2026 PRESENTERS
Kevin Mulcahy (pronounced Mole-K-He) is a survivor of child sexual abuse. He is a former federal prosecutor in
Detroit who spent his career prosecuting a variety of cases, including offenses involving firearms, drugs, bank
robberies, threats, terrorism, and a wide variety of other federal prosecutions. But most of his caseload focused
on child exploitation crimes, including production of child pornography cases, traveler cases, and other significant
crimes against children prosecutions. Kevin began his career as a federal prosecutor in 2002, spending his first
three and a half years as an AUSA in San Diego before continuing his work in Detroit.
Kevin obtained his undergraduate degree in Statistics and American Culture from the University of Michigan and
his JD from Santa Clara School of Law, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Santa Clara Law Review. He has 3 kids,
2 cats, a coronavirus puppy, and a very nice wife.
Sasha Joseph Neulinger is the Founder and President of
Voice For The Kids, and Co-Founder and Head of Production at
Step 1 Films. In 2015, Sasha presented at TEDxBozeman with
his first public speech, "Trauma Is Irreversible. How It Shapes Us
Is Our Choice.” Since his TED Talk, Sasha has presented over
100 plenary and keynote speeches around the world, helping
raise over $8 Million for the fight against child abuse. He has
presented plenary speeches at some of the largest international
child abuse prevention and intervention conferences, including
the Dallas Crimes Against Children Conference (2016), National
Children’s Alliance Leadership Conference (2018), and the San
Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment
(2023).
Sasha made his directorial debut at the 2019 Tribeca Film
Festival with his autobiographical, feature length documentary,
REWIND. REWIND had its US Television Premiere on May 11,
2020 as a part of PBS’ Independent Lens lineup, and has since
been streaming for audiences internationally. REWIND was
nominated for a 2020 Critics Choice Award for Best First Feature
Documentary and received three Emmy Nominations in 2021,
including Outstanding Social Issue Documentary, Outstanding
Direction, and Outstanding Editing.
Voice For The Kids-Sasha's Story
Bio coming soon!
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Dr. Michael Bourke is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and retired U.S. federal law
enforcement officer. He spent eight years interviewing, evaluating, polygraphing, treating, and
researching sex offenders at a federal prison, and then served for the next 13 years as the Chief
Psychologist for the United States Marshals Service (USMS), where he created and ran the USMS
Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). He co-authored the “Butner Study” and published seminal work on the
use of tactical polygraph with sex offenders. He has also conducted studies in the area of resilience and
employee wellness, and has co-edited several books addressing behavioral criminology and first
responder mental health. He has been a member of the forensic psychology faculty at The George
Washington University since 2016.
Dr. Matthew Cox is a Child Abuse Pediatrician with the CARES Team at St. Luke’s. He graduated from
the University of Texas Houston Medical School in 1998. Dr. Cox did his pediatrics residency training at
Vanderbilt Children’s hospital where he served an additional year as Pediatric Chief Resident. Dr. Cox
pursued fellowship training in Child Abuse at the University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of
Philadelphia. He practiced in Dallas, Texas for 12 years prior to moving to Idaho in 2016. He works at
CARES part time and also works as a pediatric hospitalist at St Luke’s. He is a board certified Child Abuse
Pediatrician by the American Board of Pediatrics.
Elijah Michalowski is a Sr. Assistant Attorney General at the Oregon Department of Justice
Criminal Justice Division. He is a career prosecutor who has focused on the prosecution of
technical and complex cases. After graduating from Willamette University’s College of Law,
Elijah joined the Lincoln County District Attorney’s Office where after focusing on DUII and Drug
caseloads early in his career. He worked his way up to prosecuting violent felonies and
homicides with a particular focus on crash reconstruction cases. Since joining the Oregon
Department of Justice in 2014, Elijah had led multi-defendant racketeering, large scale public
corruption and tax fraud cases. As an attorney assigned to the ICAC unit, Elijah has prosecuted
child exploitation cases as well as helped coordinate DOJ’s response to developing case law
regarding digital evidence including training officers and prosecutors around the state. Elijah
also represents the Oregon State Police in forfeiture matters was appointed by the Attorney
General to sit on the Asset Forfeiture Oversight Advisor Committee.
Katie Green is a Senior Assistant Attorney General at the Oregon Department of Justice, in the
Criminal Justice Division. Previously, Katie served as a Lane County Deputy District Attorney.
