Karma Cottman

Program Director

Karma Cottman has worked in the domestic violence field since 1994. She currently serves as the Program Director for NNEDV and supervises NNEDV’s state coalition and transitional housing technical assistance projects as well as the Direct Assistance Initiative. As Program Director, Karma is responsible for developing programs that meet the training and technical assistance needs of state domestic violence coalitions in addition to local transitional housing service providers. She works with numerous national partners to address emerging issues in domestic violence service provision and sits on several national committees. Prior to joining NNEDV, Karma served as the co-director of the Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence Rural Diversity Initiative. In this capacity she assisted with the development of a community assessment tool used to identify service gaps in numerous local Florida communities. Karma serves on the steering committee of the Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community and the board of DASH, a Washington, DC transitional housing program specializing in services for women with substance abuse issues.