Jody Plauché has worked in the field of violence prevention since 1995. While attending Louisiana State University, he served on the executive board for Men Against Violence, a campus organization aimed at preventing campus violence, including sexual assault and physical violence.After graduating from LSU, Jody worked at the Victim Services Center of Montgomery County, a comprehensive crime victim center in Norristown, Pennsylvania. At the Victim Services Center, Jody worked as a sexual assault counselor as well as a prevention educator, and he eventually became the supervisor of community education programs. Jody provided crisis intervention to sexual assault victims on the agency's twenty-four-hour crisis hotline as well as through in-person support at hospitals and police stations.Jody facilitated sexual-violence risk-reduction programs for students ranging from pre-K to college. He also presented numerous professional training sessions for police officers, hospital staff, parents, and school administrators.Jody also served on the statewide Men Against Sexual Violence committee. In October 2002, he attended the White House Conference on Missing, Exploited, and Runaway Children, in Washington, DC, featuring Colin Powell and President George W. Bush. In 2004, Jody was named the Survivor/Activist of the Year by the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Jody has shared his personal story as well as his knowledge about working with survivors of sexual assault on numerous TV shows, including Geraldo, Now It Can Be Told, Maury, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Leeza, Real TV, The Montel Williams Show, The John Walsh Show, CNN's Connie Chung Tonight, ABC World News Tonight, and ESPN's E:60.