Staff & Advisory Board
Our Team
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.Read Deb’s Complete Bio
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.
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
Laura Ellsworth
PARTNER-IN-CHARGE OF GLOBAL COMMUNITY SERVICE INITIATIVES, JONES DAY
Chris Carroll
DELIVER FUND
Simone Monasebian
NY DIRECTOR OF UNODC, UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF DRUGS & CRIME
Nancy Rivard
PRESIDENT OF AIRLINE AMBASSADORS
Louis Brown
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CHRIST MEDICUS FOUNDATION
Research Team
Cathy Miller, RN, PhD
PRIMARY INVESTIGATOR LEAD
Michael Breen
FACULTY, UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK
Jennifer Graebe, DrPH(c)
SPECIAL ADVISOR OF STRATEGY AND RESEARCH