Kari Johnstone
Dr. Kari Johnstone serves as Acting Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP), where she has been Principal Deputy Director since November 2014. In these roles, she advises senior officials on U.S. Government policy and programming strategies to fight human trafficking around the world, and oversees the production of the […]
Kate Kennedy
Kate Kennedy is a human rights leader working in the global fight to end slavery. She is currently based in New York as Managing Director of the Freedom Fund, an organization that identifies and invests in frontline efforts in the countries and sectors where slavery is most prevalent. Kate has a depth of global experience across […]
Duncan Jepson
Duncan Jepson founded Liberty Asia in 2012 and serves as Managing Director. In 2013, Liberty Asia received a Google Ideas Award and Duncan was recently nominated as one of the Top 10 innovative lawyers in the Asia Pacific. With a grant from the U.S. State J-TIP Dept. in 2014, Liberty Asia developed and now offers the first community available victim case […]
Houtan Homayounpour
Houtan Homayounpour is the Technical Specialist on Forced Labour based at the ILO Headquarter in Geneva, Switzerland. He provides daily support to field colleagues on technical cooperation projects combatting forced labour and human trafficking, and is the focal point for private sector engagement as well as donor relations. He is also a member and the 2013 chair […]
Nick Grono
Nick was appointed as the inaugural CEO of the Freedom Fund in January 2014. The Fund is an ambitious effort to mobilize the knowledge, capital, and will needed to end modern slavery. In its first three years of operation the Freedom Fund has worked with some 100 frontline partners around the world to directly liberate […]
Byron Nicolaides
Byron Nicolaides is Chairman & CEO of PEOPLECERT and President of IT Professionals of Europe – CEPIS. Byron founded PEOPLECERT in 2000 and has since spearheaded a revolution in the testing and certification of professional skills. PEOPLECERT has delivered millions of exams across 180 countries through innovative, state-of-the-art technology platforms, widely recognised in the industry as […]
Marcia Eugenio
Marcia Eugenio is the Director of the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) in the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB). Under Ms. Eugenio’s leadership, OCFT has promoted the elimination of child labor and forced labor through policy, research, and technical assistance projects. It has provided millions of children with education […]
Hon. Pam Bondi
Attorney General Pam Bondi is a fourth-generation Floridian who spent more than 18 years as a prosecutor trying cases ranging from domestic violence to capital murder. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from the University of Florida and her Juris Doctor from Stetson Law School. She had never run for elected office, […]
Dr. Eber Omar Betanzos Torres
Pamela Darwin
Pam Darwin is Vice President, Africa for the ExxonMobil Exploration Company based in Houston, Texas. Pam joined Exxon in 1984 and over the years has held a number of management positions, including Vice President, Americas, ExxonMobil Exploration Company and Vice President, Geoscience, ExxonMobil Production Company. During her 34 year career Pam has worked in numerous […]
Catherine Crosby
Catherine “Katy” Crosby is the Executive Director of the City of Dayton’s Human Relations Council. The Council conducts civil rights enforcement by investigating and adjudicating discrimination complaints in the areas of housing, employment, public accommodation and credit; provides business and technical assistance including certifying minority, women and small disadvantaged companies, administering the City’s HUD Section […]