Chuck Derry

Chuck Derry has worked to end men’s violence against women since 1983. From 1983 to 1993, he worked with male offenders in St. Cloud Minnesota and was the men’s program coordinator for six of those years. In 1994, he co-founded the Gender Violence Institute in Clearwater Minnesota and through that organization provides training and technical assistance nationally and internationally on the dynamics of domestic violence, criminal justice system reform, effective coordinated community responses to domestic violence, law enforcement investigations, rehabilitative programs for men who batter, and engaging men and communities in primary prevention.

Throughout his career, Chuck has worked to develop and implement strategies and community initiatives for involving men and male leaders in the primary prevention of sexual and domestic violence, including commercial sexual exploitation, to “stop it before it starts”.