Ken Oplinger is the Executive Director of Domestic Violence Solutions for Santa Barbara County.  He has 32 years’ experience leading non-profit organizations across the Western US.  At DVS, he leads a countywide organization that has 75 DV shelter beds, clinical counseling, a job & life skill program and a large Housing First program.  Ken has built an expertise in government advocacy that has taken him to Washington DC, Ottawa, and to 16 states and 5 Canadian provinces lobbying on a host of issues.