Pamela Henshall – Executive Director

As a nonprofit leader and visionary with experience in management, leadership, business development, marketing, administration, programming, and fundraising, Pam Henshall brings new opportunities to Women In Transition (WIT).

Pam's vision as the Executive Director is to expand WIT's impact by serving ALL Domestic and Intimate Partner Survivors and including Women, Men, LGBTQIA+, and Transgender communities. Her marketing, fundraising, and relationship-building experience will expand WIT's vision and strengthen the mission. Pam graduated from the College of New Jersey, formerly Trenton State College, with a BS in Business.

Pam enjoys gardening, restoring antiques and flea market finds in her spare time, and frequents music concerts, live theatre, and wine festivals.

Irene L. Brantley – Program Director

Irene Lindsay Brantley’s passion is working to empower survivors of domestic violence and substance abuse to make positive changes in their lives, free of addiction, poverty, and violence. As Women In Transition’s (WIT) Program Director, Irene is the force behind WIT’s free and confidential domestic violence and substance abuse services. Irene created WIT’s Sister Circle Peer Support group and Survivor’s Network, expanding WIT’s services to include therapy and multilingual programs.

In her spare time, Irene enjoys gardening, dancing, and playing with her dog Toby.

Our Board of Directors

Our Team

Our WIT team has many years of experience, in fields ranging from homeless advocacy to public health to veterinary care. 

We are dedicated and passionate professionals who are inspired to make the world a safer and healthier place. We do this work to educate people so they can feel empowered to protect themselves from violence, to be a compassionate listening ear for those who feel like they are suffering intimate partner violence alone, to be a loud voice in the streets drawing awareness to the fact that the fight for safety is not over, and to be powerful advocates for collaborative systems change. 

In our lives outside of WIT, we hike, hang with cats, volunteer for adult literacy, make soap, catch up on the latest movies, play the ukulele, crochet, read sci-fi and romance novels, and garden.