Florida Human Trafficking Summit October 29-30, 2015 University of South Florida Marshall Student Center Agenda THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015

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1 SPEAKERS & WORKSHOPS Florida Human Trafficking Summit October 29-30, 2015 University of South Florida Marshall Student Center Agenda THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, :00 a.m. Registration Opens 9:00 a.m. Plenary Session: Welcome/Awards Presentation/Keynote Address 10:30 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Breakout Session A 12:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m. Breakout Session B 3:00 p.m. Break 3:30 p.m. Breakout Session C 5:00 p.m. Summit Concludes for the Day 8:30 a.m. Second Plenary/Panel 10:00 a.m. Break 10:30 a.m. Panel/Closing Session 12:00 p.m. End of Summit FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2015

2 Opening Plenary Session Thursday, October 29, 2015, 9:00 am 10:30 am Agency Head Panel Panelists: The Honorable Pam Bondi, Florida Attorney General Christina Daly, Secretary, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Mike Carroll, Secretary, Florida Department of Children and Families Facilitator: Terry Coonan, Florida State University, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights The Human Trafficking Summit s opening session will feature the leaders of several state agencies who are also leaders in the state of Florida when it comes to developing innovative approaches to address and reduce the heinous crime of human trafficking and assist those affected by it. They will discuss their respective agency's nexus to Human Trafficking, while also addressing collaborative models, initiatives, and pilot projects developed to tackle this issue. Audience members will have the opportunity to engage the panelists in a Q&A session. Session A Thursday, October 29, 2015, 11:00 am 12:30 pm 1. Human Trafficking Survivor Panel Panelists: Evenlyn Chumbow, Shandra Woworuntu, Avelino Reloj Facilitator: Martina Vandenberg, Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center This session will provide insight into gaps in identification and service provision, along with policy recommendations for how to properly prevent human trafficking, as well as how to identify and provide for the needs of victims of human trafficking. Target Audience: Mental Health Professionals and Service Providers 2. Services for Victims of Domestic Human Trafficking

3 Panelists: Natasha Nascimento, Redefining Refuge; Michelle Crum, Florida Attorney General s Office; Nathan Earl, Ark of Freedom; Facilitator: Alex Olivares, Florida Gulf Coast University This session will review services that are available to children and adults, who are United States citizens and were exploited through labor and/or sex trafficking. This panel will also outline helpful tips on how to navigate and coordinate state and federal benefits available for human trafficking survivors. Target Audience: Mental Health Professionals and Service Providers 3. Human Trafficking and the Faith-Based Community Panelists: Michele Newsome, Florida Baptist Children s Home; Stephanie Peterson, Catholic Charities, Dotti Groover-Skipper, Salvation Army, Divisional Anti-Trafficking Campaign Manager and The FREE Network Facilitator: Gretchen Kerr, Northland, a Church Distributed Inspired by cases in which the only contact a trafficking victim had with others was when their trafficker permitted him or her to attend church, this session will explore how the faith-based community can assist with identification of potential victims within their congregation, as well as how members of the faith-based community can assist their local law enforcement and service providers in providing for the needs of survivors. Target Audience: General 4. U.S. v. Xavier Villanueva, et al Presenter: Sgt Patrick Guckian, Orlando Police Department A 14 year old habitual runaway from Orlando is befriended and recruited by an adult female and groomed into trafficking. The victim is then introduced, through the female recruiter, to a criminal street gang. The victim is controlled through the drug molly (MDMA) and then put into commercial sex through internet prostitution, street walking prostitution, and providing sexual favors to other gang members. The use of cell phones, digital images uploaded onto computers and distributed through web sites, and use of a national hotel chain provide interstate nexus and the victimization at the hands of a street gang demonstrated organization of the offenders. Target Audience: Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. Identification required to enter Target Audience: Law Enforcement and Prosecutors. Identification required to enter. 5. Missing & Exploited: Child Sex Trafficking Reporting and Recovery Planning

4 Presenter/Facilitator: Melissa Snow, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children operates as the national clearing house for missing children in the United States. Child sex trafficking victims are currently missing and actively being exploited. The first step toward victim recovery is establishing a coordinated reporting system that increases the visibility of child sex trafficking victims and the possibility of identification. Additionally, successful response systems require collaborative, multi-disciplinary coordination that includes: child welfare, law enforcement, children s advocacy centers and specialized services and shelter placements. This session will address how to enhance our reporting system and collaborative response to CSEC as a state. Target Audience: Child welfare, juvenile justice, community-based providers, parents, legal guardians, court systems, law enforcement. Session B Thursday, October 29, 2015, 1:30 pm 3:00 pm 1. LBGTQ and Human Trafficking Panelists: Nathan Earl, Ark of Freedom; Brett Burlone, Zebra Foundation; John Robertson, Florida Network of Youth and Family Services; Facilitator: Kristen Stablein, Chrysalis Health Human Trafficking victims come from all segments of our society. This session will discuss the unique circumstances of the LBGTQ population and the challenges in identification, investigations and service provision. Target Audience: General 2. Challenges in Developing, Prosecuting, and Litigating Forced Labor and Commercial Sex Cases Panelists: Susan French, US Department of Justice (Ret.); Martina Vandenberg, Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center; Maria Jose Fletcher, VIDA Legal Assistance, Inc. Facilitator: Terry Coonan, Florida State University, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights This session will focus on challenges faced by attorneys when prosecuting complex Human Trafficking cases. Topics that will be addressed are: Stabilizing Victims, Evidence Building, Grand Juries in Criminal Cases, Competent Appropriate Translators, Handling Inconsistent Statements and Bias Issues, Confidentiality and Privilege Issues. Target Audience: Prosecutors, Service Providers, Immigration Attorneys

