Sister Anne Victory is the Education Director of the Collaborative to End Human Trafficking in Cleveland and President of the US Catholic Sisters against Human Trafficking. She has experience as a nursing clinician, educator, and administrator. Sister Anne earned her Master of Science at The Ohio State University.
Read MoreMiranda Tippie obtained her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Findlay where she is the Clinical Coordinator for a Community-Based Practice in the Occupational Therapy Program. She has developed community programming in various settings and provides direct service to individuals in the community including survivors of human trafficking.
Read MoreNola Theiss is the Executive Director and founder of Human Trafficking Awareness Partnerships (HTAP) since 2006. HTAP’s ARTREACH program began in 2010 and has been conducted over 50 times to over 1000 students. Nola holds degrees from the University of Illinois, Johns Hopkins University, and Florida Gulf Coast University.
Read MoreKaryn McConnell obtained her Juris Doctor from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She maintained a general law practice for 9 years until 2007. Her fire was lit to work in the field of re-entry while incarcerated for Aggravated Theft in 2008. Karyn is the Employment Program Coordinator for Goodwill.
Read MoreDavid Nalls is the lead case manager at New Concepts, a member of the Ohio Citizens Advocacy group, and sat on the board to create peer support in the state of Ohio. He is a trainer and case manager of Empowered for Excellence and has a degree in business. He is pursuing his BSW at Spring Arbor.
Read MoreWillie Knighten, Jr. is a native of Toledo, Ohio and currently works in behavioral health, mentoring, and re-entry. Willie spent 13 years in prison before being exonerated by the late Judge Skow. He strongly advocates for responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage. Willie also has a Toledo TED talk, and is an anti-gang activist.
Read MoreJacob Spellis holds his Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan. He has a vision to revamp and reform the criminal justice system and currently serves on multiple criminal justice councils, and is a board member of the Reentry Coalition. He works at Empowered for Excellence and Goodwill Industries.
Read MoreBeatriz Menanteau recently joined the Minnesota Department of Health as a Supervisor to their Sexual Violence Prevention Program and their anti-human trafficking Safe Harbor Program. She oversees efforts to change systems that perpetuate sexual violence and exploitation, and ensure appropriate system-wide responses to victims of human trafficking
Read MoreAmy Epstein Gluck is a partner at FisherBroyles, LLP practicing employment law and civil and commercial litigation (business law). She counsels large and small companies about employment and anti-discrimination laws, human resource policies, employment agreements, and compliance issues. Amy co-authors her firm’s “Employment Discrimination” blog and often advises the media. Visit her firm's website HERE.
Read MoreMandi Pierson has more than ten years' experience working with women recovering from addiction and trauma. From intern to Director of Clinical Services, Mandi spent time working at Amethyst Inc. in Columbus. Currently, Mandi works at Mount Carmel Crime and Trauma Assistance Program, providing trauma specific treatment at no cost.
Read MoreHannah Estabrook has worked as a counselor in a variety of settings including community mental health and private practice. She is the co-author of Beyond Desolate: Hope vs. Hate in the Rubble of Sexual Abuse. She currently works at the Franklin County Municipal Court as Coordinator of CATCH Court, a specialized docket for victims of prostitution and human trafficking.
Read MoreMary Ellis is the current Human Trafficking Intelligence Analyst at the Utah Statewide Information and Analysis Center. Before she came to the Utah SIAC, she spent two years as a victim's advocate.
Read MoreDr. D. F. Duncan is a research professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work. He is the Principal Investigator for Project NO REST, a five-year initiative funded by the Children’s Bureau to address the trafficking of youth age 25 and younger in North Carolina.
Read MoreSerpent Libertine is a former sex worker and sex worker rights advocate. She was previously a board member with SWOP-Chicago and a North American Representative for the Global Network of Sex Worker Projects from 2014 to 2016. She is currently a licensed social worker, and works for a social service organization in Chicago.
Read MoreCassandra Damm is a licensed clinician, board member of SWOP-Chicago, and has worked in community mental health for five years. Cassandra specializes in issues related to gender, sexuality, trauma, and co-occurring mental health and substance use issues and spends her free time advocating for sex worker rights.
Read MoreKaitlyn-Nicolasa Félix is a senior at Arizona State University and is majoring in Health Sciences with a minor in Spanish. She is a Licensed Nursing Assistant and has worked for over three years in various health-related fields. She is currently researching PTSD among trafficked victims.
Read MoreSamantha Calvin is a clinical faculty member at Arizona State University in the College of Nursing and Healthcare Innovation. She holds a Master’s of Science in Healthcare Innovation and a MBA from Arizona State University. She has worked in sex trafficking research for the past five years in Phoenix.
Read MoreJames Brown is a retired Police Inspector and currently a doctoral candidate conducting research on police agency structure and their response to human trafficking. He also serves as Executive Director of a Canadian charity focused on the development and dissemination of human trafficking intelligence and resource coordination.
Read MoreDr. Dominique Roe-Sepowitz is an Associate Professor in the Arizona State University School of Social Work and the Director of the Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research. She is on a number of local, state, and national expert task forces and councils, and is on the editorial board of three journals.
Read MoreBandak Lul is a research assistant at the Arizona State University Office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research. Bandak migrated to the United States at the age of 15 as a refugee from South Sudan, and has a Master of Arts in Social Justice and Human Rights.
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