Dave Abbott Dave Abbott has been employed by the Manassas City Police Department since 2001, seven years as a Police Officer and a Detective since 2008. He is currently a Special Deputy with the United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force and mainly works cyber crimes but occasionally works a homicide or robbery. He has completed BICEP, BCERT, AFT computer forensic training at the National Computer Forensic Institute in Hoover, Alabama.   Amy Allen Amy has a degree in behavioral science and a master's degree in criminal justice and has been a social worker focusing on child abuse issues since 1987. During her career she conducted over 4000 interviews of children and adolescents and testified in court as an expert over 300 times. In 2008, Amy took a job with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the Office of Investigations as a Victim Specialist. With DHS she works primarily with investigations involving child exploitation, human trafficking and human rights war violators. Amy lectures frequently to local and federal law enforcement, child protective services, judges, and the community on child exploitation and human trafficking and has traveled to the Republic of Moldova for the Department of Justice and presented on child victimization and forensic interviewing at the Eurasian Regional Conference Against Child Exploitation. She also spent three weeks in Rwanda last fall interviewing victims of the 1994 genocide.    Margey Almy Detective Margey Almy graduated from the University of Texas in Arlington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. She joined the Arlington Police Department in 1988 and was a patrol officer for fourteen years before joining the Crimes Against Children Unit in 2003, where she still currently serves.   Cordelia Anderson Cordelia Anderson operates her own training and consultation business based in Minneapolis, MN. Ms. Anderson has nearly 35 years of experience in prevention of child sexual abuse and exploitation and other types of violence. She is an advocate for fighting demand and social change and has conducted over 2,000 trainings nationwide and internationally on a range of social issues such as: child sexual abuse/exploitation prevention, normalization of sexual harm, pornography, Internet and other technology safety, positive youth development, sexuality, bullying/harassment/violence prevention and compassion fatigue.   Kristen Anderson Kristen Anderson joined the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) in 2005 and is currently the Director of the Case Analysis Division.  She provides daily operational oversight of three analytical units: the Case Analysis Unit, the Background Check Unit, and the Special Analysis Unit, which includes the areas of Research, Attempted Abductions, and Sex Offender Tracking. Anderson is a frequent presenter and trainer regarding sex offenders and related child-victimization issues across the United States and internationally. She is a subject-matter expert on sex offender issues and interacts frequently with national media.  Prior to joining NCMEC, Anderson served as Chief of Police for Port Townsend, Washington for almost six years. Ms. Anderson holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Washington. Chris Ard Chris is a senior consultant with the Microsoft Public Sector Cybersecurity Services group.  He has been with Microsoft for more than 12 years and has been in his current role for the past 6 years.  His team's mission is to provide training and consulting services to various law enforcement and intelligence groups on difficult forensic topics and Internet investigations. He has received numerous industry certifications including CISSP, MCSE, and Security+.  He has spoken at many national and international conferences.  He has an MBA with an emphasis in Information Assurance and a BS degree in Computer Science. He lives just outside of Dallas, Texas with his wife, 3 boys and brand new baby girl.   Christopher Armstrong Christopher Armstrong is a High-Tech Crime Training Specialist in the High-Tech Crime Training Services Department of SEARCH, where he coordinates and provides training on high-tech crime investigations and forensics.  Chris retired from the San Diego Police Department in 2006, after more than 27 years of service. When he retired, he was lead investigator for the ICAC grant in San Diego County. In this role he was involved in both proactive and reactive investigations, forensic investigations, computer maintenance, office network and networking hardware, and grant financial planning.  Immediately prior to his ICAC assignment, he spent six plus years as a child abuse investigator, investigating every type of child abuse, including child homicides.        Amy Barton Dr. Amy Barton is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Childrens Medical Center of Dallas.  In addition, she is Secretary of the Board of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Texas Regional Office.  Dr. Barton’s research interests include risk factors for child sexual abuse, management of failure to thrive, and factors contributing to child neglect.  Her clinical interests include child exploitation, recovered missing and runaway children, and child trafficking.   Terri Bauer Terri has been working with youth with sexual behavior problems for 17 years.  She has developed and directed the Collin County CSI Program for 11 years.  The program boasts a very low recidivism rate with only 7% of the youth being placed in the Texas Youth Commission. Terri has provided training for professionals who work with youth with sexual behavior problems for many years at local, state and national conferences.   Timothy Bauer Detective Timothy Bauer, has been a law enforcement officer since 1998.  He began his career with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department and then transferred to the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety. For the past 9 years, Tim has been a member of the Tracy Police Department.  He has worked in Custody, Patrol, and Narcotics units and now is assigned to the Investigation's Unit where he has been assigned as a violent crimes investigator since January 2008.  Tim also serves as a Hostage Negotiator on the department's Crisis Negotiations Team.   Keith Becker Keith Becker is a trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice, Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), where he is responsible for prosecuting defendants who have violated federal child exploitation laws, assisting United States Attorney Offices in investigations, trials, and appeals related to these offenses, and providing advice and training to federal prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, and Department of Justice officials.  Mr. Becker joined CEOS in 2010.  He was previously an Assistant United States Attorney at the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, where he prosecuted federal and local cases involving violent crime, narcotics, and child pornography.   Jon Berroya Jon Berroya is the Legal Director for Global Law Enforcement and Security at Yahoo! Inc. Mr. Berroya is responsible for issues related to information security, network abuse, and escalations involving Yahoo!’s response to legal process in both the criminal and civil contexts when those demands pertain to its subscribers and data associated with their accounts. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Berroya was an Internet, Communications, and Data Protection associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP (now SNR Denton US LLP) and also served as an Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office.   Brandon Birmingham  Brandon Birmingham has been a prosecutor with the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office for nine years.  He has served as lead counsel in numerous trials in all types of cases, ranging from misdemeanor domestic violence to capital murder, and all types of child abuse cases.  Brandon is currently a Chief Felony Prosecutor in the Felony Trial Bureau, a member of the Cold Case Unit, and he also serves as the Felony Training Coordinator.   Anthony Black Anthony Black is a Major Crimes Detective with the Fairfax County Police Department.  He has been a member of the Fairfax County Police Department since November 1989 and is currently assigned to the Department’s Sex Crimes Unit.  The Detectives in this unit routinely work with other local and federal law enforcement agencies investigating the crimes of rape, forcible sodomy, abductions, carnal knowledge of minors, sexual battery, and indecent liberties with children.   Gerardo Blanco Gerardo is a bilingual therapist and forensic evaluator for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center.  He has helped children and their families through life's most difficult challenges in a professional setting for more than seven years.  In his current position he incorporates play therapy techniques with children and a family system approach with their families and mature clients. His other role is serving as a forensic evaluator to assist the MDT in their investigative process.   Brian Bone Inspector Bone is currently assigned as the U.S. Postal Inspection Service liaison to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section in Washington, D.C. In that assignment, Inspector Bone conducts and coordinates large-scale national child exploitation investigations. In addition, Inspector Bone provides technical and investigative assistance to USPIS child exploitation specialists located throughout the country.   Michael Bourke Dr. Michael Bourke is the Chief Psychologist for the United States Marshals Service and serves as the head of the USMS Behavioral Analysis Unit.  He has been a federal law enforcement officer since 2000 and was deputized by the USMS in 2008. Prior to joining the Marshals Service he worked as a clinical psychologist and polygraph examiner for the federal prison system. Dr. Bourke is a regular consultant to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies on matters pertaining to sexual criminality, interviewing and interrogation techniques, and psychological safeguarding of law enforcement personnel. An active researcher, Dr. Bourke serves on the editorial boards for two professional journals. He is an adjunct faculty member at Nova Southeastern University, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.   Julie Brand  Julie Brand holds a Master’s degree in Counseling and enjoyed a distinguished 25-year career as a school counselor. Now she uses her unique perspective as both counselor and survivor, to speak and to write about maternal incest. She combines research data, professional insights and her personal experiences to enlighten participants about the reality of mother-daughter sexual abuse.  Since 2005, she has educated and empowered audiences across the United States with her dynamic programs on maternal incest and the opportunities for recovery from childhood trauma.  Her resiliency workshop offers proven strategies for helping victims of childhood maltreatment and interpersonal violence to become strong, healthy survivors. Julie’s upbeat presentations focus on the power of resiliency and healing in all of our lives. For more information, please visit Caper Consulting.   Shawn A. Bray Shawn A. Bray was appointed as the Deputy Director of INTERPOL Washington (US National Central Bureau) in February 2010. INTERPOL Washington is a component of the Department of Justice. As the Deputy Director, Mr. Bray represents the Department of Homeland Security as its senior ranking official at INTERPOL Washington.   Ty Brevard Ty Brevard is one of SRT Wireless’ 802.11 Exploitation trainers with 22 years of computer experience which includes network infrastructure design (both wired and wireless), network implementation and maintenance, advanced computer/network security design/engineering, as well as geolocation tracking and 802.11 (Wi-Fi) exploitation. Ty’s career began in the United States Air Force serving for ten years as an Intelligence Analyst where he maintained a TS/SCI clearance. After leaving the Air Force, he worked with the Department of Energy on their network infrastructure and SIPRNet - Secure Internet Protocol Routing Network. In 2005, he joined SR Technologies as a Network Engineer, where he has advanced his knowledge of Wi-Fi networks/exploitation and now conducts 802.11 operations as well as intermediate and advanced training classes. Mr. Brevard is an active member of AFCEA, and HTCIA (High Technology Criminal Investigation Association – South Florida Chapter). Ty's current focus is maintaining the network at the SRT Group of Companies as well as advancing his expertise in wireless technologies.    Anna Brewer Anna Brewer was selected as an FBI Honor's Intern in Washington D.C. in 1990.  After graduating with a B.A. in History from The Catholic University of America in 1991, Ms. Brewer entered on duty with the FBI in a support capacity.  Ms. Brewer held various positions until 1995 when she was promoted to a Special Agent.  SA Brewer graduated from the FBI Academy in February 1996 and was assigned to the Reno, Nevada Resident Agency.  For fourteen years in Reno, SA Brewer investigated numerous violations of federal law to include bank robbery, health care fraud, fugitives, and cyber crimes.  Also while in Reno, SA Brewer was the Crimes Against Children Coordinator and created two task forces, one addressing child prostitution (Innocence Lost) and one addressing child pornography (Innocent Images).    Don Brister Don Brister joined BlackBag Technologies in 2007 as a digital forensic analyst. With nearly 30 years of law enforcement experience, he offers a wealth of experience in various investigative roles involving computer digital evidence. His background includes serving as the lead investigator in numerous major, multi-agency investigations. Prior to joining BlackBag Technologies, he served as an instructor for the California Department of Justice, training law enforcement investigators in the areas of high technology and Internet investigations and digital evidence recovery.   Greg Brown Greg is the Chief Probation Officer for Boulder County. He has worked with high risk populations as a line officer, supervisor and administrator for over 23 years. Greg provides training across the country on best practices and evidence based practices in sex offender and high risk offender management.   Ben Butler As the Director of Network Abuse for GoDaddy.com, Ben Butler and his team have become experts and industry leaders in dealing with all forms of network abuse. This includes spam, phishing, hacking, copyright violation, child exploitation issues, and the network security problems that often accompany such abuses. Mr. Butler comes from a strong technical background including several years as a network and email administrator at a Fortune 500 company. He also has extensive experience in customer service and satisfaction, coupled with experience in both business management and marketing.   Ryan Calvert Ryan Calvert is a felony prosecutor assigned to the Family Violence Unit of the Denton County District Attorney's Office. Upon his graduation from the Texas Tech School of Law in 2002, Ryan immediately began work as a prosecutor with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office. In 2003, he accepted a position with the DA's Office in Denton County.  In his career, he has tried more than 200 cases to juries as a prosecutor, including approximately 60 involving domestic violence.  Ryan prosecutes any felony family violence offense including repeat abusers, assaults involving strangulation, deadly weapons, or serious bodily injury, murder, and capital murder.   Bill Carson Captain Bill Carson has thirty-one years experience as a police officer in the St. Louis metropolitan area. He is currently a commander with the Maryland Heights (MO) Police Department, serves as a Deputy Commander with the Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis, and is a member of the Missouri State Child Fatality Review Panel. He has a Masters Degree in Criminology & Criminal Justice from the University of Missouri.   Carolyn Carter Carolyn Carter is the Portable Network Tools Product Manager for Fluke Networks. She is responsible for wired and wireless network test tools typically employed by Network Technicians and Engineers, such as the AirCheck Wi-Fi Tester and LinkRunner PRO Network Multimeter. She brings over 18 years of industry experience to her position and has served in various marketing positions at both Fluke Networks and Fluke Corporation for products used in the electronic and telecommunications industries. She has lectured at customer events, sales meetings and has taught sections of Fluke Networks' Certified Network Sales Engineer training program. Carolyn holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.   Rachel Clark Rachel Clark is an Assistant District Attorney in Dallas County, Texas.  Ms. Clark received her law degree from Texas Tech University in 2004 after graduating cum laude from the University of North Texas.  Immediately after graduation, Ms. Clark joined the Dallas County District Attorney's Office, having spent time in the Denton and Lubbock Counties District Attorney's Offices.  For the last five years, she has been prosecuting Child Abuse cases exclusively.   James Clinchard Deputy District Attorney James Clinchard has been an attorney for over ten years.  He came to the El Dorado County District Attorney's Office four years ago, having spent most of his career as a prosecutor for the Contra County DA's Office. James has prosecuted hundreds of cases ranging in seriousness from misdemeanor violations to prosecution of violent and sophisticated career criminals.  He was co-counsel with DA Vern Pierson on the Phillip and Nancy Garrido case which resulted in their guilty plea for the abduction and imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard.   