Speakers
David Arkless, President of Corporate and Government Affairs, Manpower Inc.
David Arkless joined Manpower 18 years ago and is a world-renowned expert on labor market trends and has widespread experience helping countries develop their labor market strategies. 2009 saw David conduct a Human Capital session for the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting and become a founding member of the newly created Demand Abolition Advisory Council in the US.
Kevin Austin, Director of Abolitionist Faith Communities, Not For Sale Campaign
Kevin Austin serves as the Director of the Abolitionist Faith Community, overseeing Freedom Sunday, Freedom Shabbat, and our faith community work. Kevin is an ordained Free Methodist pastor, on staff at Lakeside Community Fellowship in Lake Stevens, Washington, and a former missionary to Thailand.
Doug Balfour, CEO, Geneva Global
Doug Balfour is CEO of Geneva Global, a leading international research and consultancy company which provides multi-faceted services to philanthropic investors looking to get the most impact from their social development activities and passions. Previous to joining Geneva Global Doug was Executive Director of Integral – an alliance of 13 Relief and Development agencies. Prior to that he served for 9 years as General Director of Tearfund, which is a UK Relief and Development agency working in Africa, Asia, South America, Eastern Europe and the UK. He studied geology at Southampton University, and his first job after graduating was running diamond exploration programs in Northern Namibia. He later graduated with an MBA from Cranfield School of Management, and from 1989 to 1991 he was Organizational Consultant for Youth With A Mission. Doug returned to Africa for a year in 1991 to direct Medair’s relief aid project in Liberia. He has had various senior roles with the Lucas Group, as Management Consultant, Sales and Marketing Manager, and finally as Commercial Operations Manager.
David Batstone, President & Co-Founder, Not For Sale Campaign
Dave is the President of Not For Sale. A professor of Ethics at the University of San Francisco, he is also founder and president of Right Reality, an international social venture firm. Batstone has authored seven books, the two most recent being Not For Sale (HarperOne) and Saving the Corporate Soul (Jossey-Bass). He was a member of the founding team of Business 2.0 magazine and served six years as executive editor of Sojourners magazine and founder of the SojoMail e-zine. He has contributed articles to the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, Wired, and SPIN. He is the recipient of two national journalist awards and was named National Endowment for the Humanities Chair at the University of San Francisco for his work in technology and ethics. During the 1980s, Batstone founded a non-governmental agency dedicated to economic development. In Not For Sale, David oversees the strategic and financial opportunities, growth, and direction of NFSC. He often represents Not For Sale during the Stop Paying for Slavery Tour and co-teaches the entrepreneur course content in NFS Academy.
John Carson, President, Open Hand Designs, Inc.
John is the founder of Open Hand Designs, a fair trade and ethically manufactured fashion accessories company based in Atlanta, GA. Open Hand works directly among the poor in India to create jobs for “unhirables”…meaning those people who would otherwise be frowned upon due to their religion, caste, disability, or disease such as HIV. These people are given a second chance at Open Hand, where they can receive medical care, education and a livable wage. Additionally, John consults companies on how to set up an ethical supply chain in their manufacturing, and create long term job growth among workers who have been rescued from poverty, human trafficking, and other at-risk environments.
Rev. Tim Costello, Chief Executive, World Vision Australia
As CEO of World Vision Australia, Tim leads an organisation of about 560 staff, with an annual income of about $350 million, and 400,000 children overseas sponsored by Australians. Tim has long been the voice of social conscience for many Australians, having led debates on issues such as gambling, urban poverty, homelessness, reconciliation and substance abuse. Tim studied law and education at Monash University, followed by theology at the International Baptist Seminary Rueschlikon in Switzerland, and a Master’s in Theology at the Melbourne College of Divinity. He has been a Baptist Minister in St Kilda, and in the city at Collins St Baptist Church. Tim continued to serving the local community by successfully running for Mayor of St Kilda in 1993, ending with the State Government’s disbanding of councils shortly afterwards. He founded Urban Seed, a not-for-profit Christian outreach service for the urban poor. In July 2004, Tim was named Victorian of the Year 2004. In June 2005, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). Tim is currently Chairman of the National Australia Bank’s community advisory council, a member of the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation, and Chairman of the Community Council for Australia, a peak body for the Not For Profit sector.
