Linda A. Seabrook is General Counsel and Director of Workplace Safety & Equity at Futures Without Violence, where she leads a number of programs aimed at reducing violence against women and children. Formerly, she was at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, a national top-tier labor and employment law firm where she focused on employment discrimination and sexual harassment cases, and occupational safety and health law. Media includes: Post & Courier, USA Today.

Jennifer Freyd, PhD is a researcher, author, educator, and speaker. Freyd is a widely published and nationally-renowned scholar known for her theories of betrayal trauma, institutional betrayal, institutional courage, and DARVO. She researches these topics in the context of institutional behavior, sexual violence, discrimination on the basis of gender, minority status, and sexual orientation, and also disclosures of abuse. The author or coauthor of over 200 articles and op-eds, Freyd is also the author of the Harvard Press award-winning book Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse. Her most recent book Blind to Betrayal, co-authored with Pamela J. Birrell, was published by John Wiley, with seven additional translations. In 2014, Freyd was invited two times to the U.S. White House due to her research on sexual assault and institutional betrayal. Media includes: The New York Times, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, Voice of America.

Emily F. Rothman is a Professor of Community Health Sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. She is also a visiting scientist at the Harvard Injury Control Research Center (HICRC). Dr. Rothman is a researcher and conducts studies on dating violence, sexual violence, pornography, and human trafficking. She authored a report on programs for perpetrators of intimate partner violence published by the World Health Organization and has collaborated with colleagues in violence prevention at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Media includes: New York Times magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Teen Vogue, CNN, NBC, NPR.

Natalie Green is an advocate for survivor justice and the Communications Manager and Spokesperson at UltraViolet. In her role, she manages UltraViolet's growing social media presence and has become a leading voice for the UltraViolet movement, both online and in person. She is a core team leader of #InMyWords, a survivor-led movement to reimagine justice and healing for all sexual harm survivors and to fight for solutions beyond the criminal justice system. Media includes: Buzzfeed, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Refinery 29, The Root, NBC, ABC, NPR.

Justine Andronici is a feminist lawyer and victim’s rights and women’s rights advocate. Her work focuses on gender based violence, discrimination, and progressive politics. Justine has represented thousands of survivors of violence and abuse in her 18 year legal career, including several high profile survivors of Jerry Sandusky’s child sexual abuse. Now, in addition to representing survivors in very select civil cases, Justine works as a trainer and strategic consultant for non-profit women’s rights and victim’s advocacy organizations. Media includes: CNN, MSNBC, NPR.

Angela Esquivel is an Assistant Dean at Stanford University’s Graduate Life Office. She is also Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the As One Project, a national 501(c)(3) organization that supports friends and family of survivors of sexual assault. The As One Project is the first national non-profit to provide resources and support exclusively for friends and family members of survivors of sexual violence. Media includes: SELF Magazine, Huffington Post.

Expert on trauma. Jessica (“Jessi”) Gold, MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine. She has been featured in many news outlets and publications. Some of her articles include pieces about Judge Aquilina’s handling of the Larry Nassar case and its importance for survivors, educating about how to prepare for psychotherapy, and writing first person accounts of sexual harassment in healthcare for the InStyle launch of TIME’S UP Healthcare. Media includes: Self, InStyle, Glamour, HuffPost, KPFA, Fox.

Expert on trauma and PTSD. Dr. Shaili Jain serves as Medical Director for Integrated Care at the VA Palo Alto HealthCare System and is a Clinical Associate Professor (Affiliated) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She is board-certified in General Psychiatry with specialty expertise in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), primary and mental health integrated care and Women’s Health Psychiatry. Media includes: Bustle, Think with Krys Boyd, KQED, NPR.

Carrie N. Baker is a Professor in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and regular writer for Ms. magazine. She is an expert on women's rights law and policy, specializing in sexual harassment, sex trafficking, and reproductive rights and justice. She is the author of The Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment (Cambridge University Press, 2008), Fighting the US Youth Sex Trade: Gender, Race and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2018), and her forthcoming book is a law school textbook on sexual harassment law. Media includes: Ms. Magazine, Daily Hampshire Gazette, NPR.

Expert on New York state law. Jane Manning is a former sex crimes prosecutor, a victim rights advocate, and a leading expert in criminal justice and violence against women. As Director of the Women’s Equal Justice Project, she helps survivors of sexual assault navigate the criminal justice system. She began her career as a prosecutor, specializing in cases of domestic violence, child abuse, and sex crimes. In private practice, she provided pro bono representation to a coalition of battered women’s organizations. Media includes: The New York Times, WNYC News, NPR.

Kristen Houser is a leading expert on sexual violence. With decades of experience in the field, Houser is a go-to source for context and expert opinion to national, regional, and international media on sexual assault issues and cases. Houser is currently a lead spokesperson for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC), the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape and Raliance, a national partnership working to end sexual violence in one generation. She provides expert opinion, context and facts about sexual assault to media covering high-profile cases, including those of Bill Cosby and Jerry Sandusky. Media includes: New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Forbes, CNN.

Lisalyn R. Jacobs is the CEO of Just Solutions: Bringing in justice to counteract injustice, and the former V.P. of Government Relations for Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund). She has fought for and secured needed protections for poor women and survivors of violence in a number of key federal laws including two reauthorizations of the Violence Against Women Act (2005 and 2013), the 2006 reauthorization of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, and the 2009 amendments to the Stimulus law. Media includes: New York Times, NPR, MSNBC, CNN, Fox.