Christine Cohen Christine Cohen is a licensed specialist in school psychology for the Terrell, Texas Independent School District. In 2007, she created the Stand By Me bullying intervention program on a middle school campus (grades 5-7) and the student-led program (carefully supervised by a faculty sponsor) has achieved remarkable results every year.    Don Colcolough Don Colcolough is the Director of Investigations & Cyber Security at AOL, LLC.  He is also the Founder of Tactical Technology, LLC. He has spent his entire tenure of eighteen years within the Internet Service Provider (ISP) industry and focused entirely on network security, investigations, technical countermeasures, digital evidence, and the forensics arena.  Mr. Colcolough managed AOL’s Network Security and Investigations Department (NSI) for eight years prior to joining the AOL Corporate Legal Department in 2002. He has testified as a subject matter expert in over 300 US Federal, State, US military and international trials involving criminal abuse on, or related to the Internet networks.  Over half of these trials involve computer-facilitated crimes against children.   James Cole James "Jim" Cole is a Senior Special Agent and Digital Forensic Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  He has been assigned to a child sexual exploitation unit for the past seven years and prior to that was a detective working violent crimes including child sexual abuse and homicide. SSA Cole helped form the Inter-agency Child Exploitation Prevention Team (INTERCEPT), an Oregon tri-county task force devoted to the pro-active investigation of non-traditional child sexual exploitation and conducting computer forensics for federal prosecutions arising from the team.  Jim has been involved in numerous child sexual exploitation investigations and the rescue of child victims over his past 17 years of law enforcement.   Michelle Collins Michelle Collins is the Vice President of the Exploited Children Division (ECD) and Assistant to the President at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in Alexandria, Virginia.  She directly oversees the CyberTipline, the congressionally authorized recipient of reports on child sexual exploitation for the public and U.S. based Electronic Service Providers.  Ms. Collins spearheaded the creation of the Child Victim Identification Program (CVIP), which was designed to locate and identify unknown child victims featured in sexually abusive images as well as assist with child pornography prosecutions across the country.  Each week, CVIP examines and analyzes approximately 250,000 child pornography images and videos.  Ms. Collins received a B.A. in Psychology from George Mason University and an M.A. in Criminology from the University of Maryland at College Park.   Michael J. Conrad Special Agent Michael J. Conrad is a 23-year veteran of the FBI. He is assigned to the Phoenix FBI’s Violent Crime and Major Offender (VCMO) Program, and is the Phoenix FBI’s VCMO Crimes Against Children Coordinator, Innocence Lost/Child Prostitution Task Force Coordinator, and Kidnapping Coordinator. He is a member of the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) Team, a national, quick-reaction, fly-away team for missing and abducted child cases. SA Conrad is also the Primary National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC) Coordinator for the Phoenix FBI, and assists local agencies in requesting Behavioral Analysis Services from the FBI’s NCAVC Unit in Quantico, Virginia.   Vince Costagliola Vincent Costagliola’s technical background includes 15 years experience in software development platforms such as C, Visual Basic, Visual Studio/Visual Studio.Net, as well as an extensive knowledge of systems integration and business analytics. Vincent is an active member of young AFCEANS, AFCEA, HTCIA (High Technology Criminal Investigation Association – Mid Atlantic Chapter), InfraGard, as well as an appointed member to the national AFCEA Technology Committee. As VP of Law Enforcement Technology for SRT Wireless, Vincent’s current focus is on emerging wireless technologies and the study of cross platform utilization of Satellite, Cellular and 802.11x wireless networks.   Matthew Cox Dr. Matthew Cox is a board certified child abuse pediatrician working at UT Southwestern Medical School and Children’s Medical Center Dallas.  He participates in the Texas Forensic Assessment Center Network and the medical evaluation of abused and neglected children. He serves as the medical director of the REACH Program at CMC-Dallas, which evaluates more than 1800 children each year due to concerns of abuse or neglect.   Tim Cromie Detective Tim Cromie started his law enforcement career in 1985 and has been with the Dickinson Police Department located in Galveston County, Texas, since 1999. During his career, Tim has been assigned as a Patrol Sergeant, as well as assigned to the Crime Prevention, School Liaison and Juvenile divisions.  He currently holds a Master Peace Officer License and a Police Officer Instructor License from the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officers Standards and Education. For the past eight years, Tim has been assigned as the Special Crimes Investigator focusing on child abuse, sex crimes, missing persons and sex offender registrations.  Detective Cromie is also active as a Police Instructor, presenting training classes and seminars on the topics of sexual assault and child abuse investigations.   Nicole Cruz Dr. Cruz is a Clinical Psychologist with the Undercover Safeguard Unit (USU) within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. She manages the Innocent Images Safeguard Shield Program (IISS) within USU, which provides safeguarding, psychological resiliency training resources, current research on secondary trauma, advocacy and support to over 550 Federal, ICAC and other taskforce officers who are exposed to child exploitation materials nation-wide. Dr. Cruz was a Clinical Psychologist within the Bureau of Prisons/Corrections for approximately 10 years before joining the FBI. During this time, she evaluated and provided treatment/management to a large number of Internet sex offenders. Before working in the Bureau of Prisons, Dr. Cruz was a therapist/mental health specialist for approximately 10 years in private psychiatric facilities, whereby she provided emergency services and psychological interventions/treatment and support - many of her patients were (children and adolescent) survivors/former victims of sexual abuse/incest.    Stephen Daley Stephen M. Daley, M.Ed, is currently the Executive Director (CEO) of the radKIDS Personal Empowerment Safety Education and Life Skills Organization (www.radKIDS.org), a 501c3.  Steve is a national leader in violence prevention and resiliency development in children's lives.  A 20-year law enforcement veteran, who returned to education over a decade ago, as he has been quoted, "Because he was tired of showing up after the crime and victimization." Steve is a highly regarded national speaker who has also appeared on America's Most Wanted, Good Morning America, The CBS Early Show, The Today Show, and many other national cable and network media shows.   Rick Daniel Rick Daniel is an Assistant District Attorney with the Denton County District Attorney’s Office.  He graduated from the University of Texas in 1990 and Baylor Law School in 1993. He has been with the Denton County District Attorney’s office for the past sixteen years.  In 2002, he became board certified in Criminal Law.  For the past four years, he has served as the Chief Prosecutor of the Denton County District Attorney’s Office Child Abuse Division.   Amy Derrick Amy Derrick is a graduate of Southern Methodist University School of Law and has been with the Dallas County District Attorney's office for over six years. Of the five plus years she has been prosecuting felonies, over three years have been spent prosecuting child abuse cases exclusively. The majority of her cases consist of sexual assaults of children under the age of 14. In addition, for the past 2 years, Amy has presented at conferences hosted by the Texas District and County Attorneys Association.   Michael Dickens Michael has been a prosecutor at the Denton County Criminal District Attorney’s Office for 9 years.  He is currently assigned to the Child Abuse Unit where he has worked since 2008.  Michael is responsible for the prosecution of offenses involving sexual abuse, serious bodily injury, and death of children.  He is also responsible for advising law enforcement officers regarding child abuse cases, reviewing cases upon intake to the District Attorney’s Office, presenting cases to the Denton County Grand Jury, and prosecuting child abuse cases in Court including jury trials.  He  regularly works with and consults with members of the multidisciplinary team at the Denton County Children’s Advocacy Center.   Scott Donovan Scott R. Donovan is currently a Division Chief at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, which is a Law Enforcement Training Academy responsible for all aspects of uniform and investigative training for 88 federal law enforcement agencies. He has taught interview and interrogation and supervised the Behavioral Science Division; the Investigative Operations Division and the Law Enforcement Leadership Institute where he is currently assigned.  Mr. Donovan began his law enforcement career as a uniformed officer with the Dallas, Texas Police Department. He then spent 22 years as a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service. Scott was a certified polygraph examiner with the Secret Service and conducted numerous interrogations regarding a wide array of criminal and intelligence matters.  Upon retirement, he was an interrogator for the United States Government, working overseas on counter-terrorist and intelligence cases.   Nick Drehel As a Senior Instructor and Manager of Curriculum for AccessData, Nick manages the development of curriculum materials used in class presentations and developments innovative training solutions for law enforcement as well as worldwide corporate entities in the use of AccessData Forensic Software. He instructs students domestically and internationally in AccessData's computer forensics courses. Nick has over 32 years of law enforcement experience prior to joining AccessData. Nick served as a police officer and investigator with the Houston Police Department. Nick’s experiences with the police department include; Field Training Officer, Crime Prevention Specialist, Vice and Narcotics Investigations, Property Crimes Investigations and Homicide Investigations. Nick assisted in the establishment of the Computer Crime/Forensic Unit in 1996 and developed the department’s policies and procedures for investigating computer crimes and conducting computer forensic examinations. Nick also served with the United States Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force in Houston. Nick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership with Mountain State University and was the founder and principal owner of Digital Forensics of Texas, Inc. Nick is an Adjunct Professor with the University of Houston where he teaches Introduction to Computer Forensics and Advanced Computer Forensics. Nick has served on the Advisory Committee for Lee College in Baytown, Texas for their Computer Forensics program. Nick has prepared and presented classes, lectures, and seminars on topics of computer crime investigations and computer forensics to the University of Houston, The Houston Area Women in Policing Conference, and the Texas Gulf Coast Crime Prevention Association. Nick holds a large number of forensic and computer certifications; AccessData Certified Examiner, AccessData Certified Instructor, Certified ProDiscover Examiner, Paraben Certified Cell Phone Examiner, Microsoft Certified System Engineer, Comptia A+, Comptia Network+, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education Certified Instructor. Nick is a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA) and the International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS).   Michael Duffey Mike Duffey has been a Special Agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement since 2002. He is currently assigned to the Computer Crimes Center. Mike is responsible for statewide computer crime investigations including Internet crimes against children. He also provides awareness and prevention presentations to various schools and civic organizations. Prior to his current assignment, he has worked as a member of the Tallahassee Police Department and Florida Department of Insurance. As a police investigator he investigated narcotics, burglary, street crimes and insurance fraud cases. Mike has worked with multiple federal, state, and local agency task forces in conducting Internet crimes against children investigations. He has a Bachelors of Science Degree from Florida State University School of Criminology. Mike has completed his Microsoft Certified System Administrator (MCSA) course work. His current cases include network intrusion cases, Phishing scams and denial of service attacks.   Kathy Dumond Kathy is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over five years of experience working with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma.  She is also a Registered Play Therapist and National Certified Counselor.  Kathy has a Bachelor’s degree in Child Development and a Master’s degree in Counseling Education from the University of North Texas.   Matthew Dunn Matthew Dunn has been in federal law enforcement for approximately 13 years, with the last 8 years with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He is currently assigned as the Section Chief for the ICE Child Exploitation Section and has held this position for the past 2-1/2 years. Section Chief Dunn has been in the ICE Child Exploitation Section for the past 6-1/2 years. Section Chief Dunn is responsible for the overall management and development of the ICE Child Exploitation Program. Section Chief Dunn has been responsible for numerous large-scale international child exploitation operations resulting in thousands of leads and arrests. Section Chief Dunn has also presented on various child exploitation topics throughout the U.S. and world.    Robert Erdely Corporal Robert Erdely has been a member of the Pennsylvania State Police since 1991.  He currently is the supervisor of the Computer Crime Unit.  He was a member of the development team for Roundup Emule and Roundup Gnutella.   Julie Espey Julie is a licensed Master Social Worker and a Professional Art Therapist.  She has over ten years experience working extensively with children, adolescents and adults in a variety of mental health settings.  Julie joined the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center in April 2007 as a Bilingual Art Therapist and she uses Art Therapy techniques to help clients improve their functioning and process their trauma.   Robert Farley Robert is a thirty-year veteran of the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department in Chicago, Illinois. As a highly decorated Detective, Child Exploitation Unit Supervisor and Deputy United States Marshal he has had over twenty-eight years experience investigating and supervising all aspects of child abuse crimes from sexual abuse to child homicide. As an internationally recognized expert, consultant, author and instructor in child abuse investigation techniques, Robert has conducted training seminars for tens of thousands of professionals in all 50 states. He has also conducted child abuse seminars in 23 different countries around the world on behalf of INTERPOL.   Byron Fassett Sergeant  Fassett has been with the Dallas Police Department for 30 years.  For the past 20 years, he has specialized in conducting investigations involving the sexual abuse and exploitation of children.  The Child Exploitation Squad, which Sergeant Fassett is responsible for supervising, handles approximately 1,100 cases a year and consists of 15 detectives.  It is divided into three teams; the Investigations Team, the High Risk Victims and Trafficking Team, (HRVT) and the Internet Crimes Against Children Team (ICAC).  Sergeant Fassett started the High Risk Victims and Trafficking Team (HRVT) within the Dallas Police Department.  The HRVT Team specializes in investigations involving the sexual abuse and exploitation of high-risk/multiple runaways, child victims of prostitution/trafficking, and repeat victims of sexual abuse. Sergeant Fassett has presented both nationally and internationally on the issue of Domestic Trafficking of Children for law enforcement, prosecutors, and NGO’s in the United States, Canada, Thailand, and numerous other countries in Southeast Asia.   John Feeney John Feeney assumed the duties of Assistant Chief for the Criminal Intelligence Branch of the Investigative Operations Division (IOD), United States Marshals Service in April 2009. He is assigned as the supervisory intelligence research specialist for the National Sex Offender Targeting Center overseeing tactical and strategic intelligence functions pertaining to sex offender investigations. He began working for the United States Marshals Service in May 2003, supporting operational components of the Division, including domestic investigations, international investigations, analytical support, and technical operations. During that time, he received two Director’s Distinguished Group Awards given to the command staff for Operation FALCON and Operation FALCON II & III. Prior to working for the Marshals Service, John worked as a regional manager for an information technology company. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maine and received a Masters of Science degree from George Mason University.   