Anne Bissell, Executive Director (Ventura, CA) Anne Bissell is the first author/activist and sexual exploitation survivor to bring out the connections between childhood sexual exploitation, pornography, domestic prostitution and international trafficking. “All of these are part of a continuum of sexual crimes that involve turning an actual person into a thing, a commodity. That which becomes a commodity is eventually disposable.” With the Operation Silver Braid campaign, she has brought together all of the programs which she developed, such as: www.thesilverbraid.org, www.sexualabusesurvivors.com, and www.sexindustrysurvivors.com. She is a nationally sought after spokesperson on the topic of commercialized sexual exploitation of children.  Ray Boggio, MBA, PMP Board President (Los Angeles, CA) Co-founder of VFJ with over 25 years experience in both domestic and international business management and development. Founder of Silver Bridge Strategies (SBS). SBS provides program and strategic management consulting to Fortune 100 firms in a variety of industries including pharmaceutical, managed health care, hospitals, and medical research/life sciences. Other industries and organizations serviced by SBS include investment/banking, aero/space, manufacturing, entertainment, and foreign governments. Some of his clients have included: Kaiser Permanente; Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, WellPoint, PharmaCapture, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, Coca Cola, Neutrogena, Farmers Insurance, Countrywide, Universal, The People’s Republic of China’s Foreign Experts Bureau, The People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Finance and Economics, and the Italian Regional Government of Piemonte. Joe Parker, RN, Board Vice President (Portland, OR) Clinical Director of Lola Green Foundation for Recovery; psychiatric nurse; survivor of childhood sexual abuse; Writer Understanding Prostitution, Pimps & Slavery, Pimps Rules, Johns Rules and the Stockholm Syndrome; established “John Schools” Kenneth Franzblau, JD, MA, Board Director (New York City, NY) Practicing attorney for 20 years, specializing in Labor Relations representing police and law enforcement unions; works closely  with “Equality Now”—liaison to the United Nations Human Rights Committee Kathy Kramer, MPA, Board Director (California & Colorado) Grant writer and consultant to multiple nonprofit agencies; advocate and resource specialist for women/children, foster kids; extensive background in health information systems and cancer; course facilitator and speaker local and national level Rocco Chappie, Board Director (Thousand Oaks, CA) Entrepreneur; Medliant Health Care Services and Information Systems expert; dad to an adopted daughter. Paul Mulloy, MA, LADAC Advisor (Nashville, TN) He has been employed at the DCSO for sixteen years.  His roles have included:  treatment counselor, program director, and administrator and currently is the SCC Programs Director, Davidson County Sheriff’s Office working for the Sheriff’s Correctional Complex overseeing programs and grants.  Developed and Implemented the Sheriff’s Anti-Violence Effort (SAVE) Batterers Intervention Program for men within the jail facilities 1993.  He is a licensed Alcohol and Drug abuse counselor.  Grant writer for the DCSO.  Associate for VERA Institute of Justice in NY.  He has assisted at the VAWO in D.C. for standards in Batterers Programs Nationally.   Sue Carroll Moore, LCSW, Advisor (Ojai, CA) Career social worker/40 yrs; emphasis on community mental health and community organization; co-founder of Life Mission Associates and co-author “Fulfill Your Soul’s Purpose”; has developed and managed several emergency, crisis intervention teams Marie Waldrep, Survivor, Advisor, Operation Silver Braid Website and National Volunteer Coordinator (Atlanta, GA)