There, she was assigned to the Major Crimes Team, where she prosecuted serious felony
crimes of violence including homicide, child abuse and sexual assault. She also served for
seven years on the Domestic Violence Team, prosecuting major felony domestic violence
cases. Katie was the designated sexual assault prosecutor for all cases involving students at
the University of Oregon and chaired the Child Abuse Multi-Disciplinary Team for Lane County.
Katie served for many years on the advisory board for Ophelia’s Place, a non-profit in Eugene
whose mission is to empower young women and now serves on the board of Kids First, the
child abuse advocacy center in Lane County.
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).
Dr. Mollie Rockafellow is an executive leader, researcher, and systems-focused facilitator who
helps professionals navigate high-stakes environments without relying on burnout or pressure.
With experience leading cross-functional intervention teams, implementing trauma-informed
crisis protocols, and designing early identification systems aligned with best practices, Mollie
brings a practical, grounded perspective to complex human systems. Her work focuses on how
organizational and individual structures influence behavior, decision-making, and resilience over
time. Drawing on leadership experience in coordinated response initiatives, strengths-based
leadership and system redesign, Mollie equips audiences to strengthen culture, support
courage, and improve outcomes in demanding settings.
Missi started her career doing investigative work. She was a forensic photographer, a forensic
interviewer and a CPS worker. After nearly 10 years in the field, Missi left child abuse
investigations to utilize her skills and degree as a therapist. Missi has over a decade of
experience providing innovative, client-centered therapy. After earning a Master of Social Work
degree in 2014, Missi quickly advanced into leadership roles, most notably serving as the head
of Union County’s mental health crisis team. Under Missi’s direction, the team achieved a 100%
reduction in acute psychiatric hospitalizations by its third year—a testament to collaborative
efforts with community partners, system-level improvements, strategic development, and
effective crisis intervention strategies.
Currently, Missi is the founder and owner of MB Counseling, LLC., where she provides
comprehensive outpatient services to individuals and families, particularly specializing in work
with first responders. Missi currently contracts with the La Grande Police Department and the
La Grande Fire Department as a support for department wellness. In addition, Missi holds a
contract with the local jail, delivering essential mental health services to incarcerated
individuals and supporting rehabilitation efforts. Lastly, Missi is the owner of The Weave Within
where she provides 1:1 leadership development applying the same methodologies she utilizes
as a therapist to coaching and training leaders. Throughout Missi’s career, she has been
dedicated to improving access to quality care, reducing
barriers to treatment, and fostering long-term wellness for diverse populations.
Brittney Aaron served as a prosecutor with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office
from 2013 to 2018 before joining the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office.
She currently serves as the Chief Prosecutor of the Child Abuse Division, where she
supervises prosecutors and assists detectives assigned to Children’s Safe Harbor.
During her time at the Harris County District Attorney’s Office, Brittney worked in the
Juvenile Division, the Misdemeanor Trial Bureau, and the Felony Trial Bureau before
being assigned to the Major Offenders Division. In the Major Offenders Division, she
contributed to the investigation and prosecution of violent offenses. Brittney also served
as a District Court Chief in the 182nd District Court.
At the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Brittney has held assignments in
the Trial Bureau, the Internet Crimes Against Children Division, and the Child Abuse
Division. She also served as Chief of the 435th District Court before returning to lead the
Child Abuse Division as its Chief.
Throughout her career in both Harris and Montgomery counties, Brittney has tried
numerous felony cases from voir dire to sentencing. Her experience includes cases
involving child abuse, sexual assault, and murder, often involving complex issues such as
self-defense.
As the Chief Prosecutor of the Child Abuse Division, Brittney supervises prosecutors
working with Children’s Safe Harbor and collaborates with detectives to investigate and
prosecute cases involving the physical and sexual abuse of children. She also assists
Children’s Safe Harbor in providing training to various agencies and partners on using
the Multidisciplinary Team Model to enhance child abuse investigations.
Brittney earned her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Sam Houston State University and her
J.D. from South Texas College of Law. She is Board Certified in Criminal Law.
Donna Hansen was a prosecutor with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office from
2006-2016, before joining the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, where she
is currently assigned as the Chief of the Special Victims Division where she supervises
prosecutors assigned to the Children’s Safe Harbor, Internet Crimes Against Children
Section, and the Domestic Violence Section.
