Jennifer Harless is the Strategic Response Coordinator for the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR). She is responsible for leading TDLR’s human trafficking prevention and education efforts. Jennifer assists law enforcement, trains staff and conducts onsite visits at facilities suspected of illicit activity.
Read MoreAmanda Colegrove is the Safe Harbor Expansion Coordinator for the Minnesota Department of Health. She is managing the process of integrating a response for labor trafficked youth up to age 24 into Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Program. This includes working with state agencies, survivor advisory groups, and tribal nations.
Read MoreGeorge S. Tsagaris is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at Cleveland State University. He has multiple areas of expertise including juvenile and criminal justice, cultural diversity, supervision and staff development, management development. He also has 34+ years of experience in juvenile justice.
Read MoreLarissa Christensen is the Program Coordinator of the Bachelor of Criminology and Justice in the School of Law and Criminology, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. She is also the co-leader of the Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit, the first University-led sexual violence research unit in Australia.
Read MoreClaire Openshaw is a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision student. She has worked in outpatient, intensive outpatient, and inpatient settings; conducting child, individual, family, and group therapy. Claire’s clinical focus is on gender violence, immigration, and trauma-related issues, and volunteers as a Medical Advocate for sexual assault survivors.
Read MoreRosemary Ometere Obari is currently working as a project officer with the Association of Community Social Volunteers International. She is a graduate of political science from the University of Lagos. She has been working so hard to promote the enforcement of anti-human trafficking laws in Nigeria.
Read MoreNicholas Oakley is Senior Projects Manager at the Center for Children & Youth Justice, where he oversees initiatives on behalf of commercially sexually exploited children and LGBTQ+ youth. Prior to joining the center, Nicholas represented youth and families in juvenile offender, dependency, education, domestic, and criminal matters.
Read MoreJustice Rivera combines personal and community organizing experiences with formal education to provide customized support to health and justice systems. Previously, Justice provided services to people in the sex trade as Director of Outreach and Organizing at Prax(us) and people who use drugs at the Harm Reduction Action Center.
Read MoreKristan Napier is the coordinator of the forensic program at The Toledo Hospital and has been working with human trafficking victims for the last 5 years. She has over twenty years of nursing experience, with the last ten years working with sexual assault victims. Kris also teachings sexual assault training to nurses in northwest Ohio and has been for the last 5 years.
Read MoreMadeline Lohman is a Senior Researcher with The Advocates for Human Rights. She conducts research, education, and legislative advocacy on immigrant rights and human trafficking in Minnesota. In 2019, she developed protocol guidelines for the Minnesota Department of Health to improve the statewide response to youth victims of labor trafficking.
Read MoreAmy Rouleau is the Founder and Director of Restoration Place, a nonprofit organization in Michigan; and author of Human Trafficking 101: Stories, Stats, and Solutions. Her personal testimony as a foster care child and survivor of childhood sexual abuse will leave you inspired.
Read MoreDr. Charles Hounmenou is an Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago. He conducted studies on trafficking in the U.S. and Africa. He received the 2018 Influential Scholar Award at the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference. His current project focuses on traffickers’ behaviors.
Read MoreDominique Burns is the Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Ohio Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers. In her role, she provides technical assistance and training to improve CAC’s identification of and response to juvenile victims of trafficking. Dominique is a licensed social worker and holds a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision.
Read MoreBhumika Patel serves as the Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Public Children Services Association of Ohio. In this position, she serves as the agency contact for human trafficking and provides training and technical assistance to all child welfare agencies in the state on recognizing and responding to human trafficking.
Read MoreRebekkah O’Bryan currently serves as the Juvenile Justice Human Trafficking Liaison for Ohio Department of Youth Services (ODYS), where she is responsible for overseeing all trafficking-related activities. Before joining ODYS, Rebekkah worked directly with youth survivors as the Coordinator of Community Programming for Gracehaven.
Read MoreVeronica Scherbauer is the Anti-Human Trafficking Grant Coordinator for the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services and the Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. Ms. Scherbauer has focused on education and awareness, protocol development, and human trafficking policy for the past 7 years.
Read MoreJarrod Sadulski has a PhD in Criminal Justice and over twenty years of experience with the Department of Homeland Security through the Coast Guard that includes two decades of human trafficking interdiction operations. He recently conducted in-country research in Central America to gain insight into human trafficking through Central America.
Read MoreDr. Celia McIntosh is a Board Certified Family and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She joined the Rochester Regional Coalition against Human Trafficking Coalition (RRCAHT) in 2014 in an effort to bridge her love for nursing, law and advocacy. Dr. McIntosh is passionate about increasing awareness about human trafficking and becoming a voice for policy and social change.
Read MoreD. 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 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.
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