Marna Anderson has served as the executive director of WATCH, a court monitoring and research organization, since January 2004. She began working on issues of violence against women in 1987 as an advocate for survivors of sexual violence. Since that time, Anderson worked in Central America to educate women on domestic/sexual violence and human rights. She received her B.A. in Cross-Cultural Communications and Women’s Studies from Bethel College and her masters in organizational leadership from the St. Catherine University.