5 3. Cellular Investigative Tools for Law Enforcement for Human Trafficking Case (Session closed to only sworn law enforcement officers and prosecutors) Presenters: Amanda Stephens, Florida Department of Law Enforcement; Jamie Chandler, Florida Department of Law Enforcement; and Special Agent, Jose Ramirez, Florida Department of Law enforcement This session is designed to inform law enforcement about innovative ways to use cellular devices in human trafficking investigations and in building cases against alleged human traffickers. Target Audience: Law Enforcement. Identification required to enter. 4. Understanding and Treating Sexually Exploited Girls Presenter/Facilitator: Kristen Stablein, Chrysalis Health This session will outline victim identification strategies and enhance attendees understanding of the various psychological effects experienced by female survivors of CSEC. Clinical areas to be explored include: the effects of trauma on development, the continuum from victim to aggressor, the sexual abuse continuum, strategies for becoming trustworthy adults to adult wary children and how the Stages of Change are useful in the treatment of resistant youth. Target Audience: Mental Health Professionals and Service Providers 5. Processing of and Screening for Human Trafficking of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children Co-Presenters/Facilitators: Adriana Dinis, Immigration Law Group of Florida, P.A.; Kathlyn Mackovjak, Immigration Law Group of Florida, P.A. Last year the United States witnessed a surge of unaccompanied minors at our borders, some of which have been identified as victims of human trafficking. In this session, attendees will learn who these children are, why they are coming and how immigration processes them. In addition, you learn about screening tools and the protections that are afforded to foreign victims of trafficking as well as available immigration relief. Target Audience: General Session C Thursday, October 29, 2015, 3:30 pm 5:00 pm 1. How Civil Lawsuits Can Assist Victims of Trafficking Presenter/Facilitator: Martina Vandenberg, Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center In the United States, trafficking survivors rarely have access to justice. In 2013, federal prosecutors brought just 161 criminal cases against traffickers in the entire country. Trafficked persons have significant rights under U.S. law, but they cannot exercise these rights without competent legal counsel.

6 Pro bono attorneys can change the game, allowing trafficking survivors to participate fully in criminal cases against traffickers, and in launching civil suits against the perpetrators. The training will cover crime victims' rights in federal criminal matters, criminal restitution orders for victims, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, and civil litigation against traffickers in federal courts. Participants will gain insight into all remedies available to trafficking survivors in the United States, including many legal rights overlooked for nearly a decade. Target Audience: General 2. Human Trafficking of Transgender Children Presenter/Facilitator: Nathan Earl, Ark of Freedom Biases and discrimination severely complicate proper identification of, and provision of care to, transgender victims of human trafficking. This session will address the necessity of singularly addressing the needs of the T when discussing the LGBTQ community, in order to create better strategies for service provision to transgender individuals. Target Audience: General 3. Services for Foreign Born Victims of Human Trafficking Panelists: Michelle Crum, Florida Attorney General s Office; Stephanie Peterson, Catholic Charities; Maria Jose Fletcher, VIDA Legal Assistance, Inc.; Laura Germino, Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Facilitator: Regina Bernadin, International Rescue Committee This session will explore the types of services needed to address the wide range of issues that foreign born victims of human trafficking face, as well as tips on how to navigate state and federal benefits. Target Audience: Service Providers 4. Human Trafficking Investigations and Prosecutions Panelists: Susan French, George Washington University, Sgt. Patrick Guckian, Orlando Police Department; Stacie Harris, U.S. Department of Justice. Facilitator: Tyson Elliott, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice This panel will discuss the intricacies of identifying, investigating, corroborating and prosecuting allegations of Human Trafficking. Target Audience: Law Enforcement and Prosecutors

7 5. DCF/DJJ Breakout Presenters: Bethany Brimer Gilot, Human Trafficking Director, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice; Sue Aboul-Hosn, Suncoast/Central Regional Criminal Justice Coordinator, Florida Department of Children and Families. This session is for DJJ, DCF and CBC staff who work with child victims of Human Trafficking. Recent legislative updates, agency procedures, collaborative models and partnership building will all be discussed. The Human Trafficking Screening Tool will be reviewed along with data collected thus far. Target Audience: DJJ/DCF/CBC Staff Plenary Session Friday October 30, 2015, 8:30 am 10:00 am A comparison and analysis of Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare s response to Human Trafficking. Panelists: Bethany Brimer Gilot, Human Trafficking Director, Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Sue Aboul-Hosn, Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator, Florida Department of Children and Families Facilitator: Christine Raino, Shared Hope International This presentation will discuss and analyze the shared responsibility of The Department of Juvenile Justice and the Department of Children and Families victim-centered approach to identification, collaboration and service provision. New protocols, training initiatives, successful statewide collaboration and strategies to create a statewide response to victims of human trafficking will be discussed. Other states responses will be compared and contrasted to Florida s response to Human Trafficking.