While in Harris County, Donna was assigned to the Misdemeanor Trial Bureau, the
Family Criminal Law Division as a misdemeanor and felony prosecutor, and the Felony
Trial Bureau, before being assigned to the Major Offenders Division, where she aided in
the investigation and prosecution of large scale narcotics offenses. While there she also
investigated and tried violent felony offenses, including cold case homicides. She was
later assigned to the Identity Theft section, where she prosecuted complex Engaging in
Organized Criminal Activity cases involving the Fraudulent Use or Possession of
Identifying Information. She served as a District Court Chief in the 339 th and 263 rd
District Courts, and has tried numerous murder and capital murder cases.
While working with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office, Donna served as
the Chief of the 9 th District Court for approximately three years, then briefly as Chief of
the Internet Crimes Against Children Section, before promoting to Felony Division
Chief.
As the Felony Division Chief, Donna supervised prosecutors working in four felony
district courts. In addition, Donna worked closely with narcotics and homicide detectives
to investigate and prosecute individuals responsible for delivering controlled substances
resulting in serious bodily injury or death, including investigating and filing charges
under the new homicide by fentanyl law. Donna also speaks at local schools to students
about the danger associated with the purchase and use of illicit narcotics, specifically,
fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
Mrs. Hansen received her B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Houston
and her J.D. from Regent University School of Law.
Amber has dedicated her career to protecting the most vulnerable in our community.
She brings skill, compassion, and kindness to her clients and assists them in navigating
what is often the most confusing and frightening time of their lives. For Amber, there
is nothing more rewarding than supporting and empowering crime victims—and in
doing so, shifting the power from the abuser to the survivor.
Amber spent the first 13 years of her career as a prosecutor for the Multnomah County
District Attorney’s Office. She worked closely with law enforcement, medical
providers, schools, child protective services, and other partner agencies to investigate
and prosecute some of the most complex cases in Multnomah County.
With over eight years of experience in major person felonies, she gained specific
expertise in crimes of violence within families, including partner-on-partner violence
and child abuse.
She was a member of the Multnomah County Multidisciplinary Child Abuse Team (MDT)
for six years and became a leader in the State of Oregon on cases involving physical
and sexual abuse against children and child homicides.
In her role as an MDT Deputy District Attorney, Amber also represented the State of
Oregon in dependency cases—civil matters where the State intervenes to protect
children who are unsafe in their homes. Her work in these cases complemented her
criminal prosecutions, both centered on one priority: maintaining the child’s health,
safety, and well-being.
Amber is a frequent speaker on child abuse and trial advocacy, presenting to
government agencies, private corporations, and community organizations. She has
also educated fellow attorneys through continuing legal education programs and co-
authored the Criminal Law: Search and Seizure chapter for the Oregon State Bar.
Beyond the courtroom, Amber is a devoted mother of three and an active member of
her community. She volunteers at her children’s schools, serves on the local PTA
board, and brings her passion for nurturing and advocacy into every aspect of her life.
Amber is deeply committed to issues impacting women and fights for justice, safety,
and equality. Having built her career in a male-dominated field, she uses her voice to
empower fellow women and mothers.
A proud Oregonian born and raised in Eugene, Amber attended South Eugene High
School, earned her undergraduate degree at McGill University in Montreal, and
returned to Oregon for law school at the University of Oregon. She speaks French,
loves to ski, and might just be the world’s biggest Little League fan.
2025 PRESENTERS
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.
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.
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.
Cari Allen has been a Child Forensic Interviewer and Program Director at The Jackson County Children’s Advocacy Center since 2007. She is a coauthor of the last three editions of the Oregon Interview Guidelines and played a key role in developing the Oregon Child Forensic Interview Training (OCFIT), a nationally accredited program, serving as a member of its training team since 2012. Cari also contributed to the creation of the Oregon Advanced Forensic Interview Training (AFIT) and continues to be an active member of that training team. She was involved in developing the Collaborative Child Abuse Response (CCAR) training. Cari provides a variety of training courses within the state of Oregon and regularly presents at national conferences such as the APSAC Colloquium and the Dallas Crimes Against Children Conference on topics related to child forensic interviewing.
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.
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).
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.
Jodi Shimanek has 30 years of law enforcement experience and is currently assigned to the Oregon Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, with Oregon Department of Justice (ORDOJ). Jodi has worked at ORDOJ, Criminal Justice Division since 2007. Prior to joining ICAC in May of 2024, she was assigned to the District Attorney Assistance section and investigated a variety of cases, ranging from Official Misconduct to Homicides. Working with Oregon DOJ has provided her the opportunity to travel the State and work in almost every county in Oregon. She enjoys the travel and being able to assist law enforcement and prosecutors from all over Oregon, but especially in rural areas. Jodi was an active member of the Oregon Cold Case Investigators Association and served as the Vice President (2023-24) and Secretary (2022).
