Thank you!
On March 4, 2015 Shared Hope International convened the inaugural Experts Council meeting and previewed the 2015 JuST Response State System Mapping Report. The event was a success and we extend our thanks to those who attended in-person or via webcast.
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— SharedHope Int'l (@SharedHope) March 4, 2015Webcast Recording
Experts Council
Shared Hope brought together the nation’s top experts to discuss trending approaches to state laws, child serving agency response and service provision for juvenile victims of sex trafficking. We offered an advance release of the JuST Response State Systems Mapping Report, which will be released publicly this month.
Experts Council
Darla Bardine, National Network for Youth (DC)
Nikki Trautman Baszynski, Office of the Ohio Public Defender (OH)
Lauren Behsudi, Casey Family Programs (DC)
Blair Bjellos, U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Ted Poe (TX) and Victims’ Rights Caucus Coordinator
Nicole Borrello, DOJ/CEOS (DC)
Mike Conrad, FBI, retired (AZ)
Denise Edwards, National Children’s Alliance (DC)
Rebecca Epstein, Georgetown University School of Law (DC)
Tina Frundt, Courtney’s House (DC)
Courtney Gaskins, Youth for Tomorrow (VA)
Alexandra Gelber, DOJ/CEOS (DC)
Melinda Giovengo, YouthCare (WA)
Lisa Goldblatt Grace, My Life My Choice, Justice Resource Institute (MA)
Kim Grabert, Dept. of Children & Families (FL)
Yolanda Graham, Devereux Georgia (GA)
Michelle Guymon, L.A. County Probation Dept. (CA)
Marian Hatcher, Cook County Sheriff’s Office (IL)
Stephanie Holt, Mission 21 (MN)
Gretchen Kerr, Northland, A Church Distributed (FL)
Abigail Kuzma, Indiana Attorney General’s Office (IN)
Amy Louttit, National Network for Youth (DC)
Faiza Mathon-Mathieu, ECPAT- USA (DC)
Abi Mills, Northland, A Church Distributed (FL)
Withelma “T” Ortiz Walker Pettigrew, Survivor Advocate (MD)
Alexandra (Sandi) Pierce, Othayonih Research (MN)
Rochelle Rollins, DHHS/ACF (DC)
Linda Smith, Shared Hope International (WA)
Melissa Snow, NCMEC (VA)
Jen Spry, RN (PA)
Margaret Talburtt, Lovelight Foundation (MI)
Yasmin Vafa, Human Rights Project for Girls (DC)
Alexander Villarreal, Janus Youth Programs (OR)
Nancy Baldwin, Hickey Family Foundation (AZ)
The Honorable Bobbe Bridge (ret.), Center for Children and Youth Justice (WA)
Rebecca Johnson, PhD (WA)
Katherine Kaufka Walts, Center for the Human Rights of Children, Loyola University Chicago (IL)
The Honorable Hiram Puig-Lugo, D.C. Superior Court (DC)
Margie Quin, Tennessee Bureau of Investigations (TN)
Elizabeth Ranade Janis, State of Ohio Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator (OH)
Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, Sex Trafficking Intervention Research, Arizona State University (AZ)
More information
To learn more about the JuST Response, visit sharedhope.org/justresponse.
