The Speakers

Dr Joe Sullivan began assessing and providing therapeutic intervention programmes for people with a sexual interest in children sex offenders in 1987.  He has worked in Gracewell Clinic and the Wolvercote Clinic specialising in assessing work with people suspected or accused of sexually abusing children.  Joe has also undertaken assessment and therapeutic intervention work with women who sexually abuse children and young people who have engaged in problematic sexual behaviour with other children.

Since 1999 Dr Sullivan has collaborated with law enforcement.  He has worked as an independent consultant for several UK and European police forces specialising in assisting investigations into sexually motivated abduction, murder and assault of children.  He has provided behavioural analysis support to the UK National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) and latterly the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) centre.

He has provided law enforcement training on the issues of understanding and interviewing sex offenders, sexual offending on the internet and sex offenders travelling internationally to abuse.  Joe has provided training and consultancy to police forces worldwide.

Dr Sullivan has numerous publications in books and professional journals related to his research with perpetrators of sexual crimes against children.

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Kelsey McKay is a highly recognized national expert on the topic of criminal asphyxiation and interpersonal violence.  She spent twelve years as a child abuse, sex crimes, domestic violence, and homicide prosecutor in Austin, Texas, and exclusively prosecuted strangulation related crimes for half of that time.  She now trains and consults nationally to implement sustainable protocols and help strengthen how communities identify, investigate, and prosecute strangulation in cases ranging from intimate partner violence, human trafficking, sexual assault, child abuse, and homicide.  She is the President & Founder of RESPOND Against Violence non-profit, is the owner of McKay Training & Consulting, LLC  and also serves on multiple faculties, advisory boards, and committees. 

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Special Agent Bohn has worked in law enforcement for over twenty-five years. He has been employed with the Oregon Department of Justice Internet Crimes Against Children for six months. Prior to the Oregon Department of Justice, Agent Bohn worked at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department, Central Point Police Department and Phoenix Police Department where he worked as a Patrol Deputy, Narcotics Detective and Special Victim’s Detective. During his time with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office, Agent Bohn helped to establish the Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team in 2020. The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team, focused on crucial matters related to online child sexual exploitation. During his time with the Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team, he participated in several undercover operations to apprehend individuals who have sexual interest in minor children who were seeking to make contact and sexually abuse them. The Southern Oregon Child Exploitation Team also investigated numerous cases of child sextortion and individuals exchanging child sex abuse material on the internet, which resulted in nearly 100 children being rescued from online and physical sex abuse.

Mike has been involved in law enforcement for over 34 years and recently retired as Chief of Police for Alta Vista, Virginia.  Over the years he has worked in various positions which include Interim Sheriff, Director of Public Safety, Coordinator of an FBI/Virginia State Police multi-jurisdictional task force, Senior Supervisory Investigator, uniformed Deputy Sheriff and Polygraph Examiner.

In addition to being involved in thousands of investigations, Mike has also done an extensive amount of teaching in criminal justice with an emphasis in the areas of sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and domestic violence as well as being a Professor of Criminal Justice at Liberty University. Mike also contributed to the development of Virginia’s Model Law Enforcement Policy on Sexual Assault Investigation.  In 2016, Mike was selected to the core faculty of the National Center for Campus Public Safety which allowed him the opportunity to instruct at colleges and universities across the country in the areas of sexual assault investigation, Title IX compliance, and campus violence.

In 2016, Mike cofounded Justice 3D, a company that offers training and consulting to allied professionals nationally on issues of child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault.

Mike is married, has two grown children and three grandchildren.

Kathleen Nolan is a Senior Attorney with Zero Abuse Project. She joined the team in May of 2021.  She brings over 15 years of experience as a Prosecutor in the area of Child Protection.

Kathleen previously served as the Chief of the Children’s Justice Division in the Madison County State’s Attorney’s Office in Madison County, Illinois. She was appointed to that role in 2015 after joining the office in 2013. The Children’s Justice Division handled the charging and prosecution of all child victim cases in the county including physical abuse, sexual assault and child deaths. Her role as Chief of the Division also involved mentoring and training the attorneys she supervised. She also created and presented specialized trainings for members of the Madison County Multi-Disciplinary Team including police, forensic interviewers and Department of Children and Family Services workers.

As a board member of the Southern Illinois Child Death Investigation Task Force, Kathleen worked with a team of professionals across Southern Illinois to create more effective procedures for the examination of suspicious child deaths. Her work as a board member including the creation and presentation of trainings for the various members of the task force.

