STAFF
Deb O’Hara-Rusckowski, RN, MBA, MTS
FOUNDER
Deb is critical care nurse by training with a BSN, MBA and a Master’s in Theology with a concentration in bioethics. After working in healthcare and the private sector for 30+ years, she now concentrates in public, non-profit organizations, and philanthropy. She desires to combine her passion for healthcare, business skills and faith. She currently is a Delegate for the Order of Malta’s Mission at the United Nations, focused on human trafficking and the global refugee crisis. She co-founded Global Strategic Operatives, a group formed out of a United Nations initiative for the eradication of Human Trafficking.
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Dr. Cathy Miller
DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH
Dr. Miller has worked with anti-Human Trafficking organizations for over 10 years and cared for victims and survivors in the clinical setting for over 20 years. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Texas, Health and Sciences at Tyler. She presents and trains nationally and internationally on the subjects of human trafficking, complex trauma, and child sex trafficking. Cathy has multiple published works on child and adolescent complex trauma and child sex trafficking. She joined Shared Hope International (SHI) as a Fellow in 2010 becoming their Health Care Consultant and trainer in 2014.
Paula Meyer Besler, JD
LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR
Paula Meyer Besler has been a lifelong advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and has a passion to prevent and eradicate sex trafficking in our country. Her mission is to raise awareness, create strategic partnerships, advocate for and advance legislation, and garner individual and corporate support to combat this epidemic in America.
Alex Johnson
GSO LIAISON TO LAW ENFORCEMENT
Wilonda S. Green, MBA
GSO COORDINATOR
ADVISORY BOARD
Elizabeth Melendez Fisher Good
CEO & CO-FOUNDER, THE FOUNDATION UNITED
Kevin Hyland
FORMER ANTI-SLAVERY COMMISSIONER FOR UK, SANTA MARTA GROUP
Annette Kennedy
PRESIDENT, INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES
Cindy McCain
MCCAIN INSTITUTE
Laura Ellsworth
PARTNER-IN-CHARGE OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES, JONES DAY
Derek Benner
EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS, WASHINGTON DC
Gary Cohen
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF BECTON, DICKENSON & COMPANY, BD
Chris Carroll
DELIVER FUND
Simone Monasebian
NY DIRECTOR OF UNODC, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF DRUGS & CRIME
Father Roger Landry
PERMANENT OBSERVER OF THE HOLY SEE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Nancy Rivard
PRESIDENT OF AIRLINE AMBASSADORS
Montserrat Alvarado
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BECKET FOUNDATION
Louis Brown
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRIST MEDICUS FOUNDATION
Raymond Burnes
MORGAN STANLEY
RESEARCH TEAM
Cathy Miller, RN, PhD
PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR LEAD
Michael Breen
FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
Jennifer Graebe, RN, PhD Candidate
ASSISTANT
SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF MALTA PERMANENT OBSERVER MISSION TO THE UNITED NATIONS
Dr. Paul Beresford-Hill
NEW YORK, AMBASSADOR
Michel Veuthey
GENEVA, AMBASSADOR TO MONITOR AND COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS