, adolescents and members of vulnerable populations. Jill has helped develop, present, and manage abuse prevention, response, and education programs across the state of Kansas and nationally. Jill is a member of the Kansas ChildFirst Inc Board of Directors and facilitates mock forensic interviews for students during biannual training. Jill serves as the co-chair of the National Children’s Alliance Children’s Advocacy Center-Military Collaborative Working Group which helps to create national resources and educational webinars for CACs and military partners.
Hi, my name is Diana
A few words about Diana
Diana Schunn is the Chief Executive Officer of the Child Advocacy Center of Sedgwick County (CACSC). She serves as the voice of the CACSC and brings her passion for community development and education to wage a battle against child abuse in Sedgwick County.
Diana is a graduate of Bethel College where she received her BSN. She has practiced nursing in a post-surgery floor, the Emergency Department and in death investigations and forensic nursing.
Prior to her appointment with the Child Advocacy Center, Diana served as the Director of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner/Sexual Assault Response Team (SANE/SART) Program at Via Christi Regional Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas for 15 years. She continues to provide educational opportunities on sexual assault and forensic nursing.
For over 30 years Diana has focused her efforts on helping victims of abuse and serving as an advocate in a variety of different ways. The heart of her job entails bringing together a multidisciplinary team where the Child Advocacy Center serves as the umbrella agency for the coordination of services needed throughout a child abuse investigation.
Hi, my name is Kasey
A few words about Kasey
Kasey Dalke is the CEO of Children’s Advocacy Centers of Kansas (CACKS), where she leads statewide efforts to strengthen child abuse response, expand evidence-based practice, and support the network of Child Advocacy Centers across Kansas. Kasey discovered her passion for advocating on behalf of child abuse victims in 2010 and now brings 15+ years of experience promoting safety, dignity, and healing for children and families.
Kasey spent seven years as the Program Director and Lead Forensic Interviewer at the Family Crisis Child Advocacy Center in Great Bend, Kansas. During her time in direct service, she conducted over 500 forensic interviews with children and caregivers across a wide range of abuse and complex trauma cases. She completed her original forensic interview training, Finding Words, in 2013 and later completed the Child First Kansas update in 2015, along with numerous other advanced forensic interviewing protocols.
Over the course of her career, Kasey has completed more than 1,000 hours of continuing education focused on child abuse, trauma, child development, and multidisciplinary best practices. Today, she serves as both a Child First Facilitator and a statewide implementation support, offering training, consultation, and guidance to ensure consistency, quality, and trauma-informed practice across Kansas.
Kasey also facilitates a statewide peer review program that helps forensic interviewers refine their skills, uphold best-practice standards, and continue delivering high-quality forensic interviews to children and families. Her leadership is grounded in her direct-service experience and her commitment to elevating the voices and needs of children throughout every level of the system.
Hi, my name is Nicholas
A few words about Nicholas
Nicholas is a Senior Special Agent for the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI), where he has worked since 2018. He is currently assigned to KBI’s Child Victim Unit, where he primarily investigates cases involving off-grid child sex crimes and child physical abuse. Nicholas is a Child Forensic Interviewer and also serves as a Sniper on KBI’s High Risk Warrant Team. In addition to his faculty role with Kansas Child First, Nicholas also instructs at KBI’s Advanced Investigations Academy and Children’s Mercy Hospital’s SANE Training Program. Prior to joining the KBI, Nicholas was the Chief of Police of the Kaw Nation Tribal Police Department in Oklahoma. He is a graduate of the Bureau of Indian Affairs – United States Indian Police Academy’s Executive Command School and Chief of Police Command School. Nicholas serves on both the Kansas Child First and Kansas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children’s board of directors.
Hi, my name is Melissa
A few words about Melissa
Melissa Fulton’s first exposure to ChildFirst was as an actor, portraying children of different ages for mock interviews. Then, in 2019, she attended ChildFirst. She is currently a ChildFirst board member and is a forensic interviewer working out of the Scott City office of the Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center.
Hi, my name is Crystal
A few words about Crystal
My name is Crystal Marks. Growing up as a military child, I moved around a lot. I moved to Kansas in 2005 and graduated in 2007 from Clay Center Community High School. I then moved to Minnesota and obtained my Associates in Criminal Justice.
In 2011, I moved to Salina, Kansas and began working with the Salina Police Department. In 2014, I moved to the Criminal Investigations Bureau and began working child victim’s crimes, along with a variety of other crimes. In 2018, I moved to the Kansas Bureau of Investigations. I was part of the Major Crimes Division with a collateral duty of child victims. Eventually, I moved to working child victims primarily. In 2023, I began assisting with teaching at Child First.
In addition to investigating child victims, I help instruct at the KBI New Agent Academy, am a Firearms Instructor, and an Entry member on KBI’s High Risk Warrant Team.
When I am not working, I enjoy spending time with my son, who keeps me plenty busy. I can often be caught attempting a house project or snuggled up with a good book.
Hi, my name is Jessica
A few words about Jessica
Jessica Albers, MFS, BSN, RN, SANE-A, SANE-P
Jessica Albers has been a Forensic Nurse since 2010 and is a board-certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Jessica earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2000 and a Master of Forensic Science in 2004. She is the owner of Introspect Legal Nurse Consulting, LLC, providing forensic and legal nursing services. Jessica is dedicated to providing best-practice medical-forensic care to victims and perpetrators of violence and has served on a variety of county, regional and statewide initiatives to enhance victim services and increase training across the state. Most recently she has been a member of the KBI Sexual Assault Kit Initiative, Kansas Sexual Assault Response Advisory Committee and served two terms as the President of the Kansas Chapter of International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN). She has assisted with the development and sustainability of SANE programs in Kansas and coordinated the first two-day SANE clinical training with live models in the state. She has been recognized by the IAFN for Forensic Nursing Excellence, was a recipient of the 2021 National Sexual Violence Resource Center’s Visionary Voice Award, and of the 2024 Virginia A. Lynch Pioneer Award in Forensic Nursing.
