Director of Forensic Nursing
The SAFE Alliance
Austin, TX
Jenny Black BSN, RN, SANE-A is the Director of Forensic Nursing at the SAFE Alliance in Austin, Texas. She has been a forensic nurse since 2007. In 2015, Ms. Black cofounded Austin’s community based forensic nursing program. She was a principle investigator on the University of North Carolina’s Women’s Health Study, the first national study to research the recovery process after sexual assault. Ms. Black is certified as a sexual assault nurse examiner by the International Association of Forensic Nurses. She has served in leadership at the Travis County Sexual Assault Response and Resource Team and is a member of the Texas Office of the Governor's Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force. Ms. Black is a national educator and consultant on leadership, patient centered care, and the medical response to sexual assault. Ms. Black believes that one of the most important functions of forensic nursing is to reduce suffering.