Cristina Fernández Cristina Fernández is the CyberTipline Program Manager in the Exploited Children Division at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). In this capacity, she is responsible for the operation and management of the CyberTipline. Ms. Fernández has handled over 35,000 CyberTipline reports, resulting in numerous arrests of child sexual offenders. She has participated in various law enforcement investigative training programs on high technology crimes, online child exploitation, and investigative, and analytical skill development. She has provided extensive technical assistance to law enforcement in the United States, as well as abroad, on cases of child sexual exploitation, especially Internet crimes against children.  Ms. Fernández has been with NCMEC for over seven years. Prior to joining NCMEC, Ms. Fernández served as a legal assistant with the D.C. Public Defender Service.  Before that, she worked for several years as a paralegal in a law firm specializing in mental health law. Ms. Fernández holds a Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology from Marymount University.   Carl Ferrer Carl Ferrer is leading the efforts to improve user safety and security of the classified web site Backpage.com. He has added technical solutions, hired a staff to review postings, set up a reporting process and developed relationships with law enforcement and relevant safety organizations.   Josh Findley Josh Findley has been a Special Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for the past seven years.  While with ICE he has specialized in the investigation of child sexual exploitation crimes. SA Findley has a wide array of law enforcement experience to include serving as a SA for the Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and the Department of Treasury Office of Inspector General.   John Focht John Focht began his law enforcement career in 1997 as a Uniform Patrol Officer for the Council Bluffs Police Department, Council Bluffs, Iowa. In 2004, John was promoted to detective and assigned to the Council Bluffs Police Department's Vice/Narcotics Unit.  In 2007, John was assigned to the DEA Task Force in Omaha, NE where he continues to work narcotics cases predominately out of the Southern District of Iowa.   Kevin Forder Kevin Forder, Associate General Counsel, USMS, is the primary legal advisor to the USMS mission to apprehend fugitive unregistered sex offenders. In that role, he trains Deputy United States Marshal Sex Offense Investigations Coordinators, provides operational advice in specific cases, creates training materials, and participates in the creation of USMS policy and operational guidelines. He also provides counsel and training to the USMS/Judicial Security Division’s protective and threat investigation/intelligence missions. Forder is also a USMS ethics counsel and teaches basic and advanced ethics law to USMS personnel at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. He is a former Attorney Advisor at the USDOJ Office of Intelligence and Policy Review, where he practiced before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court and served as an Associate Investigative Counsel to the Webster Commission investigation of the Robert Hanssen espionage matter. Forder has served as a federal prosecutor in the USDOJ Criminal Division and USDOJ Civil Rights Division (Criminal Section), and as an Assistant United States Attorney in Washington, D.C.  He is a former adjunct professor at George Washington University School of Law. Corey Foreman Detective Foreman has served as a member of the Dallas Police Department since 1993, after graduating with a B.A. in Inter-Disciplinary Studies from the University of Texas at Dallas. In 2006, Corey was promoted to Detective and was selected to serve in the Child Abuse Unit where his many responsibilities include the investigation of child sexual and physical abuse cases as well as all child deaths and homicides.   James Fottrell Jim Fottrell is the Director for the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice. In this role, Mr. Fottrell oversees the staff of Computer Forensics Specialist within the section’s High Technology Investigative Unit (HTIU). Among his duties, Mr. Fottrell conducts forensic examinations of seized computer systems and media, provides investigative and analytical support to prosecutors and law enforcement agents to identify online child pornography and obscenity offenses, develops strategies for gathering electronic evidence. Mr. Fottrell has received numerous awards for his work in combating online facilitated child exploitation crimes including the Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Information Technology in 2005, the Assistant Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Advocacy in Protecting Citizens from Online Crime in both 2006 and 2008, and in 2009 the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service.  Derek Fozard Corporal Derek Fozard has served in law enforcement for the past 20 years, all with the Pennsylvania State Police. During his tenure with the State Police, Corporal Fozard has worked in the patrol unit, criminal unit and currently is assigned to the Computer Crimes Division. Corporal Fozard is currently a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC). Corporal Fozard holds computer related certifications such as SCERS, CFCE, EnCE ACE, A+, Net+ C|HFI. Corporal Fozard also volunteers as a coach for IACIS the International Association of Computer Investigator Specialists to assist other computer forensic examiners attain their CFCE certification.    Daniel A. Garrabrant Special Agent Garrabrant joined the FBI in 1997 and has been assigned to the Newark Division since 1998.  He is currently assigned as the Atlantic City Resident Agent.  In this position his duties include serving as the Crimes Against Children Coordinator, and being a member of both the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment and Evidence Response Teams.  Prior to joining the FBI, Daniel served for 8-years as a police officer with the New Castle Count Police Department in Delaware.  He graduated from the University of Delaware with Bachelor Degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice in 1998.   Mike Geraghty Mike is the Executive Director of the Technology Services Division for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.  In this capacity he is responsible for overseeing the Center’s enterprise information technology systems and services.   Mike has previous corporate and law enforcement experience, which includes a position as the vice president of High Technology Investigations at Prudential Financial.  At Prudential, he was responsible for carrying out and supervising all computer related investigations for Prudential.  He is a former New Jersey State Trooper and is responsible for the formation and development of the NJSP’s High Technology Crimes Investigations Unit, which has garnered international accolades for its expertise in computer crime investigations. He has provided expert testimony before Congress, and throughout federal, state and international courts in the areas of computer crime investigations and computer forensics.   Max Glauben During World War II, Max Glauben endured the Warsaw ghetto and survived five different death camps between 1941 and 1945. His story is one of courage and determination to never give up.   Bradley R. Graham Bradley Graham has been in law enforcement since 1987 and a member of the Special Assaults Unit since 1996. He specializes in child physical and sexual abuse investigations.  He teaches the Child Abuse Investigation and the Sexual Assault Investigation courses at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission - Basic Law Enforcement Academy.   Gwen Gray Gwen Gray, LMSW, currently serves the Texas Department of Family and Protective as the Division Administrator for Investigations for Child Protective Services. Her career has spanned numerous phases of the investigation of child abuse and neglect. In over 26 years with the agency she has served as a caseworker, supervisor, Program Director, Training Academy manager and State Office Investigations Program Specialist. In her current role as Division Administrator, she is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of policy on a statewide basis for CPS Investigations.   Melissa Gregory Melissa Gregory is currently the Case Analysis Unit (CAU) Supervisor located within the Case Analysis Division at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). The CAU is responsible for reviewing and disseminating all leads reported to NCMEC’s 24 hour call center involving missing or abducted children. In addition, analysts assigned to CAU provide research and analytical support to NCMEC case managers and law enforcement investigators in their efforts to recover missing children and track attempted abductions. Ms. Gregory started at NCMEC as a Staff Assistant and progressed on to become a Senior Analyst in the CAU where she specialized in supporting the Forensic Services Unit by working deceased child cases, cold cases, and long term missing child cases. Ms. Gregory is currently the Supervisor of CAU supervising eight staff members including one Senior Analyst, six Staff Analysts, and one Staff Assistant. Ms. Gregory has been with NCMEC since November 2006. Prior to joining NCMEC, Ms. Gregory worked with a corporate law firm in Denver, CO and interned with the Denver Police Department’s Crime Analysis Unit, Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and Coroner’s Office. Ms. Gregory graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology. She later went on to complete her Master’s Degree in Criminal Investigative Psychology.   Steven Grocki Steven Grocki is currently the Assistant Deputy Chief for Litigation at the Department of Justice’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS) in Washington, DC. CEOS leads the Department of Justice in its endeavor to continuously improve the enforcement of federal child exploitation laws and prevent the exploitation of children and families. In his capacity as Assistant Deputy Chief for Litigation, Mr. Grocki supervises CEOS’ 15 trial attorneys. CEOS’ team of attorneys actively prosecute all federal crimes relating to the exploitation of children, lead large national and international child exploitation investigations, provide advice and training to federal prosecutors, law enforcement personnel, and Department of Justice officials, develop prosecution policies, legislation, government practices and agency regulations, and participate in national and international meetings on training and policy development. Mr. Grocki has worked for CEOS since July 2004 and since that time he has prosecuted child exploitation cases involving child pornography, online child enticement and traveler cases, child prostitution, and international sex tourism. Mr. Grocki began his legal career as a military prosecutor (Judge Advocate General (JAG)in the United States Air Force in 1997. Despite leaving active duty in June 2004, Mr. Grocki continues to serve as a reserve officer.   Janelle Guest Janelle Guest is a Foreign Service Officer who has been with the Office of Children’s Issues since August 2010 and handles Hague outgoing abduction cases from the United States to Eastern Europe and West Africa including Russia and Ghana.  Janelle has served as a Consular and Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico from 2006-2008 and served as a Consular Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Accra, Ghana from 2008-2010. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Janelle received the Thomas R. Pickering Graduate Foreign Affairs Fellowship through the U.S. Department of State.   George Guzman Mr. George Guzman was selected as the Assistant Director for Human Trafficking and Child Protection (HTCP) at INTERPOL Washington in August 2010. As the Assistant Director, Mr. Guzman represents the Department of Homeland Security as a supervisory special agent from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at INTERPOL Washington. He is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations and administration of the HTCP division that works with domestic and foreign law enforcement authorities, as well as non-government organizations, to locate missing and abducted children, combat child sex tourism, track the international movements of registered and non-compliant sex offenders, and to end the production and distribution of child sexual abuse images worldwide. Additionally the HTCP Division facilitates and coordinates the flow of information between investigative entities of the member countries involved in human trafficking investigations.     Chester Gwin Dr. Chester (Che) Gwin is a medical examiner for the Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office.  He is responsible for performing autopsies for Dallas County as well as many other counties in Central, East, and North Texas. Dr. Gwin has experience testifying as an expert witness in a wide variety of cases.  He is also an Assistant Professor of Pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.    Michael Harmony Lieutenant Michael J. Harmony is a sworn law enforcement officer in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and is employed by the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office.  He holds the rank of Lieutenant with over 21 years of combined law enforcement experience and is assigned to the Special Investigations Division of the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office. He has served in the areas of field operations, corrections, civil process, courtroom security, accident reconstruction, underwater rescue, forensics, vice, internal affairs and special investigations. Lieutenant Harmony currently supervises the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes against Children Task Force, Operation Blue Ridge Thunder.    Joshua Healy Joshua Healy has been with the Dallas County District Attorney’s office for 10 years.  He is currently assigned as the chief prosecutor in the 282nd District Court.  During his time as an assistant district attorney, Mr. Healy has prosecuted 30 murder cases. He has also been part of five death penalty trials, which all resulted in a death sentence, two of which included child victims.  In total, he has handled almost 100 jury trials since becoming a felony prosecutor.  Mr. Healy completed his undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, with a BA in History, and received his law degree cum laude from Southern Methodist University.   Janet Heimlich Janet Heimlich is a former freelance reporter for National Public Radio whose work won nine journalism awards, including the Texas Bar Association’s Gavel Award, the regional Katie, given by the Press Club of Dallas, and the Houston Press Club’s Radio Journalist of the Year. She has also written non-fiction articles for such publications as Texas Monthly, the Austin American-Statesman, and the Texas Observer. Ms. Heimlich's new book, Breaking Their Will: Shedding Light on Religious Child Maltreatment (Prometheus Books, 2011) is the first to take an in-depth look at child abuse and neglect caused by religious belief.   Mat Henley Mat manages Facebook’s eCrimes Investigation and Intelligence team. The team works with groups across the company, industry partners and law enforcement, focusing on gaining attribution on criminals who abuse Facebook’s platform and users.   Emilio Henry Detective Emilio Henry has been a member of the Dallas Police Department since 1996.  In 2005, Emilio was promoted to Detective and is a member of the Child Abuse Unit, where he investigates cases involving sexual abuse and physical abuse of children including child deaths and homicides by the hands of a family member or caretaker. Emilio possesses a B.A. in Sociology from Texas Southern University, and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.   Todd Hiles Todd Hiles is a Special Agent with the United States Secret Service.  He has been with the Secret Service for 15 years and is currently a member of an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force in the Eastern District of Texas.   Mark A. Hilts Mark A. Hilts is currently assigned as a Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit 3 (BAU-3), which is a component of the National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime (NCAVC), and is responsible for providing assistance to law enforcement agencies involved in the investigation of crimes against children.  SSA Hilts has been assigned to the NCAVC since 1995, and has consulted with hundreds of investigators and prosecutors on serial murders, child abductions, sexual assaults and other violent crimes.   SSA Hilts has over 30 years of law enforcement experience, including over 23 years as an FBI special agent, and over six years as a police officer with the Plano, Texas, Police Department.    Robert Hoever Robert Hoever is currently employed by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as the Associate Director of Special Projects and Forensic Services Unit within the Missing Children Division.  He manages the day-to-day operations of the Forensic Services Unit.  He also manages NCMEC’s role in the AMBER Alert Program, and serves as a liaison to law enforcement and other AMBER partners; and liaison to Tribal Law Enforcement, as well as any other special projects assigned by the Executive Director. He retired after 26 years with the NJ State Police as the Assistant Bureau Chief of the Child Protection and Cyber-Crimes Bureau.   Krista Hoffman Krista Hoffman is the Criminal Justice Specialist for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR). PCAR oversees a statewide network of 52 rape crisis centers as well as monitoring relevant legislation and public policy issues, providing resources and educational trainings, and creating public awareness campaigns.  