Kathleen began her prosecution career in the Tazewell County State’s Attorney’s Office in 2006. Her role as a prosecutor in that office began with the handling of Juvenile Abuse and Neglect cases as well as the Juvenile Delinquency docket. From there, she moved into the full time prosecution of all the child abuse cases in the county and managed a docket of felony and misdemeanor cases.

In 2009, Kathleen accepted a position with the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. She traveled throughout the state of Illinois handling the commitment of violent predators under Illinois’ Sexually Violent Person’s Commitment statute. She also prosecuted cases through the Trial Assistance and Statewide Grand Jury divisions.

Kathleen attended St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois. She graduated from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois in 2001. Kathleen received her Juris Doctorate from Valparaiso University School of Law in 2004.

Erika Callaway Kleiner, M.Div. (she/her) is a trainer and consultant for Justice 3D and has worked in the anti-violence movement more than twenty years.  Her passion is helping to create inclusive and accessible services for survivors of violence from underserved communities through advocacy and training and build prevention programming.  

Erika began work at the Women’s Center of Vanderbilt University where she also earned a Master of Divinity degree.  She was the director of the Alexandria Sexual Assault Center (SAC) and works now as a consultant managing the SAC Prevention Project and

facilitating the Alexandria LGBTQ+ Task Force.  Erika was a co-founder of the Alexandria LGBTQ+ Task Force in 2007 and has continuously worked on an initiative to improve services and outreach to people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer + (LGBTQ+).  This work developed into a City-wide initiative.  The Task Force has been used as a model for other jurisdictions across Virginia and has trained thousands of service providers on developing inclusive services.  

Erika received the Pathfinder Award from the Virginia Sexual and Domestic Violence Action Alliance and the Women’s Health and Safety Advocate Award from the Alexandria Commission for Women for her work to improve services to underserved communities.

Currently the senior trainer for CBI Consulting, Cory Jewell Jensen, M.S., spent the last 35 years providing

evaluation and treatment services to adult sex offenders and their families in Portland, Oregon. In addition to her

clinical work, Ms. Jensen has provided training and/or consultation to The National Center for the Prosecution of

Child Abuse, The Office of Special Investigations - Diplomatic Security Services Agency, The U.S. Marshall’s Office,

The Canadian Security Intelligence Service, The American Association of Police Polygraph Examiners, The National

Child Advocacy Center, The National Children’s Alliance, The United States Navy, The National Crime Victims

Association, The National Boy Scouts Foundation, Prevent Child Abuse America, NYPD’s Special Victims Unit and

a number of other law enforcement, child advocacy and faith based organizations. 

Ms. Jensen has also served on a number of state and national boards and provided training for countless Multi-disciplinary Teams throughout the United States and Europe. She was awarded Oregon’s “Commercial Crime Prevention Award,” the “Champions for

Children Award,” the OATSA “Significant Achievement Award,” the Nunnenkamp “Award of Excellence,” and the

Jan Hindman Memorial Award. She has also published a number of articles related to sex offender treatment, risk

management and child abuse prevention, testified as an expert witness in local and federal courts and been a featured

guest on radio talk shows and the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Dr. Chris Wilson is a retired licensed psychologist from Portland, Oregon. For eighteen years he worked with victims and perpetrators of crime, including for seven years with the Oregon Department of Corrections, and performed psychological evaluations. He currently trains nationally and internationally on a variety of issues including the neurobiology of trauma, vicarious trauma, and being trauma informed, and testifies as an expert in both civil and criminal trials.

He’s provided training, plenary, keynote, and breakout sessions for conferences and organizations across the United States, Canada, Italy, and Denmark, including the National District Attorney’s Association, US Department of Justice, the US Department of the Interior, the US Navy, Marine Corps, Army, and Air Force, the US Office for Victims of Crime, End Violence Against Women International, the National Organization for Victim Assistance, the National Crime Victim Law Institute, and the New York Police Department.

Dr. Wilson is a guest faculty member at the US Army’s Special Victim Capabilities Course where he teaches military criminal investigators about the neurobiology of trauma. He recently served as a curriculum consultant for The National Center for Campus Public Safety. He is also the co-author of the article "Understanding The Neurobiology of Trauma and Implications for Interviewing" (an abbreviated version of which was provided for Danish law enforcement in 2017) and "Judges' and Juries' Common Misperceptions About Domestic Violence Victims' Behaviors."