8 Closing Plenary Session Friday, October 30, 2015, 10:15 am 11:45 am The Implementation of Florida's Strategic Plan. Speaker: Terry Coonan, Florida State University, Center for the Advancement of Human Rights Did you know Florida has a strategic plan to address Human Trafficking and various state agencies have been working vigorously to implement it? Please join us for our closing session in which Terry Coonan from The Center for the Advancement of Human Rights will update the participants on the incredible work being done here in the state of Florida.

9 Speakers Sue Aboul-hosn Sue Aboul-hosn joined the Florida Department of Children and Families in 2000; and in 2003 was qualified as an expert witness in child risk assessment. For the past twelve years she has been working as the Department of Children and Families Missing Child Specialist, Criminal Justice Coordinator and more recently, as the Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator. She has assisted in over 300 human trafficking investigations that were received by the Department and Children and Families Abuse Hotline and has conducted over 100 missing children and human trafficking trainings. In 2006 she was the recipient of the "Outstanding Performance Award" from the Department of Children and Families and has been recognized by the Klaas Kids Foundation for her steadfast dedication and perseverance to stop crimes against children. The Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the Orlando Rescue and Restore Coalition honored Aboul-hosn with the Polaris Star Abolitionist award in January Sue holds a Bachelor of Science in Social Work and a Certificate of Professional Social Work Practice from Spalding University, Louisville, Kentucky. Regina Bernadin Ms. Regina Bernadin is a Program Manager at the International Rescue Committee in Miami, where she supervises the anti-trafficking program and a project to assist unaccompanied migrant children in South Florida. Previously, she served as the Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator with the Florida Department of Children and Families. Regina also conducts presentations and trainings nationally, in English and Spanish, on victim identification, service provision and collaboration. Internationally, she has trained on the topic of conflict analysis and resolution and the implementation of anti-trafficking initiatives. Her interest in the development of human rights abroad has taken her to several countries, including Haiti, Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname and Tanzania. She holds a B.A. in International Studies and Criminology from the University of Miami and an M.A in International Administration and Certificate in Non-profit Management from that same institution. Regina, a published author, is currently working on her PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at Nova Southeastern University.

10 Bethany Brimer Gilot Bethany Brimer Gilot is the Human Trafficking Director for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). Bethany joined the Department in 2014, after working at non-profit organizations serving sex trafficking victims and survivors in both Miami, Florida and West Bengal, India. She has experience working with both adult and minor female victims of sex trafficking at multiple levels of the continuum of care. She has two Bachelor s in Psychology and Criminology and a Master s in Criminology all from Florida State University. Bethany currently sits on the Advisory Board for the Missing Endangered Persons Information Clearinghouse and represents the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice as a panelist at national meetings on human trafficking. Brett Burlone Since 2013, Brett Burlone has served as the Clinical Manager for the Zebra Coalition, whose mission is to foster hope, dignity and self-respect in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and all youth (LGBT+) and to provide them an opportunity to grow up in a safe, healthy and supportive environment. He oversees the clinical and case management services for the organization. Brett is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and has a Masters in Counseling and Psychology from Troy University. He specializes in working with HIV, substance abuse, and transgender needs.

11 Jamie Y. Chandler While pursuing a Master s Degree in Criminal Justice at the University of Central Florida, Jamie began her career with the Seminole County Sheriff s Office as a Crime Analyst. In 2006, she joined the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as a Crime Intelligence Analyst. In her time with FDLE, she has supported every investigative squad within the Orlando Regional Operations Center. For the last year, Jamie has been assigned full-time to the Electronic Surveillance Support Team, and specializes in cellular investigations. Evelyn Chumbow Evelyn is a survivor of Child Labor Trafficking. As a student at University of Maryland University College, she s focusing on Humanitarian work and Homeland Security. Where she comes from, lack of knowledge about Human Trafficking rights is an everyday reality. She is the first woman from her country of Cameroon in West Africa to have been fortunate in pursuing the knowledge of Human Trafficking. She is a full time undergraduate student at University of Maryland University College; she also is an intern at Baker & McKenzie LLP. She understands that she is in a unique position to do something about the Human Trafficking in West Africa, in her hometown and the rest of the world. When she reached the US, she was forced to cook, clean, and take care of the children of her trafficker, Theresa Mubang. She was never paid for her work, and any hope that she might escape her miserable life was undermined by the constant beatings she received from her trafficker. For seven years of her young teenage life, she lived in constant fear and worked day and night. She never road the school bus, went to a prom, hung out with friends after school, and joined a dance team. Instead, she was a modern day slave, not in some far-flung country, but right here in the US. She has not seen her parents for eighteen years due to this situation. After all those years of captivity, she finally escaped. Her trafficker was sentenced to 17 years in prison for what she did to her.

