Montgomery County Human Trafficking

Task Force Regional Conference

Friday, September 23rd | 8:15am3:30pm | The Universities at Shady Grove

Registration | 8:159:15am
Opening Sessions | 9:1511:20am
Welcoming Remarks

Bobbe Mintz, Chair, Montgomery County Human Trafficking Task Force

Isiah Ike Leggett, Montgomery County Executive
Senator Susan Lee, Maryland State Senator, D-16

ID Challenges &
Emerging Issues

Dr. Wendy Stickle, Chair, Education & Outreach Committee; Director,

UMDs B.A. Program in Criminology & Criminal Justice at the
Universities at Shady Grove

*There will be a break from 10:1510:30am and 11:2011:30am

Lunch & Speaker | 11:30am12:30pm

Welcoming Remarks

Andrea Nunez, Chair, Montgomery County Human Trafficking Legislative

Committee; Legislative Aide, Councilperson Tom Hucker

Keynote Introduction

Craig Rice, Councilperson, Montgomery County Council

Keynote Speaker

Marian Hatcher, Senior Project Manager, Human Trafficking Coordinator,

Office of Public Policy, Cook County Sheriffs Office

Breakout Sessions | 12:453:00pm

See other side for details

Wrap Up | 3:153:30pm
Closing Remarks

Amanda Persad, Co-Chair, Montgomery County Victim Service Human

Trafficking Committee; Anti-Trafficking Program Coordinator, Ayuda, Inc.
Nadja Cabello, Co-Chair, Montgomery County Victim Service Human
Trafficking Committee; Director for Trauma Services, Victim Assistance and
Sexual Assault Program (VASAP), Abused Persons Program (APP)

For more information about the Human Trafficking Task Force and the Montgomery County
Commission for Women, please visit http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/cfw/ourwork.html

Breakout Sessions
Seminar Session One | 12:451:45pm
Healthcare & HT
Room 1052

Heidi Bresee, Medical Director, Forensic Health Unit, Shady Grove

Medical Center, Adventist Health
Jessica Volz, Human Trafficking Coordinator, Shady Grove
Medical Center, Adventist Health

Labor Trafficking
in our Region

Amanda Persad, Anti-Human Trafficking Program Coordinator, Ayuda, Inc.

Helping Victims: Unique

Approaches to Services

Jessica Emerson, Human Trafficking Project of the Civil Advocacy Clinic,

University of Baltimore School of Law

Room 1032

Room 2032

Katie Soltis, Legal Fellow, Ayuda, Inc.

Martina E. Vandenberg, Founder and President, Human Trafficking

Pro-Bono Legal Center
Rebecca Walters, Supervising Attorney, Ayuda, Inc.

Seminar Session Two | 2:003:00pm

Human Trafficking
and Gangs
Multi-Purpose Room

Luis Cardona, Administrator, Positive Youth Development,

Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services
Ed Ryan, Fairfax Gang Prevention Coordinator, Director,
Intensive Supervision Program
Deepa Patel, Executive Director of Trauma and Hope, LLC
Elizabeth Scaife, Director of Training, Shared Hope International

The Role of Schools

in Combating
Human Trafficking
Room 2032

Dr. Michael Ford, School Safety Specialist, Student Services and

Strategic Planning, Division of Student, Family, and School Support
Cara Grant, Supervisor, PreK-12 Health and Physical Education,
Montgomery County Public Schools