Prior to working at Oregon DOJ, Jodi worked for the Monmouth Police Department. Monmouth is home of Western Oregon University and Jodi is a proud alum. While at Monmouth PD, Jodi worked as a patrol officer, detective, and field training officer. As detective, Jodi was awarded Officer of the year in 2006. Jodi and her husband are Oregon natives, still live in the Monmouth area and just celebrated 30 years of marriage. They have one grown daughter and two rescue pitbulls.
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.
Nancy Oglesby is a nationally recognized speaker and dedicated career prosecutor with over 27 years of experience. Her passion drives her work as Deputy Director of Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council and as the co-founder of Justice 3D, a company that provides specialized training and consulting to professionals who handle some of society’s most complex and sensitive cases.
Throughout her career, Nancy has prosecuted thousands of cases involving domestic violence, child abuse, and sexual assault. She
regularly trains prosecutors, law enforcement, medical professionals, advocates, and other allied disciplines nationwide. She has coauthored statewide policies, including Virginia’s model law enforcement protocols for investigating child homicide, intimate
partner violence, sexual violence and stalking.
Nancy’s commitment to her work has earned her recognition at both state and national levels. In 2011, she received the Virginia S. Duvall Distinguished Juvenile and Domestic Court Prosecutor Award. In 2017, she was named a Lecturer of Merit for her leadership in training Virginia Prosecutors. In 2019, the National Organization for Victim Assistance honored her steadfastness in empowering victims and survivors. Most recently, she was recognized as one of Lawyers Weekly Influential Women in the Law.
Nancy is married and the proud mom to two daughters, Mackenzie and Berkeley.
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.
David Lord is a trainer with Justice 3D, a Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney for the City of Alexandria, Virginia, and an adjunct professor in Criminal Procedure at George Mason University's School of Law. David is also a published author, with his writing focused on prosecutorial ethics. He has been employed as a prosecutor since 2006 and has broad litigation experience, having tried 63 cases through a jury and many hundreds more as bench trials. In addition to his work as a trial attorney, David has developed an expertise in ethics and teaches on that topic at multiple conferences each year. David’s published law review articles include the ethics of plea bargaining, trial advocacy, prosecutorial discretion, and exculpatory evidence. As a prosecutor, David supervises the Violent Crimes Unit and works with the Alexandria Treatment Court, a program that seeks to help divert from conviction and incarceration individuals with substance use disorder that engage in nonviolent felony offenses.
David graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Colorado State University, obtained his J.D. from George Mason in 2005, and received a Master of Theological Studies from Wesley Theological Seminary in 2019. David is a recipient of the 2017 Warren B. Von Schuch Distinguished Assistant Award, the 2014, 2015, and 2020 S. Randolph Sengel Award for Prosecutorial Excellence, the 2017 Alexandria Chamber of Commerce 40 Under 40 Award, and the 2019 Michael R. Doucette Lecturer of Merit Award.
2024 PRESENTERS
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.
Kevin McNeil is a Transformational Speaker, Victim Advocate, author, and CEO of The Twelve Project, an organization that educates the world on the effects of trauma and abuse on individuals, families, and communities. Kevin’s passion is to help others heal from the effects of trauma and abuse. He is a renowned speaker who shares lessons from his own life experiences that transform, motivate, and inspire an individual’s mindset and potential.
Kevin retired from the DeKalb County Police Department of Georgia after 20 years of service. He served eight years as a Police Officer, and twelve years as a Special Victims Unit Detective. His training and attention to detail helped him solve several high-profile serial rape cases in the Atlanta area. Kevin’s background coupled with his extensive research on trauma and the effects of abuse, defines and differentiates his message. He travels internationally speaking on topics relevant to Child Advocacy Centers, Police Departments, Department of Family and Children Services, District Attorney’s Offices, athletic organizations, schools and universities, parents, and foster parents, as well as community members. Kevin has appeared on numerous radio, television, and podcast programs; including TV One’s crime investigative series ‘Fatal Attraction’ and has been a guest on Jim Clemente’s podcast ‘Best Case, Worst Case,’ along with being featured in several magazine articles.