12 Terry Coonan Professor Terry Coonan is the founding executive director of the Florida State University Center for the Advancement of Human Rights, and teaches law, criminology, and film courses at FSU. He served as the lead researcher on the 2010 Florida Strategic Plan on Human Trafficking commissioned by the Florida Legislature and Governor s Office, and was an appointee of the Governor on The Florida Statewide Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking. He previously co-directed the 2004 research project Florida Responds to Human Trafficking. Professor Coonan has trained law enforcement agencies and service providers nationwide on the Trafficking Victim Protection Act, and was one of the designers of the U.S. Justice Department training curriculum on human trafficking. He has led trainings on human trafficking for the U.S. Justice Department, the National College of Judges, the Florida Sheriff s Association, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Florida Office of the Attorney General, the Florida Prosecuting Attorneys Association, the Florida Department of Children and Families, the Florida Department of Health, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, and internationally for the U.S. State Department. Professor Coonan was invited to the White House in 2012 to advise the Obama administration on trafficking policy issues. Since 2004, Professor Coonan has assisted Florida legislators in drafting Florida s statutes on human trafficking. As a practicing attorney, he continues to represent labor and sex trafficking victims throughout Florida. Michelle Crum Michelle Crum began her career serving victims of crime while volunteering as an advocate at the State Attorney s Office. Her pursuit of a lifelong career helping those who have suffered from crime led her to the Bureau of Victim Compensation in 2005, where she was hired as a temporary claims analyst. Mrs. Crum was promoted to Program Administrator in 2007, and to Bureau Chief, in She is a Dean s List graduate from Florida State University holding a degree in criminology. She served on the Data Safety and Monitoring Board for the Early Social Interaction Project at Florida State University and the University of Michigan, and volunteered to provide cybercrime safety presentations to school children during the McCollum administration. She has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award, Davis Productivity Award, Honorable Service Award, and in 2014 was presented the Building State Technology Capacity Grant from the Department of Justice which is being used to develop a web portal for victims to apply for compensation online. Since 2013, Mrs. Crum has served as an active member on the National Association of Crime Victim Compensation Boards. She enjoys working with the remarkable team she leads and believes that listening with the intent to understand is key on the road to success.

13 Adriana Dinis Adriana Dinis is an attorney with the Immigration Law Group of Florida, P.A. ( ILGF ). In addition she continues to represent children through the GLS CHILD (Children s Immigration Legal Defense) Project of Gulfcoast Legal Services where she represents children in immigration proceedings, before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services and in dependency actions. Adriana also provides training and technical assistance to law enforcement, community based organizations and attorneys on the immigration benefits available to children. Prior to working at Gulfcoast Legal Services, Adriana was an intern at the Attorney General s Office, Children Legal Services Division, in Tampa, Florida, a Diversity Fellow with Carlton Fields, PA and a Guardian Ad Litem. She earned her Bachelor s degree, with honors, from the University of Florida in 2005 and her law degree, with honors, from Stetson University College of Law in In 2010 Adriana was awarded the "Hero Award" from the Intercultural Advocacy Center in Clearwater, Florida for her work with immigrant children. Nathan Earl Personal triumph over life experiences instilled in Ark of Freedom s founder, Nathan Earl, a deep passion for advocating on behalf of victimized youth. Nathan s life experiences, faith in God, and strategic insight have helped to mold him into a visionary, innovative leader and change agent gifted at inspiring others to embrace the movement to end the trafficking in humans. After discovering critical gaps in treatment services for boys and young male victims of trafficking, Nathan felt a calling to step up and end the silent suffering of young male victims. On February 5, 2014, the vision became a reality when Nathan and founding supporters officially registered Ark of Freedom with the State of Florida as a not-for profit organization in Manatee County.

14 Tyson Elliot Tyson Elliott is currently the Human Trafficking Director for the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. Prior to accepting this position, Tyson was the Statewide Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Florida Department of Children and Families, a detective for the Alachua County Sheriff's Office in Gainesville, Florida and the Osceola County Sheriff's Office in Kissimmee, Florida. Tyson founded and co-chaired the Alachua County Human Trafficking Task Force in Gainesville in Tyson was nominated for local officer of the year in Florida in 2004, he received an Excellence in Service award at the 2007 Child Advocacy Center conference in Gainesville. Tyson received officer of the month for February 2008 from the North Central Florida Police Benevolent Association and was voted as the 2008 Alachua County Sheriff's Office detective of the year by his peers. He has investigated all types of human trafficking and recovered both foreign and domestic victims. Tyson was invited by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to assist in the revision of the curriculum for the 40 hour Advanced Human Trafficking Techniques class, as well as the Human Trafficking Curriculum for the police academies. He has spoken at several conferences throughout the country on Human Trafficking. Maria Jose Fletcher Maria Jose T. Fletcher is a co-director and founder of VIDA Legal Assistance, Inc., a non-profit organization formed in February of 2011 to advance the rights of immigrant survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking in persons and other violent crimes. Some of her duties include overall supervision of the agency s attorneys, paralegals, intern students and volunteers, as well as direct representation of low-income immigrant victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, trafficking in persons, and other related violent crimes. Ms. Fletcher is actively involved in local, state and national domestic violence and victim s rights organizations. She prepares and conducts educational presentations and trainings in the areas of immigration, domestic violence, and trafficking in persons in the United States and internationally. She has been invited to present at conferences, seminars and workshops by the US Department of State, the US Department of Justice, including the Office on Violence Against Women, and by national and international non-governmental organizations to address the needs of immigrant survivors. Currently, Ms. Fletcher is a board member of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. Recently, Ms. Fletcher completed a two year commitment as one of fifteen members of the National