Expert on New York state law. Deborah Tuerkheimer is a Professor of Law at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law. She teaches and writes in the areas of criminal law, evidence, and feminist legal theory. She is a co-author of the casebook Feminist Jurisprudence: Cases and Materials and the author of numerous articles on sexual violence and domestic violence. Her book, Flawed Convictions: “Shaken Baby Syndrome” and the Inertia of Injustice, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. Media includes: The Washington Post, The Economist, The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN, CBS.

Expert on trauma and memory. Anne DePrince is Professor in the Department of Psychology as well as Director of the Center for Community Engagement to advance Scholarship and Learning (CCESL). A scholar-teacher, she works with a team of student researchers to study trauma, particularly intimate violence, which disproportionately affects women and children. Media includes: Scientific American, The Colorado Sun, The Denver Post.

Dr. Amber J. Keyser has a PhD from the University of Georgia and is the author of fifteen books for tweens and teens. She has significant expertise in sex-positive and consent-focused sex education, rape culture and the #MeToo movement, and the commodification of the female body in history, fashion, and media. Dr. Keyser is author of No More Excuses: Dismantling Rape Culture (Twenty-First Century Books, 2019), a deep dive into the #MeToo movement, dissects the beliefs, behaviors, and cultural norms that excuse and normalize male sexual aggression and violence. Media includes: Oregon Public Broadcasting, KPOV Radio, KBOO Portland Radio.

Rebecca Nagle is a citizen of Cherokee Nation and a two spirit (queer) woman. Nagle is a community organizer and writer currently living in Tahlequah, OK and studying the Cherokee language. As the co-founder and former co-Director of FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture and The Monument Quilt, Nagle organized national art and advocacy projects to create a culture of support for survivors. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, NPR, NBC, CNN.

Charon Asetoyer (Comanche), a Native American women's health activist. She is the CEO and Founder of the Native American Community Board (1985) and the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center (1988) on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. The Resource Center addresses issues of reproductive justice, violence against women, and environmental justice. In addition to the Resource Center the organization has a shelter for women fleeing from sexual assault and domestic violence. Media includes: The New York Times, Jezebel, Colorlines, CNN, NPR.

Expert on trauma. Dr. Joan Cook is a clinical psychologist and an Associate Professor at Yale University. Over the past 20 years, she has worked clinically with a range of trauma survivors, including combat veterans and former prisoners of war, men and women who have been physically and sexually assaulted in childhood and adulthood, and survivors of the September 11th terrorist attack on the former World Trade Center. Media includes: Time, The Hill, The Washington Post, CNN.

Expert on memory. Tracey J. Shors, Ph.D studies trauma and memory, and is especially committed to understanding how stress and trauma disrupt mental health in women. She has translated her laboratory findings into a clinical intervention known as MAP Training, which combines "mental and physical" training with silent meditation and aerobic exercise. The training program reduces trauma-related thoughts in women who have a history of sexual trauma. Dr Shors is Distinguished Professor of Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience in the Department of Psychology and Center for Collaborative Neuroscience at Rutgers University. Media includes: The New York Times, Psychology Today, NBC News.

Sheerine Alemzadeh is an attorney and the co-founder and co-director of Healing to Action, a non-profit organization building a worker-led movement to end gender violence. A legal expert on workplace sexual violence, Alemzadeh has forged strategic partnerships across the nation to develop community-based, survivor-centered responses to gender-based violence against low-wage workers. Media includes: The Chicago Reporter, Huffington Post, The Washington Post, U.S. News & World Report, Chicago Tonight, MPR News.

Maya Raghu is Director of Workplace Equality and Senior Counsel at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C. She leads federal and state policy development and advocacy, litigation, public education, and stakeholder engagement focused on women's economic security and employment opportunity, including equal pay, pregnancy discrimination, and sexual harassment, with an emphasis on women of color in low wage jobs. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, PBS Newshour, MSNBC, BBC, NPR.

Elizabeth L. Jeglic, PhD is a Professor of Psychology at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and co-director of the Sex Offender Research Lab. She is an internationally renowned expert on criminal justice reform, sexual violence prevention, child abuse prevention, sexual offenders and sex offender legislation as well as suicide and suicide prevention. Jeglic is the co-editor of a new book on Criminal Justice Reform entitled New Frontiers in Offender Treatment: The Translation of Evidence-Based Practices to Correctional Settings (Springer, 2018). She also co-edited the book Sexual Violence: Evidence Based Policy and Prevention (Springer, 2016). Media includes: The New York Times, Huffington Post, The Guardian, Fox News.

Jennifer Pierce Weeks, RN is Chief Executive Officer for the International Association of Forensic Nurses, where she implemented the adult/adolescent online SANE training and learning management system. She presents nationally on a variety of forensic nursing-related topics, including sexual assault and abuse, intimate partner violence, strangulation, child maltreatment and program sustainability. Media includes: Health, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, CNN.

Michelle M. Garcia joined the Office of Victim Services and Justice Grants as its director in 2016. Previously, Michelle was director at the Stalking Resource Center at the National Center for Victims of Crime. She has over twenty years of experience working with victims of stalking, sexual assault, and domestic violence in both rural, suburban, and urban settings and advocating for victims’ rights on a local, state, and national level. Media includes: The Washington Post, USA Today, Voice of America, Huffington Post.