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