Laura Rogers
Managing Director
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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.
Ms. Rogers next served as Deputy Director of the Department of Navy’s Criminal Law Division and Director of the Litigation Practice Division. Following, she joined the Philadelphia Archdiocese Review Board on Sexual Abuse and Pastoral Conduct, where she reviewed cases of sexual abuse allegedly committed by Philadelphia Archdiocese priests. Ms. Rogers was the founding chair of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus Review Board on Sexual Abuse and Pastoral Conduct from 2004-2006, serving the Jesuit Order in a seven-state area. She served two terms on the National Review Board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, where she assisted in the revision of the Catholic Church’s Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. As Chair of the Audit Committee, she directed a review that identified diocese-level organizational problems associated with child abuse within the Catholic Church.
As a Senior Attorney at the National District Attorneys Association’s American Prosecutors Research Institute, Ms. Rogers lectured nationally and internationally on child homicide, child abuse, sexual assault, and a plethora of evidentiary trial issues.
In 1988, Ms. Rogers began her legal career as a criminal prosecutor in the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office where she specialized in prosecuting child homicide and child sexual abuse, prosecuting over 120 felony jury trials, and she established the office’s Sex Offender Registry Prosecution Unit. As an adjunct professor, Ms. Rogers has taught trial practice at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and California Western School of Law in San Diego for a combined six years.
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.
Ms. Rogers next served as Deputy Director of the Department of Navy’s Criminal Law Division and Director of the Litigation Practice Division. Following, she joined the Philadelphia Archdiocese Review Board on Sexual Abuse and Pastoral Conduct, where she reviewed cases of sexual abuse allegedly committed by Philadelphia Archdiocese priests. Ms. Rogers was the founding chair of the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus Review Board on Sexual Abuse and Pastoral Conduct from 2004-2006, serving the Jesuit Order in a seven-state area. She served two terms on the National Review Board of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, where she assisted in the revision of the Catholic Church’s Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People. As Chair of the Audit Committee, she directed a review that identified diocese-level organizational problems associated with child abuse within the Catholic Church.
As a Senior Attorney at the National District Attorneys Association’s American Prosecutors Research Institute, Ms. Rogers lectured nationally and internationally on child homicide, child abuse, sexual assault, and a plethora of evidentiary trial issues.
In 1988, Ms. Rogers began her legal career as a criminal prosecutor in the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office where she specialized in prosecuting child homicide and child sexual abuse, prosecuting over 120 felony jury trials, and she established the office’s Sex Offender Registry Prosecution Unit. As an adjunct professor, Ms. Rogers has taught trial practice at George Mason University’s Antonin Scalia Law School and California Western School of Law in San Diego for a combined six years.