Claude d’Estrée, Director, Human Trafficking Clinic, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver
Claude d’Estrée, M.T.S., J.D., is the Director of the Human Trafficking Clinic (HTC), the Center on Rights Development (CORD), and the Human Rights Degree Program at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies as well as the Buddhist Chaplain at the University of Denver. The Human Trafficking Clinic offers a two-year graduate level training program in forced and bonded labour, human trafficking, modern slavery, and international migration issues. Claude d’Estrée was named as the UN.GIFT Special Rapporteur for Inter-Faith Response to Human Trafficking. He is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School where he studied comparative religion and was appointed as the first Buddhist Chaplain at Harvard University by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, and is a graduate of Northeastern University School of Law where he focused on critical legal studies and prisoner’s rights. Before coming to the University of Denver he was at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, DC. In addition, he also teaches on international humanitarian law of armed conflict (IHL/LOAC), torture, and international law and human rights.
Christopher Davis, International Campaigns Director, The Body Shop International
Christopher is responsible for leading the development of social and environmental campaigns across The Body Shop’s 2,500 stores in 65 countries around the world. Christopher is also a Director of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation and a guest lecturer at the University of Sussex and the University of Oxford. Previously, Christopher was responsible for Corporate Relations at The International Save the Children Alliance and is also credited with overseeing the launch of the multi – award winning Fashion Targets Breast Cancer campaign in the United Kingdom.
Jack Dorsey, Creator, Co-founder, and Chairman, Twitter; CEO, Square
Originally from St. Louis, Jack’s early fascination for mass-transit and how cities function led him to Manhattan and programming real-time messaging systems for couriers, taxis, and emergency vehicles. Jack is dedicated to creating public goods which foster approachability, immediacy, and transparency, and is starting a second company named Square focused on bringing these concepts to commerce.
Bob Goff, Founder & CEO, Restore International
Bob Goff is a highly influential attorney whose deep passion for justice led him to create Restore International, a non-profit organization that endeavors to address atrocities and injustices throughout the world. With a passion and vision for finding audacious ways to restore justice to children and the poorest of the poor, Bob’s mission is to speak on behalf of those who do not otherwise have a voice. He often appears at various leadership and university events around the world, inspiring current and future influencers to get to the ”do” part of life and faith.
Roger Hoesterey, The Trust for Public Land
Roger Hoesterey serves as Senior Vice President for The Trust for Public Land. Roger leads land conservation activities in the 13 western states from the Rocky Mountains to Hawaii. During Roger’s 10 years at TPL, the states he directs have conserved over 750,000 acres of land with a fair market value of $1 billion. Prior to joining TPL Roger worked for the City of Bellevue WA Parks and Community Services Department responsible for property acquisitions, park design and construction, recreation and resource management. Roger is a recognized national leader in conservation and natural resource management. He is working with Not for Sale to develop the global PeoplePlanet Project.
Dennis Jeffery, Superintendent, The River Conference of the Free Methodist Church
Dennis Jeffery is a graduate of Seattle Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary. He has been a pastor in Washington State, California, and Colorado prior to leading The River Conference. The River Conference is a network of Free Methodist Churches stretching from the Canadian border in Idaho to the Mexican border in Texas. The River has a passion for poverty eradication and justice as aspects of the Kingdom of God. Dennis lives in Lakewood, CO with his wife and three children.
Rachel Kahn-Troster
Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster is Director of Education and Outreach for Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, where she coordinates campaigns against human trafficking and against U.S.-sponsored torture, and educates the Jewish community about the connections between Jewish values and human rights. Ordained in 2008 from the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she served as President of the Rabbinical School Student Organization, Rabbi Kahn-Troster serves on the boards of the National Religious Campaign Against Torture and Hazon. Her writing has appeared in various Jewish websites, journals and anthologies. She lives with her family in Teaneck, New Jersey.
Ben Keesey, CEO, Invisible Children
Mr. Ben Keesey serves as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Invisible Children, Inc. Prior to joining the organization in 2005 he worked with Deloitte and Touche LLP and Brentwood Associates Private Equity. In just over five years, IC has grown from a documentary film project into a world-wide organization with offices in San Diego, Kampala and Gulu. Since 2005, Invisible Children has reached over 3 million people and built a network of over 750,000 supporters, primarily high school and college students. Through this youth based network IC has raised over $25 million dollars for its’ development programs in Uganda and international awareness campaign end Africa’s longest war. Through a staff of 70, IC has invested over $5 million dollars to rebuild 11 secondary schools in northern Uganda and provided full scholarships and mentors for 690 secondary school students and 140 University School Students. In 2009 the Invisible Children story was covered by over 230 media outlets and generated over 63,000,000 audience impressions including The Oprah Winfrey Show, BBC America, BBC World News, CNN International, MTV, E! News, and the Huffington Post.
