Renee Beeker is the Creator and Director of the National Family Court Watch Project.
Renee was appointed for a second time as Chair of the National NOW Family Law
Advisory Ad Hoc Committee. Renee is President of Michigan National Organization for
Women and the Michigan National Organization for Women Foundation. She is also
Chair of the Michigan NOW Child Custody Family Law Task Force. Renee is active in
several other national organizations and serves on various committees. Renee holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Communications from Eastern Michigan
University.
An advocate for reform of the judicial system since 1996, Renee is a respected
contributing member to many grassroots and professional organizations. She works with
grassroots leaders nationally, and has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences
around the United States. Renee’s article, “The Illusion of Protection Uncovered:
review of the Special Journal Issue on Child Custody and Domestic Violence”, was
recently published in the February/March 2006 issue of the Domestic Violence Report.
Renee has designed a comprehensive Court Watch observational Tool that has been used
in a pilot National Family Court Watch Project. She will be sharing some of the raw
data collected using this tool in family courts in 5 different states.