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Human Trafficking Policy and Education Summit LOGAN UTAH 1 04.17.21 As part of its mission to provide education, Schedule promote healing, and All sessions will end with a Q & A session followed by a 5-minute break. ensure justice for trafficking survivors, the Malouf Foundation welcomes you to their inaugural Human Trafficking Policy and 9:00 12:00 Education Summit. BREAKFAST AVAILABLE LUNCH 9:30 1:00 INTRODUCTION FROM A CLOSER LOOK AT SAM AND KACIE MALOUF TRAFFICKING IN UTAH Representatives Blake Moore, Burgess Political leaders, Owens, and John Curtis, moderated 9:45 by Lanhee Chen industry experts, as A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON TRAFFICKING TODAY well as trafficking Former National Security Advisor, 2:00 Robert C. O’Brien, moderated INFLUENTIAL LEADERS by Lanhee Chen and abuse survivors MAKING A DIFFERENCE Elizabeth Smart and Deondra Brown, have gathered today 10:30 moderated by Missy Larsen SURVIVOR LEADERSHIP IN to share how they are ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS 2:45 Coco Berthmann, Julie Whitehead, and working to make a Elizabeth Frazier, moderated MAXIMIZING IMPACT 2 by Heather Fischer THROUGH PUBLIC-PRIVATE difference against one PARTNERSHIPS Ambassador John Cotton Richmond, 11:30 David Stirling, Steve Young, and Sam of the fastest growing Malouf, moderated by Lanhee Chen BIPARTISAN APPROACH criminal enterprises in TO DOMESTIC POLICY Senator Mike Lee, moderated the world. by Lanhee Chen INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT C. O’BRIEN ROBERT AMBASSADOR Coco Robert C. COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN COCO BERTHMANN Berthmann O’Brien Since her courageous escape at age fifteen from numerous Non profit organizations, Coco ac- Robert C. O’Brien is Co-Founder and Man- was nominated by President George W. Bush a lifetime of familial child sex trafficking, Coco tively participates in US human sex trafficking aging Partner at American Global Strategies and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate Berthmann has dedicated her life to fearlessly extraction operations, and in 2019, she founded LLC. He was the 28th United States National to serve as a U.S. Representative to the 60th challenging the status quo by demanding that the Coco Berthmann Scholarship Fund. Security Advisor from 2019-2021. O’Brien session of the UN General Assembly. Earlier society abolish human sex trafficking: a $53 served as the President’s principal advisor in his career, O’Brien served as a Senior Legal trillion worldwide modern-day In sharing her unique experience of bondage on all aspects of American foreign policy ad Officer for the UN Security Council commis- and her escape from such heinous crimes, national security affairs. sion that decided claims against Iraq arising As a counter-trafficking specialist, aspiring fo- Coco has enabled multiple dignitaries to free out of the first Gulf War. He was a Major in rensic neurologist, and keynote speaker, Coco and rescue enslaved victims. She has inspired O’Brien brought a renewed focus to defense the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the U.S. delivers powerful presentations to teach about thousands of survivors to come forward with and industrial base issues to the NSC, where Army Reserve. the logistics of Human Trafficking, as well as their own testimonies, leading to healing, he visited leading shipyards, defense plants and clearing misconceptions around modern-day increased awareness, and action. our troops at bases around the world, during O’Brien holds a J.D. from the U.C. Berkeley slavery and Trauma healing. his tenure. School of Law. He received his B.A. degree in 5 4 “I was hidden in plain sight. If one of us doesn’t political science, cum laude, from UCLA. He Speaking internationally and in multiple have freedom, none of us are free.” Prior to service as NSA, O’Brien was the resides with his wife and two daughters in languages, she teaches first responders, uni- Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Pasadena, California. versities, hospitals, and forensic staff about the with the personal rank of Ambassador. He was importance of recognizing and reporting signs personally involved in the return of over 20 of human trafficking. detainees and hostages to the Untied States. Coco empowers victims to break through the O’Brien was also a presidentially-appointed vicious cycles of abuse, unhealthy patterns, and member of the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory violence. In serving as a victim advocate for Committee from 2008-2011. In 2005, O’Brien LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN LANHEE CHEN Deondra Lanhee DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA BROWN DEONDRA Brown Chen Deondra Brown performs as a member of the promote many