Meet the Founder
A Story of Survival, Healing & Purpose
Founder • Certified Trauma & Resiliency Life Coach • Restorative Justice Practitioner • Author • Advocate • Survivor
Katrina Butler is a visionary nonprofit leader, certified trauma and resilience life coach, restorative justice practitioner, author, and advocate committed to strengthening women, families, and communities. Drawing from professional training and lived understanding, she founded So Far So Close to close critical gaps in survivor stabilization, trauma recovery, family restoration, and support for justice-impacted women. Her leadership demonstrates the power of resilience, purpose, and community-centered solutions to create lasting change.
A JOURNEY OF HEALING, RESTORATION & PURPOSE
Katrina Butler is a spiritually grounded leader whose work brings together trauma-informed care, restorative justice, resilience coaching, family strengthening, and community advocacy. She leads with the belief that women can heal, reclaim their identity, and build lives rooted in stability, healthy relationships, dignity, and purpose.
Her professional expertise and lived understanding inform SFSC’s survivor-centered approach. Katrina understands how trauma, incarceration, housing instability, and family separation can affect identity, parenting, relationships, employment, and long-term well-being. She uses that knowledge to develop practical programs that respond to the whole person rather than addressing only one immediate circumstance.
Through So Far So Close, Katrina has created pathways for women and families to access individualized support, rebuild confidence, strengthen family connections, and move toward sustainable independence. Her leadership reflects resilience in action and a commitment to transforming personal experience into solutions that strengthen entire communities.
Every woman deserves safety. Every child deserves stability. Every family deserves the opportunity to heal and thrive.
Credentials & Certifications
Katrina remains committed to serving communities with excellence through ongoing education, professional development, trauma-informed practices, and restorative justice leadership.
Certifications
✓ International Certified Trauma & Resilient Life Coach (CTRC)
✓ Certified Trauma Support Specialist (CTSS)
✓ Certified Restorative Justice Facilitator
✓ Ordained Minister
✓ Justice-Involved Life Coach Certification
✓ Google Professional Program Management Certification
✓ Humanities Certification – Bard College
Current Academic Studies
Katrina is committed to lifelong learning and continuously expanding her knowledge to better serve individuals, families, and communities.
Education in Progress
✓ Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice (In Progress)
✓ AA in Sociology and Social Work Studies (In Progress)
Education
✓ Accounting Diploma (Central Georgia Technical College)
✓ Humanities Certification (Bard College)
Areas of Focus
The work of So Far So Close centers on healing, restoration, emotional wellness, and building stronger families and communities.
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Trauma-Informed Coaching and Emotional Wellness
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Domestic Violence Survivor Stabilization
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Housing and Resource Navigation
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Justice-Impacted Women and Reentry Support
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Restorative Practices and Personal Accountability
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Identity Restoration and Healthy Relationships
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Family Strengthening and Generational Healing
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Community Wellness and Systems-Change Advocacy
Leadership & Board
So Far So Close is governed by a committed Board of Directors and supported by experienced leaders, practitioners, and community advocates. Together, they provide organizational oversight, uphold financial and ethical accountability, strengthen community relationships, and guide SFSC’s mission to advance survivor safety, family stability, healing, and long-term impact.
Katrina Butler
Founder/CEO
Quaimerah Jenkins
Board President
Sharail Dowers
Board Secretary
Jennifer Demott
Board Treasurer
Quatwana Ford
Director of Client Services
Kayla Rucker
Director of Outreach
Join Us In Creating Safe Pathways to Healing
Survivors and justice-impacted women often face practical, emotional, and economic barriers long after the initial crisis has passed. SFSC works with donors, volunteers, service providers, and community partners to close these gaps and create stronger pathways toward stability.
Your support helps provide trauma-informed coaching, housing and resource navigation, transportation assistance, employment connections, essential resources, reentry support, and family-centered services.
Together, we can help women and families move beyond immediate safety and build stable, self-directed futures.