Linda E. Ledray RN, PhD, SANE-A, FAAN

Dr. Linda E. Ledray is the founder and director of the SANE-SART Resource Service (SSRS) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was the principal investigator and managed many federally funded research grants. Currently, she provides training and consultation to many SANE–SART programs throughout the United States and overseas and, in partnership with Kinetic Learning, operates the SANE-SART Online Clinical program.

Dr. Ledray founded the Minneapolis-based Sexual Assault Resource Service (SARS), one of the nation’s first Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) programs. SARS provides competent medical-forensic services to sexual assault survivors at seven hospital sites in Hennepin County, Minnesota. Doctor Ledray served as SARS director from 1977 until 2009.