Who We Are
Kerri O'Boyle CEO/Founder
Kerri is a Certified Trauma and Resiliency Life Coach and Certified Trauma Support Specialist, as well as a writer, speaker, content creator, and advocate working at the intersection of trauma, domestic violence, and traumatic brain injury (TBI).
For more than 15 years, she has supported survivors of intimate partner violence, and for the past eight years, her work has focused on individuals and communities impacted by traumatic brain injury, particularly where brain injury intersects with trauma and domestic violence. She served as an Administrative Assistant with The CACTIS Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona, where she worked closely with Dr. Hirsch Handmaker since 2022, collaborating on awareness, education, and cross‑disciplinary efforts addressing violence‑related brain injury.
Her professional background includes serving as a Coordinator at Sojourner Center, where she helped develop and support programming focused on traumatic brain injury within a domestic violence setting. That work deepened her understanding of the systemic gaps that survivors face and reinforced the importance of trauma‑informed, brain‑aware responses across advocacy, healthcare, and community systems.
She holds a Bachelor of Science in Sociology, which informs her focus on social determinants of health, systemic inequities, and community‑based pathways to healing. Across her work, she collaborates with professionals and organizations nationally and internationally to support research translation, education, and the development of practical tools and protocols for diverse systems and teams.
As a survivor of both domestic violence and traumatic brain injury, Kerri brings lived experience to her work alongside professional training and systems‑level insight. As a Certified Trauma and Resiliency Life Coach, she also works one‑on‑one with clients, supporting healing and growth in ways that honor each person’s unique experiences and capacities.
Through The Touchstone Legacy Foundation, Kerri's work is rooted in the belief that invisible injuries deserve visibility, understanding, and informed response—and that meaningful change happens when compassion, knowledge, and integrity guide action.