Krista is responsible for implementing and participating in formal trainings to judges, prosecutors, law enforcement, and advocates on the effective response to victims of sexual violence; investigative procedures; protocols and policies; prosecution; victim protection; and sexual violence laws.  She is currently working on various projects that focus on child sexual exploitation, human-trafficking, prostitution, and sexual abuse and technology.  Krista trains and coordinates teams to work more effectively in responding to victims of sexual violence in the criminal justice system.   Jim Hogg Detective Hogg is a Texas Peace Officer with the Grand Prairie Police Department in his 14th year. His current duty assignment is at the North Texas RCFL, where he has been for three years. Prior assignments have included the investigation of financial crimes, fraud investigations, and property crimes.  Jim has also served as a patrol officer, FTO, crisis negotiator and team leader. Detective Hogg holds a Master Peace Officer certification and computer certifications from the FBI, CompTIA, and Access Data. He is an FBI Certified Computer Forensic Examiner.     James Holdman James Holdman, Jr. has been employed in law enforcement for 23 years, with the past eight years with ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the initial 15 years with the Washington County Sheriff's Department and the state of Missouri. He is currently assigned to the ICE Resident Agent in Charge office in Springfield, MO.  SA Holdman has investigated various types of criminal activity including but not limited to child pornography, child sex tourism, child abuse investigations, illegal import/export of munitions and military technology, and drug and human smuggling.  He has also instructed classes on Child Sex Tourism (CST) undercover operations, interviewing and evidence handling to ICE agents and the Cambodian National Police.   Mike Holley Investigator Mike Holley is assigned to the Crimes Against Persons Unit with the Mesquite Police Department.  His primary duties include the investigation of sexual assault, physical abuse, and Internet crimes committed against children.  Investigator Holley routinely serves as an instructor, training police officers on the subject of child abuse investigation and addressing civilian audiences regarding the online exploitation of children.    Kristen Howell Kristen Howell has worked at Genesis Women’s Shelter for ten years as a women’s therapist, as Clinical Director and now as Director of Development.  She has counseled and trained thousands of people locally and throughout the nation about domestic violence and the devastating impact violence has on individuals, families and communities. Kristen received her Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Baylor University and her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.   Cory Jewell Jensen Cory Jewell Jensen, M.S. is the Co-Director of the Center for Behavioral Intervention in Beaverton, Oregon.  Jensen has worked with adult sex offenders 27 years, provided training and/or consultation to The National Center for the Prosecution of Child Abuse, The United States Navy, The Mark McGwire Foundation for Children, and a number of local and national law enforcement and child advocacy organizations.   Mike Johnson A 28-year veteran of the Plano, Texas Police Department, Detective Mike Johnson investigated child abuse for nearly 20 years before retiring in August 2010 to accept the newly formed position of Director of Youth Protection for the Boy Scouts of America.  He now works closely with BSA executives and outside experts in law enforcement, psychiatry and other disciplines to help ensure the safety of all scouting members.  An ambassador for child advocacy and a founding member of the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center, in 1996 Johnson was named the Center’s “Child Advocate of the Year”.  Mike was appointed to the National Board of Directors for the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) in 1998 and again in 2010, and was President of the APSAC Texas State Chapter. Having served on the Texas State Attorney General’s Sexual Offender Protocol Task Force and Senator Florence Shapiro’s Blue Ribbon committee to formulate the now instated “Ashley Laws”, Mike has been instrumental in helping shape Texas laws relating to child abuse.   Rita Johnson Rita has 10 years experience working with child abuse investigations as a Forensic Interviewer and as an Executive Director of a child advocacy center. She has conducted over 1,000 child interviews, testified in many court cases and has trained for the ChildFirst program in Indiana since 2002. Additionally, she has instructed at the national level on many child abuse topics. She currently serves as the Forensic Interview Specialist of NCPTC at the Southern Regional Center. Rita manages the ChildFirst Arkansas program and the development of advanced training courses and programs for forensic interviewers.    Richard Kelly Senior Inspector Kelly has been with the U.S. Marshals Service for the past twelve years. He serves as a Senior Inspector at the National Sex Offender Targeting Center, located in Arlington, Virginia as a member of the Operations Unit.  Prior to this assignment, he served as a Deputy U.S. Marshal stationed in Washington, DC for ten years, the last six of which were spent on the District’s warrant squad and as a member of the Capitol Area Regional Fugitive Task Force. Before joining the Marshals Service, he was an Investigator with the Youth Violence Strike Force of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, Massachusetts. Sueann G. Kenney-Noziska Sueann Kenney-Noziska, MSW, LISW, LCSW, RPT-S, is a Licensed Independent Social Worker and Registered Play Therapist Supervisor specializing in using play therapy in clinical practice with abused and traumatized children, adolescents, and families. She is an accomplished author, instructor of play therapy, guest lecturer, and internationally recognized speaker who has trained thousands of professionals.  Sueann is founder and President of Play Therapy Corner, Inc., and actively serves in leadership roles in the play therapy community. She is author of “Techniques-Techniques-Techniques: Play-Based Activities for Children, Adolescents, & Families,” a manual which highlights the original play-based techniques and interventions she has created to advance the field of play therapy. For more about Sueann, please visit:  Play Therapy Corner. Julie Kenniston Julie Kenniston is the Director of Training and Education at Butler County Children Services in Hamilton, Ohio, and the Executive Director of The Center for Family Solutions, Butler County’s developing child advocacy center.  She is also an independent contractor and trainer presenting nationally and internationally on interviewing, investigation, and the prosecution of child abuse cases. Ms. Kenniston organized and coordinated the Forensic Training Institute for The Childhood Trust in Cincinnati, Ohio starting in August 1997 and has trained in the program since its inception. She is also a faculty member for Finding Words Ohio.  Ms. Kenniston is a board member for the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC), co-chairing the forensic interviewer certification task force.   Rod Khattabi Rod Khattabi has been a Special Agent since 1995.  He started his career as a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and then transferred in 1997 to the United States Customs Service. Currently, Rod is a SA with the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).  As a SA, Rod investigates custom and immigration violations including and not limited to smuggling of narcotics, weapons, and all types of illegal merchandise, money laundering, counter proliferation, and the sexual exploitation and abuse of children.    Brian Killacky Brian Killacky supervises investigations for the Cook County State’s Attorney Office (CCSAO) in Chicago.  His responsibilities include the homicide unit, the DNA unit, the Post Conviction/Wrongful Conviction unit and Felony review.  Brian has worked for the CCSAO for 10 years and 27 years for the Chicago Police Department.   Stephanie Knapp  Stephanie Knapp is a Child/Adolescent Forensic Interviewer with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, Office for Victim Assistance, assigned to Denver Division with the Loveland Resident Agency. She provides forensic interview training, case consultation and technical assistance to Federal, State and Local law enforcement agencies, including the FBI, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Tribal Police, Department of Homeland Security, United States Attorneys’ offices, Child Protective Services, Armed Forces Services and the US State Department. Prior to her assignment with the FBI, Mrs. Knapp was Co-Director of the Kempe Child Protection Team at The Children's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. The Children's Hospital is a Level-One Pediatric Trauma facility where she also provided Clinical Social Work services for the Emergency Department and Trauma Services. Mrs. Knapp provided clinical expertise for the multi-disciplinary team, which evaluated over 1,000 cases of, suspected child abuse and neglect a year. She also was a member of the S.T.A.R.T team at the Kempe center that reviewed and provided case consultation services to disciplines requesting expertise in the area of Child Abuse and Neglect on some of their most difficult and complicated cases.    Christopher Kolcharno Detective Chris Kolcharno has been a sworn police officer since 1988 with the Blakely Police Department and is currently a detective with the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office, supervising the Special Victims Unit. He has been exclusively investigating crimes against children since June of 2001. Detective Kolcharno received a Bachelors of Science in Administration of Justice from the Pennsylvania State University in 1991.  He is a certified trainer for the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officer’s Education and Training Commission.  Detective Kolcharno is a member of the Pennsylvania State Police Area II Computer Crime Task Force, the Pennsylvania ICAC Task Force, and the FBI Scranton Resident Agency –Scranton Multi-Agency Cyber Task Force. Detective Kolcharno had the first asset forfeiture seizure in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from a child abuse case, a radio station from a preferential child molester, which was valued at $900,000. This seizure was the reason for the asset forfeiture provision, which was written into Pennsylvania’s version of Jessica’s law.   James Krainock Mr. Krainock directs the U.S. operations for ZiuZ, a visual intelligence company focused on development of software solutions for child exploitation investigations. Located in Colorado Springs, CO, he enjoys fly fishing, snow skiing, coaching baseball, and Muay Thai.    Ron Laney Ron Laney, former Associate Administrator for CPD, has been appointed as Senior Advisor to the Administrator. His new responsibilities will include enhancing OJJDP visibility and participation within the law enforcement arena, continuing to work with agencies and organizations in the field of missing and exploited children, representing the OJJDP Administrator and OJJDP at national conferences, overseeing activities relating to National Missing Children's Day, and working on OJJDP National Conference planning and other national initiatives. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1964 to 1970 before being wounded during his second tour in Vietnam. Mr. Laney has received numerous awards from local and state law enforcement organizations for his work in juvenile law enforcement.  He has a Masters degree in Criminal Justice from the University of South Florida and a Bachelors degree in Criminology from the University of Tampa, Florida.   Cathleen Lang Cathleen Lang is currently a fellow at UT Southwestern and works with the REACH (child maltreatment) team at Children's Medical Center Dallas.  The REACH team is responsible for evaluating and treating children with suspected maltreatment.  The REACH team assesses children for neglect, sexual abuse and physical abuse.   Jan Langbein Jan Langbein currently serves as Executive Director of Genesis Women’s Shelter in Dallas. She is responsible for overseeing the agency’s internal and external operations as well as funding and community education. She has conducted training, keynote and workshop programs for numerous local and national colleges, social and civic organizations, and corporations. For over 20 years, Ms. Langbein has been an activist in efforts to end violence against women. In 2008, Ms. Langbein served as the Senior Policy Advisor to the Director of the United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). As Senior Policy Advisor, Ms. Langbein guided and evaluated OVW’s grant program process and implemented standards and protocols for internal and external operations.   Kevin J. Laws Special Agent Kevin J. Laws has been employed with the U.S. Government since 1989.  SA Laws worked counter-narcotics investigations and eventually moved into investigations involving Internet Crimes against Children.  Since transferring to Anchorage, Alaska in 2001 he has worked full time investigating Internet Crimes against Children.  SA Laws has been conducting on-line undercover investigations since 2004 logging well over 1000 hours in IRC and substantially more in Yahoo! Messenger.  During that time he has participated in over 160 investigations involving the sexual exploitation of children.  SA Laws has trained new agents at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia on the investigation of child pornography.  He has also instructed law enforcement officers from federal, state, and local agencies as well as his overseas counterparts in Mexico and Russia concerning online undercover investigations.   Eric Lerohl Special Agent Eric Lerohl is currently a member of the FBI Safe Streets Violent Crime Task Force (SSVCTF) in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Ale Levi Ale Levi is currently employed with ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as a Forensic Interview Specialist. Ms. Levi's responsibilities include conducting forensic interviews in both English and Spanish (both domestically and internationally), consultation and training for HSI Agents, and other federal, state and local law enforcement, and other organizations. Ms. Levi is a state Licensed Clinical Social Worker and received her Masters in Social Work from the University of Michigan and her Masters in Forensic Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Prior to HSI, Ms. Levi was the Manager of the Forensic Interviewing Program at the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center, where she was responsible for the collaboration of the multidisciplinary team, conducting and supervising forensic interviews, training and overseeing interpreting services. Ms. Levi has been working in the field of child abuse for 12 years, 10 of which have been as a forensic interviewer. Her prior assignments were as a psycho-therapist and as a hospital social worker.    Rachel Lloyd Rachel Lloyd is the Executive Director of GEMS, Girls Educational and Mentoring Services. GEMS is an organization to support girls and young women victimized by the commercial sex industry which Rachel started in 1998 with only a computer and $30. Since its inception as a one-woman outreach program, GEMS has grown steadily, building its services and programs and garnering increased visibility and recognition under Lloyd's leadership. GEMS is now the nation's largest organization offering direct services to domestic victims of commercial sexual exploitation and trafficking. Her trailblazing advocacy is the subject of the critically-acclaimed Showtime documentary "Very Young Girls" for which she was also the Co-Executive Producer. The film, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, has been seen by over 3 million people and has been a powerful tool in changing public perception.    Timothy Lott Timothy Lott is a High-Tech Crime Training Specialist in the High-Tech Crime Training Services Department of SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, where he coordinates and provides training on high-tech crime investigations and forensics to local, state, and federal justice and public safety agencies.  A former deputy probation officer with the Sacramento County (California) Probation Department, Timothy  has advanced training in computer forensics investigations and data recovery.  He was assigned to the Sacramento Valley Hi-Tech Crimes Task Force, where he conducted probation compliance checks on offenders who had been convicted and placed on probation for offenses involving the possession of child pornography, stalking through the use of social networking sites or cellular devices, and identity theft. In addition to completing compliance checks, he led investigations of peer-to-peer networks used to trade child pornography.   Robert Lowery Robert G. Lowery, Jr. is currently employed by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as the Executive Director of the Missing Children Division. He is responsible for all operational aspects of the Missing Children’s Division, including Case Management, Case Management Support, Forensic Services, Special Programs and Outreach.  He formerly was a Major/Assistant Chief of Police with the Florissant, MO Police, and the commander of the Greater St. Louis Major Case Squad.   