15 Advisory Committee on Violence Against Women, chartered by the US Attorney General. The role of the committee was to provide recommendations on the prevention of domestic violence to the US Department of Justice and the US Department of Health and Human Services. Previously, Ms. Fletcher was a supervising attorney at Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC, now Americans for Immigrant Justice) and the Director of Lucha: A Women s Legal Project from June 2000 until February Ms. Fletcher has been an advisory board member of the National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women for over ten years and a founding member and past co-chair of the Freedom Network to Empower Trafficked and Enslaved Persons (USA). She is presently the national coordinator of the Freedom Network Training Institute, a project of the Freedom Network USA, created to provide training and technical assistance to multidisciplinary audiences on the subject of trafficking in persons. She received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida and a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Susan French Susan received her BA from American University, Washington, DC and her JD from College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. She has been both a state and federal prosecutor. She has investigated and prosecuted labor and sex human trafficking cases on behalf of the United States throughout the 50 states, territories, and possessions. She has also served as lead counsel for trials including pretrial matters, jury selection, witness development and testimony, opening statements, closing arguments, and sentencing hearings. Susan has participated with federal, state, and local agents in initial and follow-up victim and non-victim interviews employing a culturally sensitive and victim-centered approach (conducted or participated in over 700 victim interviews from Asian, African, and Central American countries, and Mexico. She has also presented at human trafficking training programs and conferences in the United States and overseas. Susan currently serves as a Senior Staff Attorney for the International Human Rights Clinic, Human Trafficking Project at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, DC.

16 Laura Germino Laura Germino is the Anti-Slavery Campaign Coordinator for the Florida-based Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), a community organization of over 4,000 migrant farm worker members that gives farm workers themselves a voice in forging solutions to the problems that they face. Ms. Germino and her co-workers have uncovered and investigated numerous violent multi-state slavery operations in the agricultural industry of the southeastern United States since the early 1990s, resulting in successful federal prosecutions of the operations' ringleaders and the liberation of over 1,000 workers held against their will. The Anti-Slavery Campaign has now entered in its prevention phase in the tomato industry, involving enforceable zero-tolerance policy for slavery in the supply chain with market consequences. Ms. Germino is also a co-founder of the national Freedom Network Training Institute (FNTI), training a wide range of NGOs and law enforcement agencies on how to identify and put a stop to modern-day slavery operations. She helped develop the curriculum for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's course on Advanced Investigative Techniques in Human Trafficking and contributed to the National Sheriffs' Association guidebook on first response to immigrant victims of crime. She has conducted many presentations on forced labor both nationally and internationally, including at the OSCE's technical seminar in Vienna on agricultural labor trafficking, the 15th World Congress on Criminology in Barcelona, and the Second International Symposium on Victim Assistance in Medellin, Colombia. She received a 2005 letter of commendation from FBI Director Robert Mueller, and accepted on behalf of the CIW the 2007 Anti-Slavery Award from Anti-Slavery International of London. In 2010, Ms. Germino received the U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons (TIP) "Hero Acting to End Modern-Day Slavery Award" from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for her "perseverance against slavery operations in the U.S. agricultural industry" and "determination to eliminate forced labor in supply chains." Ms. Germino has an M.A. in International Economics and Social Change and Development from the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Dotti Groover-Skipper Dotti Groover Skipper believes in dynamic living through servant leadership! Since graduating from the University of South Florida, Dot has facilitated expert programming to impact positive policy change in tobacco, alcohol, gambling, substance abuse, addiction, and sex trade and has helped develop numerous sustainable community coalitions.

17 Dot is a certified candidate for ordination in the United Methodist Church. She has operated at the national level at the UMC General Board of Church and Society in Washington, DC to mobilize and train clergy and faith communities to engage in issues of human rights and social justice. She founded HeartDance Foundation, a ministry through the Underground Church in Ybor City, dedicated to restoration of men, women, and children recovering from addiction and sex trade. Dot is credited as a catalyst in Hillsborough County to peak action against human trafficking in Tampa Bay and recently recognized by Florida Governor Rick Scott and Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, as the Human Trafficking Advocate of the Year for the State of Florida In March 2014, she was recognized for her tireless work as a Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida. In addition, Dot was a finalist in the WEDU 2014 Be More Awards and received the 2014 Florida Achievement Award from the Florida Commission On the Status of Women. Dot serves as Chair for the FREE. The Slavery Survival Network, serves as Commissioner on the Hillsborough County Commission On the Status of Women, on the State of Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Strategic and Planning Committees for the State-Wide Human Trafficking Initiative and recently appointed by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to the newly formed Statewide Council On Human Trafficking. Dot and serves on the board of the Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance and currently employed as the Florida Anti-Trafficking Coordinator for the Salvation Army. Patrick Guckian Master Sergeant Patrick Guckian has been with the Orlando Police Department since He has conducted and supervised more than 80 human trafficking investigations from initial victim interview through successful prosecution. He has made numerous human trafficking training presentations to law enforcement officers, nongovernmental organizations, governmental organizations, and victim service providers throughout Florida. Patrick Guckian was honored as the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Law Enforcement Officer of the Year (2013), the Florida Chapter of the National Association of Social Worker s Public Citizen of the Year (2014), and the US Attorney s Office, Middle District of Florida, Outstanding Law Enforcement Officer (2015). Stacie Harris Stacie Harris, a member of the Florida Bar, is an Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division. Prior to her appointment by Attorney General Eric Holder in 2008, AUSA Harris was a litigation associate at the Tampa law firm of Hill, Ward, and Henderson. Since joining the Department of Justice, AUSA Harris has prosecuted a wide range of crimes, focusing on violent crimes, child exploitation, and sex trafficking cases. AUSA Harris has successfully prosecuted complex cases, supported and assisted law enforcement agencies in the fight against human trafficking, and worked to raise public awareness about the issue. She is an active participant in the Central Florida Crimes Against Children Task Force and the Clearwater/Tampa Bay Area Task Force on Human Trafficking, both of which investigate and prosecute minor and international sex trafficking crimes.

