Council Members
Council membership is outlined in statute (C.R.S. § 18-3-505(b)). According to statute, some members are appointed by the Governor while other members are appointed by Executive Directors of state agencies. There are up to 35 total seats on the Council.
Current Council members
Current as of April 08, 2024
Chief James Baird | Breckenridge Police Department| Rep. of a statewide association of chiefs of police | Council Chair
Dan Casey | Department of Human Services for the City and County of Broomfield | Rep. a director of an urban county department of human services
Evanne Caviness |National Young Farmer's Coalition | Rep. of the Department of Agriculture
Janet Drake | Colorado Attorney General's Office | Rep. of Colorado Department of Law
Amanda Finger | Colorado Network to End Human Trafficking | Rep. of a regional/city-wide human trafficking task force or coalition
Christian Gardner-Wood | Colorado District Attorney's Council | Rep. of a statewide organization of district attorneys
Diana Goldberg | SungateKids | Rep. of a child advocacy center
Jenelle Goodrich| From Silenced to Saved | Rep. of a faith-based organization that assists victims of human trafficking
Chris Henderson | Office of the Child's Representative | Rep. of a statewide organization that provides legal advocacy to abused, neglected, and at-risk children
Irma Jaimes-Alonso | Community Partnerships, EDI Unit | Rep. of the State Department of Labor and Employment
Mona Petrocco Klein | Alliance to Combat Human Trafficking - Pueblo | Rep. of a regional/city-wide human trafficking task force or coalition
Meghan LaPorte Trujillo | Urban Peak | Rep. of an organization that provides direct services to victims of human trafficking
Josh Landy | Colorado Criminal Defense Bar | Rep. of a statewide organization of criminal defense attorneys
Rebekah Layton | Community Member
Gina Lopez | Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault | Rep. of a statewide coalition for victims of sexual assualt
Andrew Lorensen| Lincoln County Department of Social Services | Rep. of a rural county department of social services
Brooke Byrd | Denver District Attorney's Office | Rep. of a regional or city-wide human trafficking task force | Council Vice-Chair
Major Mark Mason| Colorado State Patrol | Rep. of Colorado State Patrol
Caroline McKinnon| Voluntad | Rep. of an organization that provides direct services to victims of human trafficking
Patricia Medige | Colorado Legal Services | Rep. of a statewide immigration rights organization
Jo-Ann O'Neil | Human Trafficking Task Force of Southern Colorado | Rep. of a regional/city-wide human trafficking task force or coalition
Steven Ramirez | Shiloh House | Rep. of a nonprofit organization that facilitates the treatment or housing of human trafficking victims
Tammy Schneiderman | Division of Youth Services, CDHS | Rep. from Department of Human Services
Hava Simmons | Larimer County Department of Human Services | Rep. of child welfare services for a county department of social services
Molly Stevens| Colorado Organization for Victim Assistance | Statewide organization that provides services to crime victims
Caleb Stewart | Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network | Rep. with extensive experience with labor trafficking
Dr. Meghan Stidd | Office of Children, Youth, and Families | Rep. from the Colorado Department of Human Services
Dr. Michelle Sunkel | Colorado Mesa University, Social and Behavioral Science | Rep. from a college or university department that conducts research on human trafficking
Bailey Thiry | El Paso County Human Trafficking Coalition | Rep. of a regional or city-wide human trafficking task force or coalition
ReJeania Tolliver | Violence Free Colorado | Rep. of a statewide coalition for victims of domestic violence
Sheriff Darren Weekly | Douglas County Sheriff's Office | Rep. from statewide association of county sheriffs