bills, including the passage of Lanhee J. Chen, Ph.D. is the David and Chen also serves in a variety of leadership piano ensemble group, The 5 Browns. She has sexual abuse prevention in elementary schools Diane Steffy Research Fellow at the Hoover roles in nonprofits and community-based released eight albums, several of which have and the removal of civil statutes of limitation Institution; Director of Domestic Policy organizations. He is a Director of El Camino topped the Billboard Classical charts for many for sexual abuse. Studies and Lecturer in the Public Policy Hospital in the Silicon Valley, serves on the weeks. Deondra received her training at The Program at Stanford University; and an affiliate Board of Trustees of the Junior Statesmen Juilliard School and has performed in elite Deondra and her siblings are featured in the of Stanford’s Freeman Spogli Institute for Foundation and is on the Advisory Board of venues across the world, including Carnegie documentary The 5 Browns: Digging Through International Studies. He is also a Counsel at the Partnership for the Future of Medicare. Hall in New York City, National Concert Hall the Darkness, directed by award-winning the law firm of Arent Fox LLP. A veteran of Chen was recently elected to membership in Taipei, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, and the director, Ben Niles. Through an honest telling several high-profile political campaigns, Chen in the Committee of 100, an organization of Grand National Theater in Beijing. She has of their story interwoven with music from has worked in government, the private sector, prominent Chinese Americans. appeared on The Tonight Show, Oprah, Good their latest album, the siblings hope to leave and academia. Morning America, The Today Show, as well as survivors of abuse with hope and the encour- Chen earned his Ph.D. and A.M. in political in the New York Times, People, and Entertain- agement to press on. Chen frequently provides advice to companies science from Harvard University, his J.D. cum 7 6 ment Weekly, among others. and governmental entities on a wide range laude from Harvard Law School, and his Deondra resides in Salt Lake City with her of contemporary public policy issues and is A.B. magna cum laude in government from Deondra and her sister, Desirae, formed the husband and 10-year-old daughter. the founder and president of Launch Policy Harvard College. He is a member of the State Foundation for Survivors of Abuse (FSA) to Strategies, a strategic consulting company. Bar of California. help educate the public on the overwhelming He is also a member of both the International problem of sexual abuse. They work to ensure Advisory Council and the Health Advisory A native of Rowland Heights, California, he survivors across the country are supported and Board at APCO Worldwide, an international currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area protected under the law. Quite active in the public affairs and communications firm. with his wife and children. political scene in Utah, Deondra has worked closely with lawmakers across the aisle to HEATHER FISCHER HEATHER FISCHER HEATHER FISCHER HEATHER FISCHER HEATHER FISCHER FISCHER HEATHER FISCHER HEATHER FISCHER HEATHER FISCHER HEATHER HEATHER REPRESENTATIVE John Heather C. JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS JOHN CURTIS Curtis Fischer John R. Curtis proudly represents Utah’s 3rd Prior to coming to Washington, John was the Heather C. Fischer currently serves as a special the US Department of State. In this capacity, Congressional District, serving on the House 45th mayor of Provo City, serving two terms liaison for global strategy at The Knoble, a she oversaw the Public-Private Partnership Natural Resources and Foreign Affairs Com- with an averaged approval rating of 93%. nonprofit partnering with the financial sector Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. mittees. After being elected to Congress on Before becoming mayor, John was a small to protect the vulnerable, including victims of She has also served as a subject matter expert November 13, 2017, John sponsored 12 bills in business owner in Provo, working with his human trafficking and child exploitation. on human trafficking at the McCain Institute his first year in office. Four of these bills passed partners to build their business “Action Target,” for International Leadership, as well as a through the House and three were signed into where he led sales and operations strategy. Most recently, Fischer served as the first-ever strategist at Love146, where she managed law: The POPPY Study Act to combat the White House Czar and special advisor for government, major corporation, and commu- opioid crisis, the Public-Private Partnership Congressman Curtis and his wife Sue have six human trafficking.

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