Michele Morgenroth is the SAKI Site Coordinator.  She earned her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and psychology from Chadron State College.  From 2007-2014 she worked for the Wyoming Department of Family Services as a Youth Services Supervisor at the Wyoming Girl’s School where she gained experience working with youthful offenders. From 2014-2024 she worked for the Montana Department of Corrections, first as the Department’s Policy Manager and then the PREA Coordinator. She has facilitated training on numerous PREA-related topics, offender behavior management techniques, conducting administrative investigations, and conducting urinalysis drug testing. As the SAKI Site Coordinator, her role is to serve as the central point of contact for the statewide SAKI multidisciplinary team and federal grant partners.  In collaboration with DOJ leadership, she is responsible for fostering and coordinating communication and activities among community partners. She directs submission of SAKs for testing, cold case reviews, survivor notifications, and coordination with local agencies.

Tiffeny Gripper is the SAKI Crime Analyst. She earned her bachelor’s in criminal justice and master’s in intelligence analysis from Detroit Mercy. Before accepting the SAKI Crime Analyst position, Tiffeny worked as an intelligence operations center technician.  As the SAKI Crime Analyst, her role is to systematically gather and report information for the purpose of identifying criminal activities, trends, entities, participants, and methods as it relates to backlogged sexual assault kits. She collaborates with statewide partners and the Forensic Science Division to gather sexual assault evidence kit data and case reports and submits applicable cases into ViCAP.

SAKI Cold Case Investigator.  The Cold Case Investigator works closely with the DCI Major Case Section and investigates cold case sexual assault and sexual intercourse without consent cases that may have a nexus to other violent crimes such as homicide, assault, abuse, or abduction. The Cold Case Investigator reengages with survivors, witnesses, and suspects, participates in survivor notifications about the status of their sexual assault kit, and connects them with advocates.  This position also conducts case reviews with local Sexual Assault Response Teams from cold cases that receive a CODIS hit.  The investigator may take the lead on cold cases or assist local law enforcement agencies as they pursue cold cases.