Dr. Wilson received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Pacific University in 2002. He was licensed as a psychologist in the state of Oregon in 2005 and retired his clinical license in August of 2021.  For six years served on the Board of the Oregon Psychological Association. Raised in Andover, Massachusetts, he is a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan and in his spare time enjoys playing the guitar, rooting for his now hometown Portland Timbers, and playing "old man soccer" on weekends.

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Missi started her career as a forensic photographer and a forensic interviewer. While getting her master’s degree in Clinical Social Work, she was working as a CPS worker. In 2015, she transitioned to a position with community mental health as the Crisis Coordinator. She applied the same relationships and approach with community partners in child abuse investigations to mental health crisis work.  After developing this program and successfully reaching strategic goals for the county, she became a full-time therapist. She now works in private practice and has a contract to work in the jail and to help with the officer wellness program at the Police Department. One of Missi’s specialties is helping to prepare victims for court. Missi continues to work with community partners to help the victim develop an individualized and personable experience as many victims can feel revictimized by the criminal justice process.

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John Garden has worked for the Washington State Patrol (WSP) for 23 years. He is a detective with the Missing and Exploited Children Task Force (MECTF) in the Special Investigations Section.  He has been a detective in MECTF for 11 years investigating Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Cybertips, conducting child undercover operations, and investigating human trafficking and child exploitation cases.  

Throughout his career, Detective Garden has worked in a variety of assignments to including Field Training Officer, Rapid Deployment Force, Aggressive Driving Apprehension Team, Drug Recognition Expert, and Target Zero Team, and has spent the last 9 years as a Task Force Officer (TFO) with the FBI South Sound Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force.  Detective Garden has assisted with planning and implementing over 30 child undercover operations.  He is a Team Leader on the WSP Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT). Detective Garden has presented at the Washington State Patrol Academy, WSNIA conference in Vancouver, Washington, the 31st Annual Crimes against Children Conference in Dallas, Texas, WSIN Human Trafficking Conference in Sacramento, California, the Child Abuse and Family Violence Summit in Clackamas, Oregon, and the Eastern Oregon Child Abuse Conference, Pendleton, Oregon.  

Detective Sergeant Jason Greer is a 19-year veteran of the Washington State Patrol. He is currently assigned to the Missing and Exploited Children Task Force, where he supervises two detectives who conduct human trafficking and child exploitation investigations and is a federal Task Force Officer with the FBI's South Sound Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force. Sergeant Greer is a Certified Forensic Computer Examiner and has conducted hundreds of investigations involving the examination of digital media, primarily in child exploitation and human trafficking cases. He is also an FBI-certified Online Covert Employee and regularly conducts state and federal undercover operations.

Kurt W. Miller is a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of Justice where he focuses on publications, warrants, and digital evidence.  Before starting with DOJ in 2018, he was a Deputy District Attorney with the Marion County District Attorney’s Office for approximately ten years prosecuting a variety of cases in both the adult and juvenile divisions. 

Prior to becoming an attorney, Kurt spent six years as a police officer in Glendale, AZ where he performed various duties including: Field Training Officer, Tactical Operations Unit (SWAT), and Vehicular Homicide Investigator.  Kurt also served in the U.S. Army as a helicopter crew chief instructor for seven years with a tour in Operation Restore Hope; Somalia, Africa. 

Kurt’s educational background includes: J.D., cum laude, Willamette College of Law (2008), B.A.S., summa cum laude, Arizona State University (2002), A.A.S., highest honors, Glendale Community College (1999).

Washington State Patrol (WSP) Detective Kale Saur is assigned to WSP Investigative Services Bureau Narcotics Section. He has been with WSP for approximately 23 years and is currently assigned as a federally deputized Task Force Officer with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Seattle Field Division, Bellingham Resident Office. In this capacity, he has investigated numerous drug trafficking organizations and transnational organized crimes.

Throughout his career, Detective Saur has served in a variety of assignments to include Patrol Trooper, Field Training Officer, Civil Disturbance Action Team, Aggressive Driving Apprehension Team, Drug Recognition Expert, Drug Recognition Expert Instructor, Cannabis Eradication Response Team, Reconnaissance and Arrest Team, and Stabilized Body Master. He has assisted with multiple investigations with WSP Missing and Exploited Children's Task Force (MECTF), specializing in crimes against children. He is currently assigned as the undercover (UC) handler for MECTF operations and, for multiple years, has assisted with planning and implementing Net Nanny Operations. This has involved the role of WSP Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT) arrest team member and UC handler. As a member of WSP SWAT, he holds the primary role as negotiator and has previously served in the positions of entry and sniper.