Kevin has spoken at numerous Child Advocacy Centers across the United States. He has spoken at events sponsored by Darkness to Light, as well as being featured in the 2023 Darkness to Light Stewards of Children training video. He has delivered a keynote presentation and workshop for the Beau Biden Foundation National Conference to Protect America’s Children, International Child Symposium on Child Abuse in Huntsville, Alabama; he’s delivered a plenary presentation and workshops at the San Diego International Conference on Child and Family Maltreatment in San Diego, California; and in 2019, he even traveled to Bermuda to help train law enforcement surrounding child abuse and child sexual assault.
Kevin’s mission is to “motivate change in the world through trauma and abuse education,” and his vision is to “create a better tomorrow for today’s children.”
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.
Mark Yarbrough was elected as the Lamb County & District Attorney, and served for 20 years, prosecuting everything from death penalty cases to DWIs. During his tenure, in 2002, he was awarded the M.A.D.D. regional prosecutor of the year. He served on the board of directors for the Texas District & County Attorney’s Association, and is a member of the National District Attorney’s Association. He also is one of the founding fellows of the Texas Prosecutor’s Society. Mark is listed by the Lawyers of Distinction as one of the top 10% of lawyers in the United States, and by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys as one of the “10 Best Attorneys” for Texas. Mark graduated from Abilene Christian University in 1984. Following that, he worked as a loan officer for Dallas Federal Savings. In 1987, Mark went back to law school at Texas Tech School of Law where he graduated in 1989. At the end of 2012, Mark retired as District Attorney and travels the country giving motivational speeches regarding Burnout. He has also written and been published on the subject of Burnout. Mark’s interests include – golf, basketball, karaoke, and tropical vacations.
Suffer From BURNOUT? Give ’em the F.I.N.G.E.R.! Mark Yarbrough
Burnout affects millions of Americans each year and has been called “the disease of our civilization.” The unhappiness and detachment burnout causes can threaten your job, your relationships, and your health. But there’s good news -- burnout can be healed. Former 20-year elected District Attorney, MARK YARBROUGH, from Littlefield, Texas (hometown of Waylon Jennings), personally experienced burnout, learned how to successfully overcome it, and went from “Burnout” to “On Fire!” He has since become a “burnout expert” and has written and published on the subject. Mark is a very entertaining, motivating and inspiring speaker. He has taught thousands of people how to overcome Burnout -- from companies like Blue Bell Ice Cream and Xcel Energy, to teachers and doctors/nurses, to a variety of government workers (police officers, CPS workers, attorneys, victim’s rights advocates, counselors, mental health professionals, etc.). Audience members will learn the definition of Burnout and the symptoms thereof. But more importantly, attendees will be laughing, and at the same time learning how to apply Mark’s F.I.N.G.E.R. philosophy to help themselves or their co-workers avoid and/or recover from Burnout. This is a training that you won’t want to miss!
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.
Dave Clark is a detective with the Dallas Police Department and has served the department for twenty-five years. During his tenure, he has worked undercover operations and in the Vice Unit. He has been assigned to the Child Exploitation Unit for the last thirteen years. He is responsible for the investigation of cases involving sexual crimes committed against children; to include the Trafficking and Abduction of children. He has been the lead detective in several high-profile cases during his time in the unit. He has also been a part of several high-risk victim operations involving the identification and recovery of juveniles being trafficked through prostitution, and the prosecution of those adults responsible for the exploitation of those juveniles. He has interviewed over 500 juvenile victims of child abuse and has conducted hundreds of suspects accused of sexually abusing and trafficking children.
In 2023, Detective Clark was awarded the Guardian Award from the non-profit group Traffic 911 for his work with trafficking investigations. He has trained thousands of law enforcement detectives throughout the country in topics related to child abuse investigations.
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 Michelle Gay has been a police officer for 20 years. She is a graduate from Western Oregon University with BS in Criminal Justice. Detective Gay volunteered as a reserve officer with Independence PD the last year of college and was hired as a police/fire/medical dispatcher with the Port of Portland post-graduation. In 2004 she was hired with the Hillsboro Police Department as a patrol officer.
Through the years she has been a member of the Bike Team, Street Crimes Unit, DV response team, Crisis Negotiation Unit, FTO, DRE, a background investigator, accommodations committee member, and TRUST peer support member. She is currently assigned to the Special Victims Unit within the Investigations Unit at the Hillsboro Police Department. Detective Gay has been in the unit for the past ten years with her caseload focused on child abuse. She has worked countless cases of physical and sexual abuse, working hand in hand with DHS, forensic evaluation teams, and the DA’s office. Detective Gay also assists her teammates with violent crimes cases, responding on callouts, surveillance and interviews. Detective Gay is a wife and mother of two, her best accomplishments on this list.
