Community Beyond Violence Announces Jessica Nunn Provost as New Executive Director

Community Beyond Violence, western Nevada County’s largest provider of crisis intervention, safety, advocacy and education for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and our community, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jessica Nunn Provost as our new Executive Director , starting tomorrow.

Ms. Provost brings to CBV more than 20 years of leadership experience serving as an advocate for people from diverse backgrounds and experiences. In assuming the role of Executive Director, she is relocating from her longtime home in Sonoma County and joining our community as an experienced and successful leader in this critical and impactful organization. From 2017 to 2023, Ms. Provost held various positions at the YWCA of Sonoma County, including as Director of Domestic Violence Services, a position she held as of 2020. Prior to her time at Sonoma County, Ms. Provost’s career in STOP Domestic Violence for Behavioral Health Services North (BHSN) in Plattsburgh, New York. Like western Nevada County, the Plattsburgh community enjoys tremendous diversity and a thriving advocacy community, which she has supported through her expanding role in the organization, culminating in her serving as Assistant Director beginning in 2011 and Program Director from 2015 to 2016. Jessica is a native of the Adirondacks in upstate New York and graduated from the State University of New York Plattsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.