In his current assignment with DEA, Detective Saur has conducted multiple operational plans and briefings to involve UC controlled purchases. He supervises and participates in UC rescue and close cover for UC operations. With MECTF, he is responsible for monitoring UC active chats and phone calls, overseeing UC controlled off-site meets, and coordinating with command for UC safety and contingencies.

Detective Rebecca Venable discovered her passion for helping her community as a teenager when she volunteered at the Gresham Police Department as a police cadet and later as a volunteer reserve police officer.  During this time, Detective Venable graduated from Mt. Hood Community College with an associate degree in General Studies and from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Leadership and Management.   

Recognizing “the call” to join law enforcement full time, in June of 2001, she was hired as a police officer with the Hillsboro Police Department (HPD) where she was assigned as a patrol officer.  For over 22 years, she has participated in different assignments throughout HPD.  Most notably, she was the lead police cadet advisor for over 18 years and completed two tours as a detective assigned to the Washington County Interagency Gang Enforcement Team. Detective Venable was certified by the Courts as a subject matter expert on criminal street gangs in Washington County.  

Since April of 2018, Detective Venable was assigned to the HPD General Assignment Division/Violent Crimes Team.  She is also an investigator on the Washington County Major Crimes Team and dually certified with the US Marshals and the Federal Bureau of Investigations, as a task force officer assigned to the Metro Safe Streets Task Force.  Detective Venable has a caseload focused on adult sex crimes, criminal street gang assaults, and homicides. In her free time, Detective Venable enjoys spending time with her husband, who is also a Washington County Violent Crimes Detective, and her stepchildren.

Amy Russell currently serves as a consultant to child protection and child abuse prevention professionals with Russell Consulting Specialists, LLC.  Ms. Russell also serves as an expert witness on child abuse, with particular focus on sexual victimization, in multiple state and federal courts, and provides training and technical assistance on all aspects of child maltreatment, investigation, forensic interviewing and legal services.  Ms. Russell previously served as forensic interview specialist with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security / Immigration and Customs Enforcement with Homeland Security Investigations, and as executive/senior director of the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center (NCPTC), where she provided administrative and programmatic oversight as well as professional training and technical assistance on a national and international level. She additionally served as as a pro bono attorney for children in dependency court and formerly as an adjunct faculty member in the Child Advocacy Studies Program at Winona State University.  She 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.

Ms. Russell is a national certified counselor, and 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 several children’s advocacy centers. In addition, she has interviewed over a thousand children; served as a consultant for multiple children’s advocacy centers and multidisciplinary teams for child abuse investigations; served as an independent contractor and trainer for UNICEF on child abuse and trafficking issues in Kosovo; trained Special Victim Counsel at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, Virginia on representing child victims in military court; and provided training on forensic interviewing, child abuse issues and domestic violence in Colombia, Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Ms. Russell has conducted research on vicarious trauma in child protection attorneys, and authored numerous articles on interviewing and child maltreatment, including Child Forensic Interviewing: Best Practices, published by OJJDP (co-author); Multidisciplinary Response to Youth With Sexual Behavior Problems, published in the William Mitchell Law Review of the William Mitchell College of Law, Best Practices in Child Forensic Interviews: Interview Instructions and Truth‐Lie Discussions, published in the Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy by Hamline University School of Law; Out of the Woods: A Case for Using Anatomical Diagrams in Forensic Interviews and Vicarious Trauma in Child Protection Professionals, published in APRI Update by the National District Attorneys Association, National Center for Prosecution of Child Abuse; several CenterPiece articles published by the National Child Protection Training Center; and co-authored The CornerHouse Forensic Interview Protocol: RATAC® published in the Thomas M. Cooley Journal of Practical and Clinical Law. Ms. Russell is also the co-author of the ChildFirst™ Forensic Interview Protocol, which is replicated in twenty states and two countries.  Ms. Russell is a member of several professional societies, including American Bar Association, American Counseling Association,  and Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists (ATSS) and serves on the Board of Directors with American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and serves on the editorial boards and peer review pool of the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma; Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma; Journal of Child Custody; Journal of Child Sexual Abuse; and Journal of Family Violence.