Where do you turn when your organization commits fraud, waste, or abuse? How do you cope with retaliation after you decide to speak up?
Being a whistleblower is one of the most traumatic experiences in one’s life. It can often lead people into a dark depression or even to consider suicide.
Fortunately, resources are available, and trained professionals can assist should one decide to “blow the whistle.” My next guest is one of them.
Ms. Garrick founded Whistleblowers of America (WoA) as a nonprofit in 2017, providing voluntary peer support to those suffering workplace trauma. She developed the Whistleblower Retaliation Checklist© (WRC) to identify negative psychosocial impacts on victimized employees and provide forensic testimony.
Over the last few years, Professor Garrick has taught for the University of Southern California School of Social Work and has supervised interns from the University of West Florida. She is also the founder of the Workplace Promise Institute, which opened in Pensacola, FL, in 2021, the annual conference WoA hosts.
Previously, she served as a US Army Officer and in executive positions at the American Legion and the Departments of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Defense (DoD) and with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs. Her areas of expertise include policy and program development for disabled veterans/wounded warriors, whistleblower mental health, suicide prevention, and organizational leadership development.
She is a recognized public servant who has received awards from several distinguished organizations. She founded the FAR Group, which provides consultation to public and private organizations that need development, advocacy, and educational support.
Ms. Garrick is a published author, media source, and international public speaker. She has also worked on projects in the former Soviet Union, for the US military in Germany and Afghanistan, and for the World Health Organization in Switzerland.
She has been an invited speaker in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Israel because of her co-authored book, The Psychosocial Impacts of Whistleblower Retaliation.
She is a social work master’s graduate from Temple University with additional training at Johns Hopkins and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
She is a licensed social worker (LCSW-C) in MD. She is credentialed through the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP), a Board-Certified Expert in Traumati
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