Jaclyn Rodriguez

Jaclyn Rodriguez is a practicing SANE, Emergency Room nurse and CEO of ForMed Insight LLC, a forensic and emergency nursing consulting business.  She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Loyola University Chicago. She has been practicing as a Registered Nurse in Emergency Rooms throughout the Chicagoland area since 2003 and a SANE since 2005. Jaclyn became a Nationally Certified SANE-A in 2006 and SANE-P in 2022. Jaclyn served as the Statewide SANE Coordinator for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office for over 8 years.  During her time as SANE Coordinator, she provided education to over 20,000 healthcare providers, law enforcement, advocates, and others on topics related to sexual assault and forensic nursing. As part of the Attorney General’s Office, she participated in writing key pieces of legislation that are shaping the care of sexual assault patients throughout the state, including legislation for law enforcement, hospitals, and health care professionals. Jaclyn created a one-day Foundation training to ensure that anyone coming into contact with a sexual assault patient knows what can be done to improve the experience for the patient and begin to understand the complexity of working with a victim of violence. She is an active member of the International Association of Forensic Nurses and the Academy of Forensic Nursing, participating on multiple committees. She has provided expert witness testimony on multiple cases both as a practicing SANE and as an outside consultant.