Ricardo Lucero Sergeant Ricardo "Rico" Lucero graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology. He joined the Arlington (Texas) Police Department in 1995 and was a patrol officer and in the Street Crimes Unit and worked in the department's Narcotics/Vice unit before coming a detective in the Crimes Against Children Unit. This unit is housed at Alliance for Children in Arlington, one of three advocacy centers in Tarrant County. He was a detective in this unit for three years before promoting to Sergeant, supervising four detectives who conduct investigations of adult perpetrators, and three detective who investigate juvenile crimes and runaway cases.    Christopher Mallios Christopher Mallios is an Attorney Advisor with AEquitas: The Prosecutors' Resource on Violence Against Women. As an Attorney Advisor, he presents on trial strategy, legal analysis and policy, and ethical issues related to violence against women at the local, state, and national level. He conducts research; develops training materials, resources, and publications; and provides case consultation and technical assistance for prosecutors and allied professionals.   Thomas M. Manson Thomas Manson speaks 50 weeks a year at national and international law enforcement conferences.  For 13 years he has worked as a consultant on cases in Homicide, Narcotics, Crimes against Persons, Crimes against Property, Vehicular and OIS/Administrative Discipline. He is experienced with training and case preparation at Federal, State, County and Municipal levels.  His courses have been presented to thousands of law enforcement personnel nationally.  Mr. Manson taught at, and received degrees from:  Wichita State University (Master of Arts, 1996) and Indiana State University (Bachelor of Science, 1993).  He began his law enforcement career with the United States Border Patrol in South Texas.  Mr. Manson lives in Indiana with his wife and daughter.   Find more information at Police Technical.   Errin Martin Errin Martin graduated from Texas Tech University in 1998 and Texas Tech University School of Law in 2001. After clerking for U.S. District Judge Paul Brown, Errin was an associate at Thompson & Knight, LLP in Dallas. Errin returned to Judge Brown's chambers to serve as his career law clerk until she became a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Texas in April of 2007.  In August of 2007, Errin was hired to serve as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Texas focusing on Project Safe Neighborhood and Project Safe Childhood cases.  In October of 2008, Errin joined the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, where she is a member of the Major Fraud/White Collar/Public Corruption section.  In December of 2008, Errin became the Civil Rights and Human Rights coordinator for the Northern District of Texas and is involved in the prosecution of human trafficking and domestic servitude cases.   Rebecca McIntire Rebecca McIntire graduated from Baylor University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Journalism and then graduated from Baylor Law School in 1993. She has been employed with the Tarrant County District Attorney's office since 1994. She is a felony prosecutor currently assigned to Criminal District Court Four and was previously a prosecutor in the Crimes Against Children unit from 2004 until 2008.   Mark McLaughlin Mark McLaughlin joined Black Bag in 2010. Mark is a retired law enforcement officer with 31 years of investigative experience to draw upon. He began conducting high tech investigations in 1992 and continued his involvement as an investigator and supervisor for the rest of his law enforcement career. Mark is currently working as a Forensic Analyst in the Black Bag Technology labs. His primary focus is on forensic data and system acquisition, analysis and production, as well as new product testing and development.   Alicia McShane Alicia McShane is a Special Agent  (SA) with the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Washington Field Office.  SA McShane entered on duty in 2009 and is a member of the Child Exploitation Task Force, a combination of local and federal law enforcement partners that work in collaboration to investigate a range of violations including child abductions, international parental kidnappings, child prostitution, child sex tourism and crimes involving the production of child pornography. Prior to the Bureau, Alicia was a Child and Adolescent Forensic Interviewer for three years at the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters (CHKD) Child Abuse Program in Norfolk, Virginia and two years at the Greater Richmond SCAN Children’s Advocacy Center in Richmond, Virginia.   Sarah Migas Sarah Migas obtained her MSW in 2007. She is a fourteen-year veteran of the field of social work and also taught in the Chicago Public School System. She is currently assigned as the Internet Safety Specialist for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Additionally, she is an adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at Dominican University. Sarah has a long history of working as an educator and social worker on behalf of children both locally and globally. Ms. Migas has spent time in diverse roles, in varied settings, working on ensuring the welfare of children. That work has included direct service as a Child Advocate in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Fairbanks, Alaska, as a treatment counselor in a residential facility for children in Portland, Oregon, as a child welfare specialist at Catholic Charities in Chicago, Illinois, and as an advocate in a shelter for victims of human trafficking in Ecuador.   Lisa Miller Lisa Miller is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. Lisa has been an AUSA with the Department of Justice since 2001, having started her tenure in the Western District of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.  Prior to becoming an AUSA, Lisa was an Assistant District Attorney for 5 years at the Oklahoma County District Attorney’s Office where she was a member of the Sex Crimes/Child Abuse unit for her last 2 ½ years and prosecuted adult rape, child sexual abuse, physical abuse, neglect, and murder. Lisa is currently assigned to the Cyber Crimes/National Security Section of her office of which she has been a member since 2007 and exclusively prosecutes Project Safe Childhood cases.   Steve Miller S. R. (Steve) Miller has been a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2007.  He is currently assigned to the Washington Field Office - Northern Virginia Resident Agency.  He is assigned to the Child Exploitation Task Force and works Innocent Images cases.  Steve graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama.   Cody Mitchell Texas Ranger Cody Mitchell has been a Texas Peace Officer for approximately eleven years.  He has served in many capacities as a peace officer to include patrol, investigations, and as a criminal interdiction officer.  Ranger Mitchell has served the past six years with the Texas Department of Public Safety and has been assigned to duty stations in Orange, Chambers County, Baytown, and Austin.  Ranger Mitchell is currently assigned to the Texas Ranger Division and is responsible for major investigations in the central counties of Texas.  During his service with the Texas Department of Public Safety, Ranger Mitchell has worked closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit-3 and Texas Attorney General’s Office to develop and implement the Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC) program.   Amanda Mlinarich Amanda is a Licensed Professional Counselor Supervisor with over five years of experience working with children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. She is also a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor and National Certified Counselor. Amanda has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Texas Tech University and a Master’s degree in Counseling from Texas Woman’s University. In addition to providing counseling for children and their non-offending caretakers at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, Amanda has led psycho-educational groups to teach children about personal safety, as well as parenting groups.   Cathy Moffitt Cathy Moffit has been with the Office of Children’s Issues since September 2008 and handles Hague incoming abduction cases from 13 European countries, including South Africa. Cathy is a former U.S. Capitol Hill Police officer. She has also worked as an Overseas Immigration Specialist with the Department of Homeland Security at the American Consulate Frankfurt, Germany and as a Consular Associate at the U.S. Embassy in Bahrain.   Don Bennett Moon Don Bennett Moon is a member of the board of Village Voice Media, LLC, parent company of backpage.com. He has been an attorney for over 30 years and is a former prosecutor and congressional staff assistant.    Jim Mooney Jim Mooney is a Special Agent and Computer Forensic Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations in Portland, Oregon. He has been assigned to a child sexual exploitation unit for the past eight years. His focus is in the areas of computer forensics, Internet based child exploitation and proactive undercover internet investigations. Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biochemistry from Lewis & Clark College and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oregon School of Law.     Michael Moran Michael Moran is the coordinator of the dynamic and hard working Crimes against Children team at INTERPOL. He is a serving member of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police force. He has been seconded to INTERPOL since 2006.  He has a BA (Hons) in IT and an MSc in Forensic Computing and Cybercrime investigation.   Alice Murray Alice Murray is President and CEO of the Dallas Holocaust Museum/Center for Education and Tolerance.  Murray served as a commercial real-estate consultant, and as president and CEO of DowntownDallas and the Downtown Improvement District and The Real Estate Council, Inc. prior to joining the Dallas Holocaust Museum.   Kevin W. Navarro Detective Kevin W. Navarro, is currently a lead instructor at the Dallas Police Academy where he develops curriculum and provides advanced instruction in topical areas including interviewing and interrogation, use of force, and general principles of criminal investigation.  He is also responsible for designing dynamic, realistic use of force scenarios for in-service officers in the Dallas Police Department.  Detective Navarro began his career with the Dallas Police Department in July, 1981 when he assumed duties as a patrol officer.  After six years as a patrol officer, he became a member of the department’s Crimes Against Persons Division where he investigated offenses such as assault and family violence. In 1989, Detective Navarro joined the Dallas Police Department Homicide Unit where he served for seven years. Detective Navarro was lead detective on 108 homicide cases while assigned to the Homicide Division. He successfully cleared 80 percent of those cases.   Brenda Nichols Brenda Nichols is a 28-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department, with 22 years in a supervisory capacity as a Sergeant of Police. She has worked and supervised in Patrol, Applicant Processing in Personnel, Youth and Family Crimes Division (juvenile processing and investigation of crimes against children).  Brenda spent more than 13 years supervising the Missing Persons Squad, including Runaways.  The Child Abuse Unit she has supervised for the last five years has an average caseload of 8,500 cases per year.    Wayne Nichols Detective Wayne Nichols works for the Henderson, Nevada Police Department and has been in law enforcement for over 8 years. Currently assigned to the department’s Computer Crime Unit, in addition to being a forensic examiner, he also conducts proactive enticement and P2P investigations. With the success of traditional chat cases experiencing a decline in recent years, Detective Nichols has focused efforts on Craigslist. The Craigslist initiative has been very successful and since 2009, the Henderson Police Department has made over 30 enticement arrests, all of which resulted from proactive efforts. In addition to speaking at conferences about Craigslist investigations, Detective Nichols also speaks about the use of Google Voice and how it benefits law enforcement for proactive investigations.   Mitchell Nixon Mitchell Nixon serves as Security Director: Law Enforcement Systems at TLO, providing training and assistance to investigators and prosecutors with products involving the online exploitation of children.  Nixon recently served as Commander of the North Florida Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force from 2003 to 2009, actively involved with Operation Fairplay and its predecessors. Nixon’s prior service includes numerous positions in the capacity of K9 supervisor of the Traffic Unit and patrol officer with undercover duties in the Special Operations Unit, targeting street level narcotics sales and violent crimes. Additionally, Nixon served on various state and federal committees throughout his distinguished career. Nixon attended the University of Florida.   Dan O‚Fallon Dan O‚Fallon is the Account Manager at ADF Solutions, Inc. and has been working with law enforcement agencies since 2007. Prior to joining ADF, Dan was Account Manager at AccessData for 3 years and had success in providing computer forensic solutions to both state/local law enforcement, as well as computer forensic and eDiscovery solutions to Fortune 500 companies. Dan joined ADF in October of 2010 to continue providing law enforcement agencies with innovative solutions to help address today's computer forensic challenges.      Chad Opitz Detective Opitz is a twelve-year law enforcement officer currently assigned to the Proactive Team (street crimes) of the Beaverton Police Department.   He is also a member of the Portland FBI's  Innocence Lost Task Force.   He is primarily assigned to work human trafficking related crimes, with the focus on protecting victims of child prostitution.   Chad has been working this assignment for the past four years.  He has also been assigned to the FBI Innocent Images Task Force that investigates child pornography and child exploitation related crimes.   Terry Paddon Terry is a Detective Sergeant with the Ontario Provincial Police, Child Sexual Exploitation Section. He has been employed as a police officer since August of 1994. In February of 2005, he was assigned to the Child Sexual Exploitation Section of the OPP. His duties are to supervise and co-ordinate investigations involving the possession, distribution, manufacturing and importation of child pornography. He also supervises and co-ordinates investigations relating to the luring of children over the Internet.   John Palmer John Palmer is a 24-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. Palmer has been a  Homicide Detective for 12 years, and also a Detective in the Felony Assault Unit.  He has been a guest speaker at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center – Glynco on the topic of Advanced Interview and Interrogation.  John has served as a past member on the National Advisory Board of the FBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Program.  He is a regular instructor at the Dallas Police Department Inservice Academy where he teaches Interview and Interrogation, and Intermediate Crime Scene Search.     Tom Pals Mr. Pals has been employed at Redirecting Sexual Aggression, Inc. since 1996 and is currently the Director of Research and Assessment. Mr. Pals has pioneered work in the area of sexually compulsive, addictive and impulsive behaviors. He initiated the Technology Offender Treatment Program at RSA, Inc. in 2009. Mr. Pals is a Diplomate with the American Psychotherapy Association and National Certified Counselor. As a Colorado Sex Offender Management Board registered offense specific evaluator and therapist specializing in the treatment of sexual compulsivity, Mr. Pals has provided numerous trainings for the Colorado State Court Administrator’s Office and is a sworn expert witness in seven Colorado Judicial Districts. He has provided training for the Federal Probation Department on the issue of Technology Offender Typologies and Standards of Treatment. He is collaborating with Dr. Jim Tanner, President, KBSolutions, Inc. on development of a recidivism risk instrument validated on a technology offending population.   Harry Parsonage Prior to joining ADF Solutions, Harry Parsonage was a police officer for over 30 years in the UK. He spent 23 years as a detective sergeant managing and investigating the full range of crime from rape, robbery, child abuse, homicide, to corruption and serious fraud. For the last 10 years he managed a police digital forensic unit (DFU) and at the same time was a hands-on forensic practitioner. He has the experience to understand the needs of the criminal investigator, the technicalities of digital forensics and the demands made upon a DFU manager. In 2007, he introduced a triage process to his DFU, which reduced the backlog from 12 months to less than 6 months over a period of just 9 months. Harry is on the editorial panel for the UK’s ACPO Good Practice Guide for Computer-Based Electronic Evidence and also the ACPO Guide for Managers of eCrime Units.   Carrie Paschall Carrie Paschall is currently the child forensic interviewer for the Crimes Against Children Unit of the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office. She has been with Tarrant County as a child interviewer since March of 2000. As the child interviewer, Carrie assists local, state and federal law enforcement officials by conducting videotaped forensic interviews of children in cases where the child is alleged to have been the victim of or witness to child abuse and other violent crimes. Carrie also occasionally assists prosecutors in preparing children for court and preparing cross examination of defense experts in the field of child forensic interviewing and sexual abuse dynamics and disclosure. Prior to working for the district attorney’s office, Carrie was an investigator for Child Protective Services from June of 1995 until December of 1999, where she investigated sexual abuse, severe physical abuse and child death cases. Carrie has been the primary investigator in over 500 child abuse investigations. In total, Carrie has conducted over 4800 child forensic interviews on videotape.   