Laura L. Rogers brings more than 30 years of prosecutorial/investigative and legal experience in state and federal criminal cases, grant making and policy creation. Ms. Rogers life’s work has been dedicated to protecting victims of violence and abuse through front line prosecutions, policy creation and grant making. At Guidepost, she is a member of the Faith Based Practice Group, Institutional Integrity team.
Prior to joining Guidepost, Ms. Rogers was selected to lead the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office on Violence Against Women to provided federal leadership to reduce domestic violence, sexual assault and administer justice for and strengthen services to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. She oversaw the administration of over $500 million in grants annually, proposed adjustments to the Violence Against Women’s Act, and was a member of the Missing and Murdered American Indian and Alaska Native Indigenous Women Task Force. In 2018 Ms. Rogers was appointed as the Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of Office of Justice Programs (OJP), where she oversaw a staff of approximately 700 and the administration of $3.2 billion in grants. In 2018 Ms. Rogers returned to OJP as the Director of the Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking (SMART).
In 2006, Ms. Rogers was appointed by President George W. Bush to establish the SMART Office within OJP, at the DOJ. As Director, Ms. Rogers led the office to administer the standards of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) for the 50 states, five principal U.S. territories, the District of Columbia, and approximately 155 federally recognized Indian tribes. She oversaw the National Sex Offender Public Website, spearheaded creation of the Tribal Sex Offender Registry and administered over $20 million in grants annually.
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Adoptees themselves, Laura and her husband Cully adopted four children from Russia.
