About Lynn Fairweather

20 Years of Subject Matter Expertise

Lynn Fairweather, MSW is an abuse survivor who has worked in the domestic violence response and prevention field for the past twenty years. In her role as president of Presage Consulting and Training, Lynn is responsible for providing guidance and education to professionals across the country in both the public and private sector. She is an experienced and engaging public speaker, comfortable with audiences of all sizes and disciplines. Her well received trainings are informative as well as interactive, with a focus on practical real life skills for evaluating and managing domestic violence threats. Lynn also creates made-to-order domestic violence programs for organizations wishing to address the issue internally, and serves as a subject matter expert on a variety of projects.

Before creating Presage in 2008, Lynn earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and a master’s degree in Social Work. Her skills in domestic violence threat assessment were developed by providing direct service to thousands of victims through positions in social service, law enforcement/corrections, university and shelter systems. Throughout her career, Lynn has served on several successful interpersonal violence task forces and response teams, and stands as a strong advocate for coordinated community action against abuse. She has facilitated many victim support groups and batterer’s intervention programs, including those for incarcerated victims, and for abusers within a parole and probation program.

Lynn is an active member of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals and holds multiple training certifications from institutions such as Homeland Security’s Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and Gavin de Becker’s Advanced Threat Assessment Academy. Locally, Lynn donates her time to train domestic violence programs as a way of giving back to the advocacy field where she began her career. She also writes professionally on the subject of domestic violence and recently released her first book entitled “Stop Signs: Recognizing, Avoiding, and Escaping Abusive Relationships” (Seal Press 2012)