Brooke is Vice President of Youth & Communities at Thorn, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to developing technology to defend children from sexual abuse. She oversees Thorn’s prevention work focused on combating the online sexual exploitation of children through early interventions and youth-centric programming.

Erin Burke is the Unit Chief over the Child Exploitation Investigations Unit which includes HSI’s Victim Identification lab, at Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Cyber Crimes Center (C3).  As a special agent, Erin has worked investigations related to child exploitation, human trafficking, national security, gang, and transnational narcotics and financial crimes for over thirteen years. In addition, Erin has a Master’s degree in Forensic Science from The George Washington University.

Shannon is a program manager within the Family Advocacy Division at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children in Alexandria, VA. At NCMEC, Shannon is responsible for helping families reunite, heal, and locate local services when there is a missing or sexually exploited child.  Shannon manages the travel programs and grant funding for the Family Advocacy Division and is responsible for all data collecting and reporting.  Shannon also provides training to mental health professionals, social service agencies, law enforcement and community members concerning missing and sexually exploited children.

Ms. Brandi N. Bynum currently serves as the Acting Program Manager for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Blue Campaign in Washington, D.C. Brandi brings three years of experience in human trafficking public awareness and outreach. She also represents DHS on the Senior Policy Operating Groups (SPOG) Victim Services Committee and the SPOG Public Awareness and Outreach Committee.