Krishna R. Patel Krishna R. Patel has been serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut since March 2003. She currently serves as the Deputy Chief of National Security and Major Crimes. Since 2004, Ms. Patel has been designated by the United States Attorney to coordinate efforts to combat human smuggling and human trafficking in the State of Connecticut and serves as the Chair of the Connecticut Smuggling and Trafficking of Persons Investigative Task Force (STOP IT). Ms. Patel also serves as the Coordinator for Project Safe Childhood, an initiative to combat a variety of crimes involving the exploitation of children.   David Peifer Detective Lieutenant David Peifer, Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is a member and the supervisor of a Task Force (Operation Triad) which directs its efforts in the area of Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) and is comprised of federal, state, and local law enforcement. The task force is responsible for conducting undercover, online investigations, responding to complaints regarding children sexually exploited via the Internet, conducting community education programs, and monitoring the Internet for the bartering of child pornography. Lieutenant Peifer has been a law enforcement officer for 29 years and the supervisor of the Delaware County District Attorney’s Criminal Investigation Division’s Child Abuse Unit for 10 years.   John Penn II John Penn II is Senior Solutions Architect for Law Enforcement Technologies at Adobe Systems, in San Jose, California. He spent 11 years at Adobe as a Senior Computer Scientist working on Photoshop and is now focused on the development of tools, techniques and training for law enforcement.   Morgan Perry Morgan Perry studied film and photography in nearly 30 nations on every continent while pursuing her degree in Mass Media from the University of the Nations. Her classroom became the front lines for journalistic media, including the San Tribe of Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert and the turmoil in the West Bank, Palestine. In 2006, she spent time living near the red light district in Thailand, where she became close friends with a few young prostitutes. Seeing these young women and children left for dead sparked an irrevocable passion in Morgan’s soul to fight sex slavery. Towards the end of her degree with the University of the Nations she helped produce a book about international sex trafficking called, Sex+Money: A Global Search for Human Worth and while researching to write this book she discovered that sex trafficking exists right here in the United States. After this discovery she became the Executive Producer of the feature-length documentary, Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth, which is the first documentary about child sex slavery in America and the modern-day abolitionist movement that is fighting to stop it. The goal is that the Sex+Money documentary will result in bringing freedom to those enslaved.   Richard Pesce Richard Pesce started his career in 2002 as an Information Systems Specialist for the Amador County District Attorney’s Office.  While in this capacity, he was assigned to Forensic Video Analysis. In 2004 Richard attended the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Academy and was sworn as a D.A. Investigator in 2005. Richard was then assigned to the Amador County Sheriff’s Office as a patrolman while continuing his assignments as a Forensic Video Analyst and High Technology Crime Investigator at the D.A.’s Office. In 2007, Richard transferred to the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office where he is assigned to high technology crimes and high profile crimes/cases in addition to general trial preparation. Richard has been assigned to the Phillip and Nancy Garrido case of the kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard since August, 2009.   Vern Pierson Vern Pierson is the elected District Attorney of El Dorado County, California. After graduating from law school Vern began working in the Amador County District Attorney's Office, where he prosecuted hundreds of cases ranging in seriousness from misdemeanor violations to prosecutions of violent and sophisticated career criminals. In 1996, Vern joined the California Department of Justice as Deputy Attorney General and in September of 2000, he returned to Amador County as the Chief Assistant District Attorney, where he served as the department administrator. Vern also prosecuted major felony cases such as murder. He continues to teach trial advocacy and the laws of evidence to California prosecutors. After a successful campaign, Vern was elected as the EI Dorado County District Attorney and began serving the citizens of EI Dorado County on January 6, 2007; he was recently re-elected to a second term. Vern was the lead prosecutor on the Phillip and Nancy Garrido case which resulted in their guilty plea for the abduction and imprisonment of Jaycee Dugard.   Peipei Yu Pollmann Peipei Yu Pollmann is a Team Lead on Google's Consumer Products Legal Support team, focused on child safety. Prior to joining the Legal team in May 2011, she had been a Senior Policy Specialist for Google's consumer products since 2006. As a co-founder of the User Policy team, she developed content policies on issues, such as pornography, hate speech, violence, bullying and impersonation. Peipei also worked closely with cross-functional teams to operationalize these policies and prevent and combat abuse on consumer products. Prior to Google, she was a District Congressional Aide to Congresswoman Barbara Lee. In her spare time, she serves as a Planning Commissioner for the City of Menlo Park, where she lives with her husband, dog and daughter. Peipei has a B.A. in Architecture from U.C. Berkeley.   Dan Powers Dan Powers currently serves as Senior Vice President of Clinical and Administrative Services for Children's Advocacy Center of Collin County in Plano, Texas. He supervises a staff of 20 therapists and clinical interns providing no cost services to victims of child abuse and family violence and their non-offending family members.  As Senior VP, he is responsible for clinical operations and program development as well as directing the Advocacy Center’s clinical training program.  Dan has over 20 years of experience working within the field of child abuse, sex offenders and family violence. In addition, he provides expert court testimony and consultation related to child maltreatment and sex offenders. He is a member of the Texas Children’s Justice Act Task Force and in 2008, Dan was appointed by Governor Rick Perry to serve as a professional member of the Texas Council on Sex Offender Treatment.   Gregory Preston Gregory Preston, M.D. is a pediatrician and the Chief Medical Officer for Aetna Better Health, TX.  He is also a member and the State Child Liaison of Bikers Against Child Abuse, an international non-profit organization dedicated to empowering abused children to regain confidence in the world in which they live. He is responsible for teaching other members of the 25 chapters of BACA, TX about abuse, and how to manage relationships with the abused children affiliated with the organization.  His experience includes 18 years in pediatric intensive care practice in Detroit where he was also a consultant involved in the evaluation of suspected child maltreatment and as an expert witness in trials of child abusers.   Derek Prestridge Sergeant Derek Prestridge has served with the Texas Department of Public Safety for 15 years.  He is currently assigned to the Department's Education Training and Research.  There, he has worked closely with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit-3; and the Texas Attorney General's Office to develop and implement the Interdiction for the Protection of Children (IPC) program.  Sergeant Prestridge has been recognized for his efforts in various forms of interdiction and has most recently been recognized by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Texas Regional Office as a recipient of the Texas Children's HERO Award in 2010.   Eren Price Eren Price is an Assistant District Attorney in the Dallas County District Attorney’s office where she has been assigned to the Child Abuse Division for the last nine years. Her current responsibilities include coordinating all physical and sexual abuse investigations and prosecution efforts for all Dallas County law enforcement, the trial of complex cases, as well as the liaison between the District Attorney’s Office and the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center.  In this capacity, she has participated in the investigation and prosecution of thousands of child abuse cases.   Chris Pyryt Detective Pyryt is a Texas Master Peace Officer in his 25th year with Plano Police Department presently stationed at the North Texas RCFL. Prior to computer forensics, Chris was stationed at the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center, assigned to investigate child abuse and family violence. He also served as a patrol officer, FTO, TCLEOSE instructor, crisis negotiator and as an investigator in the narcotics and juvenile divisions of his department. Detective Pyryt holds computer certifications from the FBI, Access Data, and ComTIA. Detective Pyryt is an FBI Certified Computer Forensic Examiner.   Robert Quirk Detective Quirk is a 23-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. He has been assigned to the Homicide Unit for the last nine years. During the time he has been assigned to this Unit, Detective Quirk and his partner have been responsible for investigating over 140 murders together. Detective Quirk has a B.A. in Criminology from the University of Texas at Arlington and he also holds a Texas Master Peace Officers License.  He is a certified instructor with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Education (TCLEOSE). Detective Quirk is a graduate of the Texas Department of Public Safety Polygraph School and is a licensed polygraph examiner.   Richard Rennison SSA Richard Rennison is currently a Supervisory Special Agent in the Crimes Against Children Unit at FBIHQ.  SSA Rennison began his FBI career in July 2003 in the Mobile, Alabama office working violent crime matters.  After two years in Mobile, SSA Rennison was transferred to the Houston Division and was assigned to the Texas City Resident Agency working violent crime matters.  In August 2010, SSA Rennison was promoted to supervisor and transferred to FBIHQ.  SSA Rennison is currently the program manager for the Child Abduction Rapid Deployment (CARD) Team.   Prior to working for FBI, SSA Rennison spent over 10 years as a municipal police officer. SSA Rennison spent two years working with a regional narcotics task force, and spent the last five years as a detective working crimes against children matters.   Jeff Rich Detective Rich has been assigned to the Plano (Texas) Police Department’s Family Violence Unit as a Child Abuse and Violent Crimes Investigator since 2000.  Detective Rich investigates Internet Crimes Against Children and conducts online child exploitation investigations as a Special Deputy US Marshal assigned to the FBI’s Innocent Images Task Force. Detective Rich serves on numerous committees related to the investigations into the exploitation of children. Detective Rich has received the Child Advocate of the year award from the Collin County Children’s Advocacy Center and was presented with the US Department of Justice Eagle Award for his efforts in the investigation of online crimes against children.  In 2010, Detective Rich was awarded the William French Smith Award for his work towards online child exploitation investigations.  He has conducted training on violent crimes, internet crimes and crimes against children on the local, state, national and international level.   Andrew Rosen Andrew Rosen is a forensic computer scientist, Private Investigator and software developer. In addition to providing civil litigation support services, ASR Data supports International, Federal, State and Local law enforcement agencies around the world.   Amy Russell Amy Russell is the deputy director for the National Child Protection Training Center in Winona, Minnesota, where she provides training and technical assistance for child abuse professionals. She also serves as a pro bono attorney for children in dependency court. Amy obtained her B.A. from Hope College, her M.S.Ed. in counseling from Western Illinois University and graduated magna cum laude from SUNY Buffalo Law School with her J.D. She has worked with victims of violence and trauma in several capacities, including extensive counseling and support work with child victims of abuse; director of victim services and counselor for survivors of homicide victims; victim/witness coordinator in a U.S. Attorney’s office; and executive director of and consultant for multiple children’s advocacy centers. In addition, she has interviewed over a thousand children, has authored several articles on forensic interviewing and is a frequent national and international trainer on issues related to child maltreatment and crime-related trauma.   Miles Rutkowski Miles Rutkowski graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Political Science. He has worked as a legal assistant on Google's Online Product Support team since June 2010. In addition to processing removals related to child exploitation, he investigates claims related to IP law violations, defamatory content, and policy violations. He has served as a liaison to the Technology Coalition and presented at the National Strategy Conference on Combating Child Exploitation in 2011. He plans to attend law school in the future.   Uri Sadeh Uri Sadeh holds a Law degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and a Masters degree in Human Rights from the London School of Economics and Social Sciences. As a lawyer he has worked with NGOs and administration in Israel on various human rights issues such as discrimination, asylum and migration, eventually focusing his work on the trafficking in women for sexual exploitation. In 2007 he joined INTERPOL’s Human Trafficking Sub-Directorate, where he currently serves as project manager in the crimes against children team, overseeing the development of the international child sexual exploitation database and additional investigative tools to fight child sexual exploitation.    Anna Salter Dr. Salter is in private practice in Madison, Wisconsin.  She currently consults to the Department of Corrections half time.  In addition, she conducts training on sex offenders around the country and abroad, testifies as an expert witness in legal cases involving sexual and violent offenders, and does civil commitment evaluations of sex offenders.  She is the author of three nonfiction books on sex offenders as well as five mysteries.   Vanessa Sanford Vanessa is a bilingual and bi-cultural therapist who has more than 13 years experience working with families in crisis. She is a licensed professional counselor/supervisor specializing in trauma survivors of abuse, children of addicts (COA’s), high conflict divorce, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, and includes their families through play therapy, individual, group, and family therapy in private practice at Support System, PLLC located in Frisco, Texas. Vanessa has been included in several educational films bringing awareness to child abuse, including "The Little Voice" made by Texas Young Lawyers Association. She graduated with her Master's of Science in Rehabilitations Counseling from the University of North Texas. In 2007, she was awarded the Texas Mental Health Professional of the Year for Child Advocacy Center's of Texas.   Robert Sartin Robert “Bodie” Sartin has been a Dallas Police Officer for twenty-four and a half years including the last three as a police sergeant.  Prior assignments include; twelve years in swat, 3 years as a firearms instructor and five years in patrol.   For the past four years, Bodie has been a certified instructor in CrossFit, Tactical Kettlebell, Olympic Lifting and CrossFit for Kids. Bodie holds a B.S. degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a Master's Degree from the University of Texas at Dallas.    Amber Schroader Throughout the past two decades as CEO of Paraben Corporation, Ms. Schroader has been the driving force behind some of the most innovative Digital Forensic technology to be introduced into the industry. Ms. Schroader has developed over two-dozen software programs designed for the purposes of recovering digital data from hand-held devices such as cellular phones and PDAs, computer hard drives, and large-scale computer networks capable of storing data from several thousand computers. With an aggressive development schedule, Ms. Schroader continues to bring forth new and exciting technology to the computer forensic community worldwide. Ms. Schroader coined the concept of the “360-degree approach to digital forensics”, pushing for a big-picture consideration of the digital evidence acquisition process. An accomplished curriculum developer and instructor; Ms. Schroader has written and taught numerous classes for this specialized field. Ms. Schroader continues support through the industry through industry speaking engagements at DoD Cybercrime, HTCIA, CSI, and a variety of other events.    Jennifer Schuett Jennifer Schuett is a proud victim advocate and victorious survivor of an attack that nearly killed her at eight years old. She has shared her story on the Today Show, America's Most Wanted and CNN, among many other places, and touched many lives through her website, www.justiceforjennifer.com.  