18 AUSA Harris is currently the Human Trafficking Coordinator for the Middle District of Florida. She was a presenter at the International Association of Human Trafficking Investigators, and taught Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Investigations to a group of lawyers, judges and professors from Brazil in preparation for the 2013 World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics. On October 3, 2013, Governor Rick Scott, along with Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi awarded Ms. Harris with the distinguished honor of Prosecutor of the Year for the significant impact that she has made on the issue of human trafficking. She was also recently selected to receive a 2014 Florida Multicultural Leadership Award from the Florida Diversity Council and she has been recognized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for her accomplishments regarding human trafficking, including receiving the FBI prestigious Director's Award. Dr. Gretchen Kerr Dr. Gretchen Kerr helps Northland build collaborative relationships within the community and among government, nonprofits and other churches. The distributed service team has a heart for people in need from the congregation and the community. Life Crossroads, LifeHope and Local Life Service teams along with many volunteers, serve those who face trials and unforeseen circumstances in their lives ranging from prison and jail transition to disaster response and from LifeHope (benevolence) needs to homeless families of Seminole County. Gretchen helped to develop Resource Point ( a collaborative for case management, data collection and community collaboration, and provides the knowledge of resources within the community. Social justice issues are at the heart of Gretchen s ministry activities, most recently anti-human trafficking endeavors and serving orphans through foster care and adoption opportunities. Kathlyn Mackojvak Kathlyn M. Mackovjak has been practicing immigration law for over 10 years. She was a supervising attorney of the immigration unit at Gulfcoast Legal Services for many years where she focused on the issues of human trafficking, immigrant victims of crime and unlawful detention of immigrants in the U.S. Ms. Mackovjak was also an adjunct professor at Stetson Law School and coordinated and taught an immigration law clinic for law students from She has an undergraduate degree in environmental engineering from the University of Florida, and graduated cum laude from the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, DC. In the early 1990 s she was a volunteer with the Peace Corps in Mali, West Africa. She then worked as an environmental engineer for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Rwanda, Angola, the Republic of Congo, Kosovo and Afghanistan. She is now a principal and shareholder at Immigration Law Group of Florida, P.A. She is licensed to practice law in New York and Florida.

19 Natasha Nascimento After earning her Bachelor of Science Degree in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of South Florida, Natasha worked as a Financial Advisor for an International investment firm in Tampa and has since gone on to pursue her Master s Degree in Public Administration with the University of Southern California. While her educational background and professional experience have served her well, Natasha s life passion aims to bring awareness to, and provide resources to victims of Human Trafficking. Since its inception, Redefining Refuge has been featured on a WEDU Documentary highlighting the organization's advocacy efforts, as well as the prevalence of Sex Trafficking in Tampa Bay ( and was awarded the Spirit of Humanity Award by the DeBartolo Family Foundation. They have since been invited to the State s Capitol to present both the challenges and successes of providing Safe Housing to Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking to The Florida House of Representatives Healthy Families Subcommittee, as well as the Florida Stands Against Human Trafficking Legislative Caucus; and were featured as a trusted Resource Provider during the 2013 Statewide Human Trafficking Summit at the University of South Florida. More recently we were invited to Washington, DC to represent the State of Florida during the Shared Hope International JuST Response Congressional Briefing: Mapping State Responses to Sex Trafficked Youth. Michelle M, Newsome Michele M. Newsome serves as the Director of The Porch Light. She is responsible for the oversight of the victims, staff and volunteers of the program s safe home, as well as education and prevention efforts. Michele graduated with a bachelor s degree in criminology from Saint Leo University and served in law enforcement as a police officer and detective for 24 years. She worked as a patrol officer, school resource officer and as a detective investigating crimes against children that include emotional, physical and sexual abuse. A graduate of Webster University, Michele has her master s degree in mental health counseling. She is a registered intern working toward licensure. She has a history of working with victims of sexual abuse, offenders and those with sexual addictions. Michele and her husband, Buddy, are co-founders of F.A.I.T.H. Riders, a motorcycle ministry at First Baptist Church at the Mall. Michele and Buddy have been married 18 years and have 3 grown children and 5 adopted children they sponsor in Moldova. Michele and Buddy enjoy traveling and serving orphaned children in Moldova by partnering with Justice and Mercy International to sponsor orphaned and abandoned children into transitional living. Transitional living affords these children hope and the opportunity to succeed while keeping them from entering a life of crime and trafficking.

