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Bivona Child Advocacy Center

At Bivona Child Advocacy Center, we facilitate a collaboration of professionals who specialize in child abuse. They protect, treat and counsel children and their families so the journey of healing can begin.

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Our mission

The mission of Bivona Child Advocacy Center is to coordinate and provide services and support to meet the needs of child victims of sexual or physical abuse and their families at a single and safe, child-friendly facility. The Center is committed to reducing trauma, promoting accountability, fostering healing, and advocating on behalf of child victims of sexual and physical abuse.

Our vision

That every child has access to the services of a children’s advocacy center.

Bivona Summit on Child Abuse

In April 2009, we hosted our First Annual Bivona Summit on Child Abuse, featuring nationally noted child abuse expert Victor Vieth as our keynote speaker and a host of workshops and panel discussions. Contact us if you’d like to be included on next year’s invitation list.

Learn more about child sexual abuse

Child abuse is a silent epidemic in this country. Get informed.

Resources

We’ve put together a lengthy list of links to agencies and organizations who can provide you with more information and assistance.

Download Bivona brochure

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It’s a handy all-in-one-place reference. Download the PDF. If you would like printed versions to distribute, please contact us.

 

We look forward to hearing from you

Contact us anytime, and we’ll do what we can to help.

 

Board Member

Georgia (Gigi) Lamb

HR Committee Chair

Georgia “Gigi” Lamb is Senior Vice President, Human Resources, at Constellation Brands, Inc.

Gigi joined Canandaigua Wine Company (now CBI) in June 1995 as Director of Customer Service and Inside Sales. She progressed through several promotions – Vice President of HR, Vice President of Sales Promotions, Senior Vice President of HR at Franciscan (Icon) Estates in California, Vice President of Global HR for Constellation Wines, and Senior Vice President of HR for the Wines Division.

From July 2007 to February 2009, she served as SVP, Chief HR Officer, providing strategic HR direction and direct oversight for corporate HR, compensation and benefits, learning and development, employee communications, and planning and execution for Constellation’s global HR initiatives. She now serves as SVP, HR Officer for FUSION, a business and quality management program that operates internationally throughout the organization.

Gigi serves on the Bivona Child Advocacy Center’s Board of Directors, Executive Committee and is Chair of the Human Resources Committee. She is also a Human Resources Advisory Committee Board member of the Nazareth College School of Management and a member of the Society of Human Resource Management.

Prior to her career with Constellation Brands, Gigi held various management positions at Chase Manhattan Bank for over 10 years.

She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Rochester and completed several MBA courses at the U of R’s business school. She is married and has two grown children.

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275 Lake Avenue, Rochester, NY 14608  Tel: (585) 935-7800  Fax: (585) 935-7804

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of children on this web site depict actual clients of Bivona Child Advocacy Center.
We maintain strict confidentiality with all of our clients.