Dr. Bonnie Price is Administrative Director of Community Health - Violence Response Team for Bon Secours in Richmond, Virginia where she oversees the violence intervention and prevention efforts. Bonnie’s areas of focus include hospital-based advocacy services, human trafficking, and the forensic nursing program. She currently chairs the Richmond Regional Human Trafficking Collaborative.
Read MoreAjela Banks is an Alaskan sex trafficking survivor who aspires to become an attorney.
Read MoreTara Burns serves as the Research and Policy Director of COYOTE RI (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics Rhode Island). Burns is dedicated to advancing evidence-based policies that prioritize the rights and well-being of people in the sex industry.
Read MoreTatiana Rothchild is a PhD candidate in Political Science at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on human trafficking at national and international levels, particularly in areas of problem framing, state coercion, workers’ rights, human rights audit culture, and international policy models.
Read MoreDr. Madeline Stenersen is a researcher, psychologist, current Assistant Professor of Psychology at Saint Louis University, and head of Evaluation and Learning at the up! Collective. She has a specific expertise in community-informed research and evaluation focused on combatting violence and exploitation around the globe.
Read MoreOfficer Natasha Haunsperger has been a Portland Oregon Police Officer for 18 years. She is developing a comprehensive police-community engagement program to integrate historically marginalized communities. She also specializes in intelligence and criminal investigations involving foreign-born human trafficking subjects.
Read MoreLieutenant Craig LaGrone has been working with the Tulsa Police Department for over two decades. In 2021, he was transferred to the Special Investigations Division as the supervisor over the Human Trafficking and Vice Unit. During that time, he became the law enforcement chair for OCAT (Oklahoma Coalition Against Trafficking).
Read MoreAlissa Huntoon is a Senior Policy Advisor at the U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime. Alissa develops and implements national criminal justice system policy initiatives. Alissa earned her BA in Sociology with an emphasis in criminal justice from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and her Masters of Public Policy from American University.
Read MoreNazmia Comrie is a sociologist at the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. Nazmia has over 13 years’ experience in managing programs in the areas of police reform, mass demonstrations, agency safety, and wellness, and combating trafficking, hate crimes, and interpersonal violence. Nazmia received her master’s degree in criminal justice from University at Albany.
Read MoreSabrina Stratford spent 25 years building partnerships as a Global Business Manager for Artificial Intelligence software companies. She left that world to train as a Transit Monitoring Project Manager and fight sex trafficking in Alaska. She is a human trafficking abolitionist, TEDx Speaker, and Human Trafficking Hotline advocate. She uses her experience to inform corporate responsibility plans.
Read MoreRachel Ewing is the Clinical Director for Ready Inspire Act, working with adults connected to commercial sex in Massachusetts. Prior, Rachel managed a program for CSEC youth and served on Sacramento’s interdisciplinary CSEC Court panel. Rachel has worked with complex trauma and individuals connected to commercial sex since 2013.
Read MoreAmy Engle (she/her) is a wife, mother, and Licensed Associate Marriage and Family Therapist that specializes in treating the trauma of sex trafficking and the exploitation of minors and their families. Amy is a survivor-thriver of commercial exploitation and trafficking and uses her life experiences to help others heal.
Read MoreJasmine Myers (she/her) is a passionate advocate with 10 years’ experience in the domestic violence, mental health, and human trafficking fields. Jasmine obtained a Master’s in Science of Social Administration from Case Western Reserve University. She openly shares her lived-experience as a tool to educate and inspire to bring change.
Read MoreAngela Calliope (she/her) is a MindBodyEnergy Coach, writer, and speaker. She provides self-directed consent-based coaching. She has several books in development. She creates trauma informed tools for the anti-trafficking movement utilizing peer research to improve care and response for survivors.
Read MoreChristine Bellatorre (she/her) is the founder of You Belong and a subject matter expert for the Human Trafficking Collective. She holds a Masters of Intercultural Studies with Children at Risk. She is a national expert on familial trafficking and trauma informed care. She aims to provide training and specialized care for survivors of familial trafficking.
Read MoreSarah Godoy (she/her) is a doctoral candidate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This fall, she will transition into an assistant professor role at the Silver School of Social Work at New York University (NYU). Her work aims to explore strategies to prevent and stop the commercial sexual exploitation of children and adults.
Read MoreDr. Ezgi Yaman Kennedy, a social work expert with a PhD in Social Policy and Labour Economics, conducts qualitative research on human trafficking policies. She's received the Child 10 Award and serves as Country Chair for G100 organization's Anti-Human Trafficking Wing. She co-founded KIDO International and Empower Turkiye, currently affiliating with Bilkent University's International Children's Center.
Read MoreMarissa Kokkoros is Aura Freedom’s Founding Director. She’s worked with trafficking survivors for 10+ years and consulted for different levels of Canadian government and HT initiatives globally. A bold feminist writer, Marissa’s publications on VAW/HT have been featured internationally. In 2023, she led the community movement that saw Toronto declare Intimate Partner Violence an epidemic.
Read MoreAlicia Cohen is a familial exploitation survivor and educational diagnostician specializing in identification and intervention of young children. She holds a Master’s in Special Education and is pursuing an EdS in School Psychology. In 2019, she established SAFE to further research, provide community for survivors, and develop survivor-informed resources.
Read MoreSamantha MacNeill is an Advisor for the Region of Peel’s Anti-Human Sex Trafficking Program and a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner with Chantel's Place - Trillium Health Partners, the Regional Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Care and Treatment Centre. Samantha also teaches at Sheridan College in the Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies, Practical Nursing program.
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