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EXECUTIVE BOARD 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. Raymond J. Boggio, MBA, Board President (Los Angeles, CA) Consultant; Certified Information Systems Securities Professional; Project Management Professional to many Fortune 100 companies; established 17 business educational programs in China 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 Andi Strauss, MD, PhD, Board Director (Houston, TX) Psychiatrist and Psychologist working with sexually exploited individuals. Created a certified trauma program at West Oaks Hospital and a ten-day intensive Trauma program for Florida Palmview Hospital, and is the author of a Trauma Resolution Workbook. Licensed clinical psychologist, licensed chemical dependency counselor, and nationally certified as a forensic psychologist. ADVISORY BOARD Anne Bissell, Advisory Board Chair (see above) (Ventura, CA) Corrina Arenas, Advisor (Oxnard, CA) Administrative Director, Babash’s Angels Sober Living for Women (two women’s homes in Ventura County for former drug addict and sexually exploited women and girls) 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 J. Daniel Salazar, Advisor (Los Angeles, CA) Former Director of Operations, Dennis M. Giroux & Associates; computer system specialist US Federal Probation Offices in Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties; Former US Probation Office of Mental Health Program Director Marie Waldrep, Survivor, Advisor, Operation Silver Braid Website and National Volunteer Coordinator (Atlanta, GA) Michelle Noaker, Survivor, Advisor (Harrisburg, PA) |
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Voices for Justice Network (www.Vfjnw.org) Helping Survivors of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse 261 Artemisia Ave, Ventura, CA 93001 (888) 702-7273 |
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