See this link. Justice for Jennifer   Jim Sears Sergeant Jim Sears has been a law enforcement officer for over 26 years working with the Irving Police Department. He has served as a patrol officer, school resource officer, and as a detective in the Youth Services Unit, Domestic Violence Unit, and Child Abuse Unit. Sgt. Sears has worked as a detective in the Child Abuse Unit for 10 years before being promoted to sergeant. He has worked the past 2 ½ years as the supervisor for the Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, and Youth Service Units and supervises police operations at the Irving Family Advocacy Center. A dedicated advocate of children, he currently serves as a law enforcement consultant for the Serious Physical Child Abuse and SIDS Program, partner agency contact with the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center, T.C.L.E.O.S.E. instructor specializing in Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, instructor at the Crimes Against Children’s Conference in Dallas, and is a Certified Instructor for Advanced Child Abuse Investigations through TMPA and TRIPLE. Sgt. Sears is the 2011 recipient of the Lt. Bill Walsh Award for the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center for career achievements in the field of Child Abuse Investigations. Sgt. Sears frequently lectures on topics related to child abuse investigations and interview and interrogation.   Wynne Shaw Wynne earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and a Master of Education in Counseling from the University of North Texas. She has been a licensed professional counselor for 14 years and she is also a board-approved LPC supervisor. Wynne has been with the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center for 10 years, providing individual and group therapy for child abuse victims and their non-offending parents/caregivers. She also supervises practicum students and LPC interns. Wynne is an Adjunct Professor at Dallas Baptist University where she teaches a graduate level play therapy class. In addition, she is a published author and frequent conference speaker.   Julian Sher Julian Sher is an award-winning investigative journalist in print, TV, radio and on the Web. He is a writer for The Globe and Mail, Canada's national newspaper, a veteran TV documentary writer and director, a newsroom trainer and the author of six widely-acclaimed books. His latest investigative work is now available: Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and The Battle to Save Them.  His previous book, Caught in the Web: Inside the Police Hunt to Rescue Children from Online Predators has been hailed by reviewers as "riveting" "eye-opening and "gripping." His writings on child abuse have appeared on the front page of the New York Times, the cover of Maclean's magazine and the OpEd page of USA Today.   Matt Shovlin Matt Shovlin has been the Chief of the Family Violence Unit at the Denton County Criminal District Attorney's Office for the last eight years.  He has been a prosecutor in that office for thirteen years.  He graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law.   Diane Siegel Diane Siegel is a Victim Assistance Specialist with ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, SAC Philadelphia. Diane's duties include case consultation and coordination for HSI Agents, direct services for crime victims, identifying and establishing relationships with key service providers and serving on related coalitions and task forces. Diane's work has focused on child abuse since 1995. Before joining HSI, Diane was a bilingual forensic interviewer, clinical advocate and outreach manager at the Chicago Children's Advocacy Center. Diane also worked with the foster care program at Casa Central social services agency where she held several positions, the last being clinical supervisor. And, Diane spent four years doing part time grief/loss work at Children's Memorial Hospital. Diane completed undergraduate studies in Social Relations and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at James Madison College, Michigan State University and earned a Masters Degree in Public Services Management at DePaul University.    Mark Simpson Mark Simpson retired as the sergeant for the Crimes Against Persons Unit of the Arlington, Texas Police Department in January of 2007 after 32 years of service.  Since that time he has served as a consultant to Fox Valley Technical College, Appleton Wisconsin, working in the area of teaching criminal investigations management and responding to and investigating missing and abducted children cases.  Mr. Simpson also does case studies of child abductions and murders for the purpose of teaching successful response strategies.  Mr. Simpson is a sitting member of the Texas Major Crimes Assessment Committee, based out of Austin, Texas that meets four times a year to review cold cases and provide suggestions for investigative initiatives designed to bring these cases to closure.   Ed Smart Child safety advocate and President of the Surviving Parents Coalition (SPC), Ed Smart is an internationally recognized advocate for children's safety with particular focus on protecting children from abduction, bullying, abuse and sexual assault. Ed, along with other advocates lobbied for passage of the National Amber Alert plan, the Adam Walsh Act, The Protect our Children Act of 2008, and is currently working on DNA arrestee legislation. He believes that we need to be proactive in addressing the needs of children through safety education. This includes not only awareness level but also teaching. It is about training the instinctive mind with, options and choices.  “Not one more child” is an SPC initiative, which incorporates many of our nations leading children’s safety tools including the radKIDS (Resist Aggression Defensively), Samantha’s Pride (Parental community awareness) a comprehensive safety plan for children, families and community. Ed received his Masters Degree in Business Administration, specializing in Urban Planning as well as his Bachelor Degree in Finance from George Washington University. He and his wife Lois currently reside in Salt Lake City, with their six children.   Stephanie M. Smith Stephanie is a former deputy prosecutor with experience in cases including child sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, neglect and physical injury including death from abusive head trauma.  She worked closely with her former jurisdiction's ICAC team and participated in the Project Safe Childhood program.  A former faculty member for ChildFirst (Finding Words) Indiana, she helped train front-line professionals and assisted other prosecutors with technical assistance requests on case presentation and strategy.  In December 2009, she became Regional Director of the National Child Protection Training Center at NorthWest Arkansas Community College.  She continues to train front-line professionals as well as develop and teach college courses for future front line professionals.   Camille E. Sparks Camille E. Sparks is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas. She has been the co-Project Safe Childhood Coordinator for the Northern District since 2009. Her caseload is exclusively child exploitation cases. Prior to her tenure as a federal prosecutor, she was an Assistant Criminal District Attorney for the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office in Fort Worth, Texas from 1995-2005. She was a criminal court chief and was also assigned to the gang, narcotics, and juvenile sections of the office, trying over 100 felony jury trials. She has taught and lectured at different venues across the country, including the National Advocacy Center for the National District Attorney’s Association, the Internet Crimes Against Children Conference, and the Advanced Project Safe Childhood Conference.  Ms. Sparks is board certified in criminal law in the State of Texas.   Gary Spurger Sergeant Spurger is the supervisor of the Harris County Constables High Tech Crimes Unit.  He is also the Deputy Commander for the Houston Metro ICAC, a very active operational area.  Sgt. Spurger is responsible for the daily oversight of a team tasked with investigating all facets of computer facilitated crime in the Northern Harris County Area, roughly 600 square miles with more than 1 million in population and growing. His team is assigned to the Houston Metro ICAC and as such is responsible for investigating hundreds of child exploitation cases over the past 3 years.   Dale Stanley Dale Stanley is the North Texas Law Enforcement Coordinator for the Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS), a position he has held since 2011. He has extensive experience in narcotics and undercover investigations with several different agencies, including the Beaumont Police Department, the Tarrant County Narcotics Unit in Fort Worth, Texas, and the Permian Basin Drug Task Force in Midland, Texas. Dale once worked undercover in a prison for six weeks and has trained new undercover officers for the Texas Narcotics Control Program. Prior to his law enforcement career Dale served as in the U.S. Marine Corps for six years, where he was Honorably Discharged at the rank of Sergeant.   Heather Steele Heather Steele is President and CEO of the Innocent Justice Foundation, a non-profit founded to maximize child pornography investigative capacity in the US, and thereby significantly reduce child sexual abuse. Ms. Steele earned her MBA from the University of Chicago and ran a $200 million product line in the corporate world before bringing her analytical background to bear in bringing justice to sexually abused children and preventing future sexual assault. She seeks funding for law enforcement agencies pursuing child pornography investigations nationwide, and works on educational campaigns to encourage prevention, rescue and justice for children. See this link. Innocent Justice Foundation   Jane Stevenson Jane Stevenson is an Occupational Health nurse consultant who developed and administered the mental health and wellness programs for several UK Child Exploitation and On Line Units starting over eight years ago.  She has been Head of both the National Crime Squad (NCS) and the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) Occupational Health and Welfare.  As a Fellow of Bramshill Police Staff Collage, Jane also conducted two influential research projects on wellness for exposed individuals and their supervisors.  She has continued to work with many governmental organizations developing mental health and wellness programs in the UK, and has helped develop national guidelines for UK policing.  Ms. Stevenson was the lead mental health professional who developed the SHIFT curriculum and continues to lead the training sessions throughout the year.   Marsha Stone Marsha J. Stone is currently the CPS Division Administrator for Child Safety, Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Ms. Stone oversees program planning, development and implementation of policy in the area of child safety for all stages of service. Prior to her current position, Ms. Stone worked for 30 years within the CPS system in Texas. She began her career as a caseworker, progressing to a supervisor, program director, and program administrator. At the state office, she has served as a program specialist and as the Division Administrator for Investigations. Ms. Stone received both her undergraduate degree and her MSSW from University of Texas at Austin.  Michael Sullivan Deputy Chief Sullivan is a thirty-year veteran of law enforcement, currently assigned as the Deputy Chief of the Investigations Division for the Illinois Attorney General’s Office as the ICAC Task Force Commander. He is a member of the ICAC Advisory Board, and the Co-Chair of the ICAC Emerging Technology Group.  Deputy Chief Sullivan has also created training classes for the investigation of child exploitation and delivered that training to local, state and federal law enforcement officers and prosecutors. He is also the author of two books, Safety Monitor and Online Predators, which focus on the use of computers to victimize children. Deputy Chief Sullivan holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law Enforcement Administration from Western Illinois University and acted as an adviser in the development of the SHIFT curriculum and continues to be an instructor of SHIFT programs nationwide.   Carrie Sutherland Carrie Sutherland is the Regional and Forensic Services Coordinator for the National Missing and Unidentified Person System (NamUs).  She coordinates regional and forensic services and support for case management delivery and also serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for forensics operation processes for the NamUs program.  Prior to joining NFSTC, she was a crime laboratory DNA analyst for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE). Ms. Sutherland holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from Florida State University.  She has also pursued ongoing professional development opportunities by attending workshops such as the FBI Auditor’s Training, Statistics and Mixture Interpretation, ISO 17025 Quality Standards, Laser Micro-Dissection, Future Trends in Forensic DNA Testing, courtroom testimony techniques and many others.   Sherre Sweet Sherre Sweet is an Assistant District Attorney for the Dallas County District Attorney's Office in Dallas, Texas.  She is a graduate of the University of North Texas and Texas Weslyan University School of Law.  She has been a prosecutor since 2003, and is currently Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Child Abuse Division.  In her five years in the division, she has successfully prosecuted hundreds of felony cases involving both sexual and physical abuse.     David Sylvester Mr. Sylvester is a project manager with extensive program development experience involving strategic planning, resource requirements and budgeting. His background includes developing and managing forensic laboratory quality assurance programs that are compliant with ASCLD/LAB and ISO 17025 standards. Additional experience includes project management of large-scale instructional programs for forensic science laboratories, expertise with database applications, statistical analysis for resource management and simultaneous administration of multiple projects. He holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice and an M.P.A. from Indiana University, and served in the Indiana State Police (ISP) Department for 25 years, 18 of them in the crime laboratory. He also served as the leader of the Emergency Response Team and as statewide coordinator of the Clandestine Laboratory Response Team.   Jim Tanner  Dr. Tanner has been a justice system professional since 1970. He obtained his Ph.D. in Cognitive Social Psychology from the University of Illinois, specializing in Phenomenology and Criminology. He is an internationally recognized expert in cognitive sets and sex offender management. He trains thousands of federal, state, and local professionals each year in a wide variety of topics. He is sworn staff in Colorado and serves as the computer forensic examiner for the 20th Judicial District Probation Department. He was a pioneer in managing sex offender computer use and has examined more than 1,400 sex offenders' computers.  Dr. Tanner was responsible for the creation of Field Search, a free forensic software application in use internationally. He was the primary author of the Structured Sex Offender Treatment Review (SSOTR) in use nationally to monitor sex offenders’ behavior.   Kenneth D. Thompson, Sr. Kenneth D. Thompson, Sr. brings a talent for children's and fathers' advocacy cultivated in the public sector. Kenneth’s experiences as a parent educator, facilitator, mentor and talk show host serve him well in his current assignment as the first ever Fatherhood Program Specialist for DFPS in the Family Focus Division. His previous assignments include lead host for “ The Dad-Show” and the featured facilitator for “Focus on Fathers.” Kenneth served as Director of “All American Mentoring Project,” a mentoring program with an emphasis on children from single parent homes and low socio-economic status. He is the former President of the Board of Trustees for the Pflugerville Independent School District where he was the first African American elected to political office in the Pflugerville community.    N. Jack Thorp Jack Thorp has been a prosecuting attorney or district attorney for over 12 years. In 2005, he moved to Oklahoma where he worked as an Assistant District Attorney in Tulsa County. While there, he specialized in major crimes, including those involving firearms. During this time he was also responsible for prosecuting crimes against children. While in Tulsa, Jack received the prestigious, "Top Gun" award for the years of 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010. In January 2011, Jack accepted appointment as First Assistant District Attorney for District 27 in Oklahoma, encompassing, Wagoner, Cherokee, Sequoyah, and Adair Counties. Jack has tried 78 felony jury trials, including 22 murder cases. Jack earned his undergraduate degree from the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas and his J.D. from the University of Arkansas.   Reynie Tinajero Mr. Tinajero is a Texas Tech law school graduate and is currently the Deputy Chief of the Child Abuse Division at the Dallas County District Attorney's Office.  He has tried numerous cases involving the sexual and physical abuse of children, including child deaths.   Elizabeth Tow Ms. Tow is a High-Tech Crime Training Specialist in the High-Tech Crime Training Services Department of SEARCH, where she coordinates and provides training on high-tech crime investigations. Before joining SEARCH in 2010, Elizabeth spent five years in local law enforcement in two states, as a Public Safety Dispatcher for the Grass Valley (California) and Helena (Montana) Police Departments.   