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.
Wilson Kenney received his doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Utah in 2007. Since then he has gained experience in multiple treatment settings, including as a school psychologist, and he served as Clinical Director for a residential, outpatient, and proctor care treatment facility in Salem, OR prior to making the decision to focus primarily on forensic assessment at the Center for Integrated Intervention. Wilson's areas of specialization include personality disorder, problematic sexual behavior, threat assessment and forensic assessment. Wilson is a licensed psychologist and certified Forensic Evaluator. Wilson previously served on the Commission on Judicial Fitness & Disability, as well as the Review Panel for Forensic Evaluators. He currently serves as a professional member on the Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board. Wilson is a consulting psychologist for Foresight Security Consulting and he collaborates with John Van Dreal Consulting on threat prevention, risk-mitigation, and threat response. He is the author of Problematic Sexual Behavior in Schools, a guidebook for schools and families about addressing problematic sexual behavior in children.
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).
Maurice F. Rincon, Trooper Detective for the Washington State Patrol (WSP), , Training Coordinator for Investigative Services Bureau (ISB), Assistant Team Leader (ATL) for the WSP Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team, Firearms Instructor and Weapons Armor located in Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington (WA).
Maurice’s work experience consists of five years of customer centric sales for an information technology (IT) company based out of Colorado. Maurice then changed career paths to become a WSP Trooper in 2012 where he started in Tacoma, transferred to Everett, and then moved to Bellingham where he lives. Maurice’s work experiences consist of detailed instruction for firearms, tactics, less lethal tools, active threat, ballistic shield, close quarter battle (CQB), advanced vehicle CQB, tactical medicine, and red dot sight (RDS) pistol. Maurice was selected to WSP SWAT in 2017 and now serves as an ATL and interim Assistant Commander for WSP SWAT. Maurice joined the Washington State Tactical Officer’s Association (WSTOA) as a district representative in 2020, selected as a black shirt assistant in 2022, and a red shirt tactics instructor in 2023. Maurice has attended various interview and interrogation courses, undercover school, detective basic, and surveillance school. Maurice’s goal is to continue to progress his individual and collective skills in tactics, instruction, and weapons for the officers of today as well as the future to follow.
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.
Jennifer Snippen is a board certified medicolegal death investigator and was the Chief Deputy Medical Examiner (medicolegal death investigator) in two Oregon counties for over a decade. She has extensive experience in critical care medicine and serves as human anatomy and physiology faculty at Lane Community College. She earned a masters degree in Medical Anthropology studying infant death investigation and a PhD studying US death investigation practices. She serves as an expert witness in strangulation cases and is a regularly invited speaker on a variety of medicolegal topics including: infant death investigation, strangulation investigation, and forensic photography.
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.
2023 PRESENTERS
Julie Germann is a professional speaker, trainer, and consultant specializing in sexual assault, domestic violence and child abuse. Julie draws on her past experience to help develop victim-centered protocols for the investigation and prosecution of sexual and physical violence. Julie aids government and non-profit organizations in advancing their knowledge and understanding of all aspects of violence and victim response.
Julie is admitted to the practice of law in the state of Minnesota. She is a 2002 graduate of Hamline University School of Law. She also has a Bachelor of Science in psychology from the University of LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
Prior to founding Finding the Right, Julie worked for more than a decade as a prosecutor in Rochester, Minnesota. Julie’s prosecution career focused on child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Her successful trial record has earned her strong rapport among law enforcement professionals and victim advocacy groups. Julie’s extensive interactions with victimized women and children enhanced her understanding of the escalation of violence, and allowed her to judiciously prosecute such cases, from misdemeanor domestic situations to homicides.
Throughout her career, Julie has worked with diverse teams of professionals from many disciplines including law enforcement, child protection, probation, victim advocacy, and medical staff. She was privileged to collaborate with a dedicated team of professionals who created and opened the Mayo Clinic Child Advocacy Center in Rochester, Minnesota, in order to utilize a multidisciplinary approach to the investigation of child sexual and physical abuse.
Julie has provided specialized training to prosecutors, police officers, victim advocates, and sexual assault nurse examiners on the best practices in the investigation of sexual assaults. Her advanced training in the forensic interviewing of children enables her to teach those investigation and forensic interviewing techniques. She was an adjunct professor in the Child Advocacy Studies (CAST) program at Winona State University.
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.