Frances Patmon is a Nurse Scientist and has extensive quantitative and qualitative research experience. Her current work with victims of Human Trafficking allow for the development of evidence based guidelines including identification and treatment. Her past clinical experience includes emergency medicine. She is currently practicing as a family nurse practitioner.
Read MoreLamin Mohammed Kpaka is the executive director of the Association of Community Social Volunteers International. He has Master’s in Human Trafficking. He has relentlessly been mobilizing appropriate and adequate resources in the campaign against human trafficking and the promotion of Social Justice in partnership with the Nigerian Government.
Read MoreDr. Tammy Schultz is professor and Clinical Training Coordinator in the Wheaton College Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. She passionately teaches about transformation from sexual abuse and sex trafficking and is the co-authored of Beyond Desolate: Hope versus hate in the rubble of sexual abuse.
Read MoreDebra DeHoff is PATH Certified Instructor and EAGALA Advanced Certified Equine Specialist. Using a specific therapy model, Debra created programming at Serenity Farm serving those who have been victim to sex trafficking and domestic abuse. Equine-assisted therapy is a proven method used by many professionals with positive results for healing.
Read MoreMegan Jablonowski is a student at The University of Toledo, pursuing her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She is an active volunteer and art facilitator with The Expressive Therapies Center, a local nonprofit connecting individuals to expressive therapists and offering alternative forms of healing through art, music, and dance.
Read MoreRosie Best is Artistic Director of Issue Box Theatre. IBT creates space for human dignity using elements of theatre for social justice. Rosie has a Master of Arts in Teaching Theatre and an MSW. She is a licensed social worker. She is married and has 3 dogs and a cat.
Read MoreNora Riggs is the Unit Leader for The Salvation Army R.I.S.E. Program in Toledo. She has been passionately committed to anti-trafficking work for the past 8 years. Nora has a BA in Music and an MSW. She is grateful for the opportunity to combine both fields through this innovative project.
Read MoreDr. Jennifer Middleton, Associate Professor and Director of the Human Trafficking Research Initiative at the University of Louisville, researches the impact of trauma-informed organizational change interventions within systems of care that serve sex trafficked populations. During her forensic social work career, she worked with sexually exploited and trafficked children.
Read MoreDr. Stephanie Prost, Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Louisville Kent School of Social Work, examines health and quality of life in forensic and justice-involved populations in both correctional and community settings. Her clinical practice includes service to justice-involved youth, palliative and end-of-life care, and geriatric behavioral health.
Read MoreDr. Kayse Lee Maass is an Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and leads the Operations Research and Social Justice lab at Northeastern University. Her research focuses on the application of operations research methodology to social justice and equity issues within human trafficking, mental health, and supply chain contexts.
Read MoreKate D'Adamo is a long-time sex worker rights advocate and community organizer focusing on economic justice, anti-policing and public health. She has experience with the National Policy Advocate at the Sex Workers Project and with the Sex Workers Outreach Project - NYC. She holds degrees from California Polytechnic State University and The New School.
Read MoreRaShya Ghee is a staff attorney at Advocating Opportunity, a legal advocacy program dedicated to representing human trafficking victims, and an adjunct professor at the University of Toledo Law School. She graduated with honors from the University of Toledo and attended the University of Minnesota Law School.
Read MoreMegan Mattimoe is the Executive Director at Advocating Opportunity, a legal advocacy program dedicated to representing human trafficking victims. Ms. Mattimoe graduated cum laude from the University of Toledo, College of Law with JD.
Read MoreDr. Debbie Lassiter is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of The Convergence Resource Center. She is the host of TRIUMPH Rising radio show with over 40 years’ experience working with human trafficking survivors. She has a Doctorate in Divinity and serves at the New Testament Church of Milwaukee.
Read MoreDavid Corliss is the founder and Director of Peace-Work, a volunteer cooperative of statisticians and data scientists applying statistical methods to issue-driven advocacy in poverty, education, social justice, and providing analytic support for charitable groups. Dr. Corliss holds a PhD in statistical astrophysics from the University of Toledo.
Read MoreHao Nguyen is the Anti-Trafficking Program Coordinator at API Chaya, Seattle. Ms. Nguyen has more than 10 years of experience providing intensive case management to victims of human trafficking of all forms. She is an experienced trainer and presenter at state and national level on various human trafficking related topics.
Read MoreChristy Croft is the Anti-Human Trafficking Specialist for the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault. A community change-maker since 1993, she has worked in direct services for 25 years. Before coming to NCCASA, she worked in sexual violence prevention and crisis response and as an independent consent and sexuality educator.
Read MoreAlex Andrews is a former sex worker with lived experience under criminalized consensual sex work. The co-founder of Sex Workers Outreach Project Behind Bars, she sits on the board of that organization and SWOP-USA. Alex has been called a “watchdog” of anti-trafficking activity and is committed to decarceration.
Read MoreVicki White is the coordinator and board president of Chicago Books to Women in Prison, a grassroots 501(c)(3) organization. She is a member of the State (of Illinois) Women’s Justice Task Force and a frequent collaborator with other abolitionist projects. Vicki has an AB from the University of Chicago.
Read MoreHeather Wightman is the Founder and Executive Director of RIA House, supporting women with experience in the commercial sex trade. She is committed to social justice and the advancement of human rights. She was awarded the 2019 Serif & Heljo Protopapa Community Service Award, the first of its kind in memory of two justice fighters.
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