20 Alex Olivares Rafael (Alex) Olivares received his degree in clinical psychology in 2004 from the Catholic University of Santo Domingo. Since that time, he has worked in various social service settings. Initially he worked as a clinician for the HES psychiatric outpatient program in Lawrence, MA. During his two years there he worked with the chronically mentally ill and received certifications in motivational interviewing and the dialectical behavioral therapy group model. After relocating to Florida, he began working as a nonresidential counselor for Lutheran Services Florida. He then became the Residential Program Director of the Oasis Youth Shelter for truant, ungovernable and runaway children between the ages of ten to seventeen. In October of 2009 he became the Program Director for Human Trafficking Services for Catholic Charities and together with his team, has provided services to over 85 victims of trafficking in the SWFL region until February, The Human Trafficking program provides community outreach and presentations as well as intensive case management services to survivors of Human Trafficking. In October 2011 Alex was elected Chairman of the Southwest Florida Human Trafficking Coalition, a position he held until February of During his time with the coalition, the organization expanded to multiple counties and hosted various symposiums on Human Trafficking in our local area. He is also a member of the local Task Force and regularly provides training and outreach to the SWFL community on Human Trafficking. He obtained a Master s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Hodges University. Mr. Olivares completed an internship at Abuse Counseling and Treatment Inc., where he was certified as a domestic violence advocate by the Florida Coalition against Domestic Violence. Currently he is the Coordinator for the Florida Gulf Coast University Resource Center on Human Trafficking as well as one of the Clinicians in the Human Trafficking Victims Assistance. Stephanie Peterson Stephanie Peterson co-founded an international NGO in 2008 with the goal to improve quality of life through a better understanding of poverty and its gripping cycle. Through this journey, she was able to study the root causes of poverty and its relationship to secondary effects such as migration, crime and various types of trafficking. She became an Emergency Medical Technician in 2010 and obtained her degree in Health Science from Kaplan University in While studying online, she lived abroad and worked in disaster relief and health-improvement initiatives in countries including El Salvador, Haiti and Honduras. In 2011, Stephanie completed an internship with MAP International in Ecuador, researching and compiling public health data to measure long-term outcomes of water quality on communities throughout the country. She also learned Spanish during this time and her bilingual/bicultural skills were invaluable while working with the populations where she lived. Since graduating, she returned to the United States. Through her interest in the effects of desperate situations and extreme poverty, she now works with human trafficking survivors as a case manager for Catholic Charities Human Trafficking Victim Assistance Program. The program assists foreign and domestic adults and children previously involved in labor or sex trafficking.

21 Christine Raino Christine Raino joined Shared Hope International in 2011 as part of the Protected Innocence Challenge. As a member of the Protected Innocence team, Christine helped draft the legal analysis of the 50 states and District of Columbia that laid the foundation for the Protected Innocence Challenge Report Cards. As Policy Counsel, Christine continues to focus on issues of domestic minor sex trafficking and leads the management of Protected Innocence Challenge components, including the Demanding Justice Project, which directly addresses the issue of demand for sex trafficked minors by researching enforcement of the state laws analyzed under the demand components of the Protected Innocence Framework. Christine is responsible for advocacy efforts to further the protection of sex trafficking victims through legislative change consistent with the Protected Innocence Framework and provides technical assistance to legislators drafting bills to combat sex trafficking. Avelino Reloj Avelino was born and raised in the Philippines. He was working as a room attendant in a hotel but was laid off because the hotel was closing down. Avelino was hired as a janitor in a particular hotel in Missouri. Upon his transit in Japan airport, he was told he was not going to Missouri, but instead he would go to Florida. When he arrived in Florida, he was forced to sign a new contract to be a room attendant instead of a janitor. After a few days his employer came to collect his passport, and told him and the other workers to be good to their workplace or else they would be deported. He eventually escaped and founded Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST). They provided him with legal services and case management. Avelino now speaks publically to raise awareness for Human Trafficking. John Robertson John Robertson, M.S., is the Program Services Director for the Florida Network of Youth and Family Services. John sees policy from the inside out, always picturing the impact that decisions will have on the youth in care, their families, and the youth care workers who we rely on to execute our missions. Current policy discussions and recent legislation regarding victims of domestic minor sex trafficking creates new challenges to service provision as we know it in short-term residential care. Building from a perspective of positive youth development, he seeks to answer hard questions about who we serve and how we serve them. His efforts in anti-trafficking work began with the southeastern U.S. regional Reaching Out Project to develop services for minor victims of all forms of human trafficking in runaway and homeless youth programs. He also managed the initial process to train and educate child abuse investigators and hotline counselors to identify, rescue, and restore minor victims of trafficking. He has worked with Case Family