Michael Troyanski Mike is currently the regional chief for the Sex Offender Investigations Branch overseeing OK, TX, NM, and AZ.  This position focuses USMS investigative efforts to assist state/local/tribal authorities in apprehending and prosecuting non compliant registered sex offenders. Prior to this position he has served in various capacities with the USMS in Texas, Wyoming, Missouri, and Illinois. He is a former police officer in Illinois and served in the U.S. Army.   Floy Turner Floy serves as the AMBER Alert and Child Abduction Response Team Liaison for the Eastern U. S. and Caribbean in the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program.  She has served as a member of an Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the Law Enforcement Against Child Harm (LEACH) Task Force, the Miami-Dade County and Broward County Child Death Review Boards and U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Human Trafficking Task Force.  Floy was responsible for establishing a Child Abduction Response Team (CART) for the South Florida Region.  She was appointed by Governor Crist to the Florida Statewide Task Force on Human Trafficking in 2010. In 2010, she was selected by the Organization of American States to conduct human trafficking training at a conference for government officials in the Caribbean.  Floy received her Bachelor of Liberal Studies Degree from Barry University.   Derek VanLuchene Derek VanLuchene is the President and Founder of Ryan United, a non-profit organization dedicated to VanLuchene’s 8-year old brother Ryan, who was abducted and murdered by a repeat sex offender in 1987. Through this organization, VanLuchene works around the country to bring awareness to communities and law enforcement on issues of sex offenders and child abduction. VanLuchene is an 18-year veteran of Montana Law Enforcement, first serving with the Conrad Police Department, then with the Montana Division of Criminal Investigation as a Special Agent. VanLuchene’s investigative experience and specialized knowledge of crimes against children has made him an important resource to law enforcement and communities throughout the country. Derek serves as a consultant for The U.S. Department of Justice’s Amber Alert Program, The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Southwest Center on Law and Policy.   Joseph Versace Joseph Versace has been a programmer/analyst with the Child Sexual Exploitation Section of the Ontario Provincial Police for three years. In his time there he has developed multiple applications to assist ICAC investigators. In October 2008, he received basic P2P training and became interested in how to better the peer-to-peer investigative process. The result was the application E-Phex that quickly transformed his agency and has since become a valuable tool in P2P investigations for ICAC investigators around the world.   Alex Vichinsky Alex Vichinsky is a member of the Law Enforcement Response team at Facebook, where he is responsible for working with Law Enforcement from around the world. He specializes in child safety cases and works cross functionally with other departments to continually make Facebook safer. Prior to this position, he was on the User Operations team specializing in site abuse with a focus on NCMEC escalations. He holds a bachelors degree in Child Development/Psychology from Tufts University.   Steve Vienneau Special Agent Steve Vienneau is currently assigned as a Crimes Against Children (CAC) and Innocence Lost Task Force (ILTF) coordinator for the Seattle FBI office. As the CAC Coordinator, SA Vienneau is responsible for investigating crimes including child abductions, international parental kidnapping, child sex tourism, and child prostitution. Prior to coming to Seattle, he served as the CAC and ILTF coordinator in both Boston, Massachusetts and Norfolk, Virginia. SA Vienneau has conducted training for law enforcement officials in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia.   Karla Vierthaler Ms. Vierthaler is the Outreach Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR).  She is currently working on various projects addressing sexual violence in populations historically underserved by the anti-sexual violence movement, including people with mental illness and developmental disabilities, people in later life, deaf persons, and people living with addiction.    Victor Vieth Victor Vieth serves as the Executive Director of the National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC), a state of the art training complex located on the campus of Winona State University (WSU). NCPTC includes five moot court rooms, four forensic interview rooms and a “mock house” in which to conduct simulated child abuse investigations. NCPTC staff provides intensive instruction for undergraduate students and current professionals in the field on how to better recognize, react, and respond to children who are being abused. Victor graduated magna cum laude from WSU and earned his Juris Doctor from Hamline University School of Law (HUSL).  He has published countless articles related to the investigation, prosecution and prevention of child abuse and neglect. He is author of Unto the Third Generation, a bold initiative that outlines the necessary steps we must all take to eliminate child abuse in America in three generations.   Felice Viti Assistant U.S. Attorney Felice John Viti is Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Utah. He has been in the Utah office since 1995. He previously served as chief of the General Crimes and the Violent Crime sections. He also has completed DOJ assignments in Bosnia-Herzegovina where he served as a legal advisor and in Baghdad, Iraq, where he was an advisor to the Iraqi High Tribunal in the investigation and prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other members of the former regime. He also was detailed to the National Security Division to prosecute high value al-Qaeda detainees in the military commissions at Guantanamo Bay. He is a former FBI special agent and assistant district attorney in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.   Lindsey Wade Detective Lindsey Wade has been a  Tacoma Police Officer for 14 years.  She worked patrol and narcotics before promoting to Detective in 2003.  As a detective, Lindsey has worked background investigations, property crimes, sexual assault/child abuse and she is currently assigned to the homicide unit.  Detective Wade has a bachelor’s degree in Law and Justice from Central Washington University. Lauren Wagner Lauren Wagner is a High Tech Crime Training Specialist in the Training Services Department of SEARCH where she performs tasks related to training local, state and federal agencies on computer technology issues with criminal justice applications.  She provides technical assistance to law enforcement agencies in active cases, prepares training materials, teaches SEARCH investigative courses and speaks at conferences throughout the U.S. Ms. Wagner is an ICI certified instructor and received a 2009 “Excellence in Training” award from California POST.   Luke Walker Luke Walker has served for twenty-two years as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of Louisiana and has been the PSC Coordinator since the program's inception. He has prosecuted over 250 child exploitation cases and has participated in over 75 child exploitation jury trials.   Jim Walters Jim Walters is the Assistant Chief of Police at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and a retired Captain from the City of Placerville, California Police Department. He is a private consultant, acting as the AMBER Alert Liaison for Training and Technical Assistance with the U.S. Department of Justice Southern Border and AMBER in Indian Country Initiatives; programs designed to improve capabilities and capacity related to the investigation and recovery of missing, endangered, abducted and exploited children in tribal communities and the U.S. – Mexican border region.   Mr. Walters has traveled extensively in the border region, developing training and technical assistance programs for Mexican officials.  He has conducted and participated in numerous case studies with investigators, prosecutors, family members and victims of trafficking and exploitation.   Patty Wetterling Patty Wetterling is the mother of Jacob Wetterling, who was abducted at the age of 11, by a masked gunman on October 22, 1989 near his home in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Jacob is still missing. Patty has become a nationally recognized educator on the issues of child abduction and sexual exploitation of children. Patty is a consultant with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and Fox Valley Technical College. Patty co-founded and is past Director of Team H.O.P.E., a national support group for families of missing children. She is also a founding member and past president of the Board of Directors of the Association of Missing and Exploited Children’s Organizations (AMECO). Patty also co-authored a book, “When Your Child is Missing: A Family Survival Guide,” along with four other families. Patty is currently Director of Sexual Violence Prevention for the Minnesota Department of Health and is working with leadership across Minnesota to implement a 5-year strategic plan to prevent sexual violence and exploitation.   Ernst Weyand Special Agent (SA) Ernst H. Weyand has over 15 years of experience working and supervising Indian Country violent crime matters with the FBI. Prior to his current assignment as a Special Agent assigned to the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations (Montana), SA Weyand served in the Indian Country Unit (ICU) at FBI Headquarters. As a Supervisory Special Agent in the ICU, SA Weyand served as Program Manager and Unit Chief, overseeing all national program matters for the FBI’s Indian Country subprogram. Prior to his assignment to the ICU, SA Weyand served six years in the FBI’s Pierre, South Dakota Resident Agency where he worked crimes occurring on six Indian Reservations situated in central South Dakota. SA Weyand was awarded the United States Attorney General’s Award for his work in Indian Country with the FBI.    Carmen White Carmen is the Chief Prosecutor of the Child Abuse Division at the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.  She received her law degree from Harvard Law School in 1999 after graduating cum laude from Baylor University in 1995.  Immediately after graduation, Carmen practiced law at a large corporate firm in Dallas. Since joining the Dallas County District Attorney's Office in 2001, she has held several positions, including the Chief of the 291st Judicial District Court.  She speaks at local and national conferences on issues involving child abuse.   Josh White Josh White is an investigative reporter for The Washington Post’s Metro section. For much of his 13 years at the Post, Josh has covered law enforcement and crime, writing about several capital murder cases in Virginia and witnessing two executions by electric chair. He was a lead reporter on the Washington-area sniper case and has done investigations on the East Coast Rapist, sex predators and drug crimes. Josh covered the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004 to 2008, embedding with troops in combat and writing about U.S. interrogation efforts and the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. He twice has been on Post teams that were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and contributed reporting to the Post’s coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2008. Josh is a graduate of the University of Michigan.   Chauncey Wilder Investigator Wilder started his Law Enforcement Career with the Roanoke City Police Department where he attended their 27-week police academy, graduating in August 2007. He served as a Patrol Officer in Roanoke City for a little over 1 year prior to being hired with the Bedford County Sheriff’s Office in May 2008. After serving briefly as a Road Deputy, he was promoted to Investigator for the Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, joining the unit in November 2008. Investigator Wilder currently works proactive/reactive Peer-2-Peer investigations and provides Internet Safety Awareness Training for various agencies and organizations.   John F. Wilkinson John F. Wilkinson is an Attorney Advisor with AEquitas: The Prosecutors' Resource on Violence Against Women. As an Attorney Advisor, he presents on trial strategy, legal analysis and policy, and ethical issues related to violence against women at the local, state, and national level. He conducts research; develops training materials, resources, and publications; and provides case consultation and technical assistance for prosecutors and allied professionals.   Leslie Williams Leslie Williams is a special agent with ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Shreveport, Louisiana where she investigates child exploitation crimes. Prior to joining ICE, she worked in local law enforcement for nine years and specialized in crimes against children.   William Wiltse William Wiltse serves as Security Director: Law Enforcement Systems at TLO and assists in the development of software tools, targeting those who create and disseminate child pornography over the Internet.  Wiltse served as a police officer in the State of Oregon for 18 years. Working as a detective for the Salem Police Department, he specialized in conducting forensic computer exams in cases involving child sexual exploitation. He has also led proactive investigations into the online trading of child pornography and worked with numerous federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.  Wiltse holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Law Enforcement from Western Oregon State College.    Ted Wolters Ted has been a Special Agent with Homeland Security Investigations since 2007. He is currently assigned to the Office of the Special Agent in Charge in Detroit, MI. SA Wolters has been in the HIS Cyber Crimes Division for over 3 years and has predominately worked investigations involving crimes against children. SA Wolters is also certified to conduct HSI Internet undercover investigations.   Jason Woodruff Jason Woodruff is currently assigned to the Criminal Investigations Division of the Owasso Police Department in Owasso, Oklahoma. Detective Woodruff manages the child abuse and adult sex crimes caseload as well as being a participating member of the Tulsa County District Attorney's Task Force on Child Abuse.   Matt Wright Matt Wright is a special agent with ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). He is currently assigned to the Cyber Crimes/Customs Fraud group at the HSI Office of the Special Agent in Charge, New Orleans, Louisiana.   Terry Wright In December 2003, Sgt. Wright was hired by the Bedford County Sheriff's Office where he was assigned as a road deputy. Since February 2006 he has been assigned to the Bedford County Sheriff's Office, Southern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, also known as Operation Blue Ridge Thunder. He has received over 270 hours of training involving investigations of crimes involving computers and crimes against children. He has assisted in numerous cases involving search warrants and the prosecution of related crimes involving both computers and child victims. Since being assigned to the unit, his assignments have been in the field of proactive online investigations as well as the investigation of the trading of child pornography using the file sharing networks. He currently supervises a staff of five investigators and one civilian.   Billy Young Billy is the senior program coordinator for the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs). He joined the National Forensic Science Technology Center (NFSTC) in 2007, and has worked on the development and implementation of the National Missing & Unidentified Persons System, as well as various other outreach and community development programs with the NFSTC. For more information, please visit the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs).   D. Todd Zerfoss Todd has been employed as a Special Agent for Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement since the agency's creation in March 2003. Prior to that time, he was employed as a Special Agent for the United States Customs Service from September 2000 through March 2003. Prior to becoming a Special Agent with the United States Customs Service, Todd was employed by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service for approximately five years. As a Senior Special Agent for ICE, his primary duty was investigating and prosecuting child exploitation cases. In December of 2009, Todd was promoted and transferred from the Resident Agent in Charge/Fort Myers, FL office to ICE Headquarters Cyber Crimes Center in Fairfax, VA where he is the National Program Manager for the Child Exploitation Section. Prior to and during his employment with the Federal Government, he received his Masters of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Florida International University in Miami, Florida. Todd also obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.     Eric Zimmerman Special Agent Eric Zimmerman is assigned to the Cyber Crimes Squad of the Salt Lake City FBI field office where he has been investigating child pornography and computer intrusions for the past three years. He is a member of the Utah ICAC and has provided training and assistance to dozens of local, state, federal and international law enforcement agencies. Eric has a degree in Computer Science and has developed several computer programs to aid in the investigation and prosecution of child exploitation matters.