22 Programs, in support of the Indian Child Welfare Act, to assist tribal child welfare systems to recognize signs of trafficking and to prevent vulnerabilities to trafficking through strong youth development based principles. He now works for the Florida Network for Youth and Family Services, serving their membership of agencies committed to reducing juvenile crime and promoting public safety through an array of prevention-based family crisis intervention services. Melissa Snow Melissa Snow is the Child Sex Trafficking Program Specialist for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. In her current role, she provides assistance with victim advocacy and services planning to law enforcement and social services both before and after recovery. Melissa is the former Director of the Anti-Trafficking Program for TurnAround, Inc ( ). The Anti-Trafficking Program works with state agencies, law enforcement and community organizations to provide emergency response and specialized, comprehensive care for survivors of sex trafficking. During her time as the Director of the Anti-Trafficking Program for TurnAround, Inc., Melissa developed and successfully launched a community-based drop-in center and long-term residential program for survivors of sex trafficking. Additionally, she established a partnership with the MD Department of Juvenile services, which implemented a child sex trafficking screening tool for flagging high-risk youth. Melissa is the former Director of Programs for Shared Hope International ( ). In 2006, she began directing a three-year research project in ten U.S. locations into the child sex trafficking of United States funded by the U.S. Department of Justice. The project led to published assessments of the identification and delivery of services to victims of child sex trafficking in each of the 10 locations. Furthermore, this research was compiled into the National Report on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: America s Prostituted Children, released in July During her time at Shared Hope International, Melissa was also responsible for the management, development, and evaluation of nine sex trafficking prevention and restoration projects internationally and in the United States. She has collaborated with law enforcement and service providers in Fiji, Nepal, India, Jamaica, South Africa and Japan to provide training and technical assistance in victim identification and response. Melissa earned her Master s in Global Development and Social Justice from St. John s University. She obtained her Bachelor s degree in Sociology and Political Science from the University of Colorado in 2003.

23 Kristen Stablein Kristin Stablein is the Director of Residential Services for Chrysalis Health, a community mental health agency which operates group homes for adolescent boys and girls in foster care. Chrysalis specializes in group care for youth who are deemed difficult to place due to their behaviors. Most of the youth placed with Chrysalis are from the Crossover population, who have both dependency and delinquency court involvement, also many of the girls are victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. Through Kristin s leadership and dedication to providing Strength-Based Gender Responsive Programming, the pain-based behaviors exhibited by these adolescents are acknowledged as the youths coping mechanisms and responses to the traumas they have endured throughout their lives. For the past 2 years Kristin has been an active member of the Human Trafficking Coalitions subcommittee STARS in Broward, Palm Beach and Orange County. The committees focus on issues related to Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking and the coordination of community-based services. She also assists in the facilitation of multidisciplinary staffing for all youth referred through the Florida Abuse Hotline for human trafficking in Broward and Palm Beach Counties. In addition, Kristin has served on the Executive Board of the Broward County Human Trafficking Coalition and continues to work with community providers to meet the needs of victims of Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking. Through her engagement in group homes, to community involvement and advocacy on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, Kristin is having a direct effect on the at-risk youth in multiple counties in the state of Florida. Amanda Bartolomé Stephens After graduating from the University of Central Florida with a Bachelor s Degree in Criminal Justice, Amanda began her career with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). In the 10+ years she has been with FDLE, seven of those years have been as a senior crime intelligence analyst. In this capacity, she has supported and provided assistance to every investigative division within FDLE, from Public Integrity to Cyber Crimes and Crimes Against Children. For the last 4 years she has also provided support to the Orlando Electronic Surveillance Support Team (ESST), an FDLE Task Force specializing in Cellular Investigations. Amanda is the first full-time analyst in the state of Florida assigned to an ESST Unit.

24 Martina Vandenberg Martina Vandenberg has spent nearly two decades fighting human trafficking, forced labor, rape as a war crime, and violence against women. Vandenberg has represented victims of human trafficking pro bono in immigration, criminal, and civil cases. Widely regarded as an expert on an array of human rights issues, she has testified before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, the Helsinki Commission, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the House Armed Services Committee. A former Human Rights Watch researcher, she spearheaded investigations into human rights violations in the Russian Federation, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Uzbekistan, Kosovo, Israel, and Ukraine, and authored the first published report documenting human trafficking in Israel. She is the author of two Human Rights Watch reports, Hopes Betrayed: Trafficking of Women and Girls to Post-Conflict Bosnia & Herzegovina for Forced Prostitution, and Kosovo: Rape as a Weapon of Ethnic Cleansing. While living in the Russian Federation, she co-founded Syostri, one of Russia s first rape crisis centers for women. Vandenberg established The Human Trafficking Pro Bono Legal Center in 2012 with generous support from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) Fellowship Program. Before she became an OSF Fellow, Vandenberg was a partner at Jenner & Block LLP, where she focused on complex commercial litigation and internal investigations under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. She served as a senior member of the firm s Pro Bono Committee. She received the 2006 Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Pro Bono Award for her successful representation of trafficking victims in United States federal courts and her advocacy before Congress. As pro bono advocacy counsel to the Freedom Network USA, Vandenberg received the Paul and Sheila Wellstone Award for her outstanding leadership and dedication in working to combat human trafficking and slavery in the United States. A Rhodes Scholar and Truman Scholar, Vandenberg has also taught as adjunct faculty at the American University Washington College of Law. Shanda Woworuntu Shandra Woworuntu is a survivor of human trafficking and domestic violence and now she lends her voice in the fight against modern-day slavery globally through raising awareness, education, legislative lobbying and survivor empowerment. In 2011, Shandra started an organization called Voices of Hope, which is facilitated by Safe Horizon. She is also involved with the National Survivor Network, as a consultant and policy champion. Shandra has testified at human trafficking victim services budget hearings in New York City, and at hearings in New York State on the Trafficking Victim Protection and Justice Act (TVPJA). She has also testified