Christopher J. Kopka, Vice President, Strategic Development, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
Chris Kopka describes himself as a poet by passion, a lawyer by training, and a business strategist by accident. (His formal title is Vice President, Strategic Development at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.) Chris leads a nimble, dedicated team at Thrivent Financial that develops grassroots-based initiatives with a heavy emphasis on integrating faith, financial security and community development – outside the Lutheran community. A child of New England, Chris became a Midwestern adult, graduating from the University of Michigan in 1990 with a history degree and a law degree from the University of Minnesota in 1998. Chris serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Minnesota Law School and a director on the board of FaithLife Financial in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. He is a frequent author and speaker on fundraising & development, law & ethics, the financial services industry, and, increasingly, cooperative business models.
Hugh Marquis, Network Neighborhood Pty Ltd
Hugh Marquis is an entrepreneur who has started many businesses throughout his life. Hugh has an ability to achieve rapid growth as soon as he starts an enterprise.. Without any experience in IT, he saw an opportunity in the IT industry and after discussion with Friends, he started Network Neighborhood (www.nn.net.au) in 1999. With a new business partner and 3 technical guys, he was granted his first tender. The enterprise doubled in staff and revenue each year for four years until it plateaued for 2 years before entering a new period of growth. At the time of writing (May 2010), Network Neighborhood was a multi-million dollar enterprise with 160 staff and contractors. Hugh and his wife Jane after joining others on a social justice trip to Cambodia where they were highlighted the plight of Cambodian women and Children caught up Human Trafficking, joined with friends in forming STOPStart –STOP the trafficking Start a new Life, a manufacturing enterprise in Phnom Penh that employs and empowers Women and children that are rescued from the trafficking industry. STOPStart are fair-trade accredited and manufacture products made from recycled rice and feed bags. More than 75 women are now employed.
Chanchanit (Chancee) Martorell, Executive Director, Thai Community Development Center
Born in Thailand and raised in Los Angeles, Martorell studied political science and public law at UCLA where she received her B.A. and her M.A. in Urban Planning with a specialization in Urban Regional Development/Third World Development. She also studied Humanities at Chiang Mai University in Northern Thailand in 1988. Engaged in social activism for the past 20 years, Martorell is currently the Executive Director of the Thai Community Development Center, a non-profit organization she founded in 1994 in an effort to improve the lives of Thai immigrants through services that promote cultural adjustment and economic self-sufficiency. Her experiences leading to the founding of Thai CDC include work as a planner, as an aide to Congressman Mel Levine and work with other local and state legislative offices. She also created and taught the first Thai-American Experience course offered as part of UCLA’s Asian-American Studies curriculum in 1992. During Thailand’s military coup of 1992, she mobilized the Thai community in Southern California to protest the atrocities committed by the military junta against civilian demonstrators in Bangkok, demanding a peaceful return to democracy for Thailand and its people. She is known most notably for her work on several major human rights cases involving over 400 Thai victims of human trafficking who were discovered working in conditions of slavery in the United States. Her tireless advocacy on behalf of the victims and the success of each case has made her a leading expert and sought after spokesperson on the serious issue of modern-day slavery.
Kilian Moote, Director of Advocacy, Not For Sale Campaign
Prior to joining the campaign Kilian spent time working on a variety of grass-roots advocacy campaigns. Kilian has been involved with the Not For Sale Campaign since its inception. In 2008 he worked with the children of Generacion in Lima, Peru, teaching important business skills and supporting a micro-enterprise for Not for Sale. He is a master at advocacy, and is the lead voice and vision of Free2Work. Kilian also oversees and directs the content for the Global Forum on Human Trafficking, the campaigns annual conference focusing on human trafficking. In 2009, Kilian presented to over 50 groups on the complexity of the global supply chain, consumer connections to slavery, and how to be a smart abolitionist.
Kru Nam, Director, Not For Sale Thailand; Branch Manager, Volunteers for Children Development Foundation Chiang Rai
Originally from Bangkok, Thailand, Kru Nam graduated in 1987 from a prestigious university with a degree in jewelry making and was soon on her way to living a glamorous life. While waiting for a cab one day, Kru Nam saw a boy digging through the garbage to find food. This 30-second event planted something in her that would direct her life towards helping the large population of street children in Thailand. Today, Kru Nam’s work has affected hundreds of street children and there are currently over 100 children being supported by her Children’s Home where they receive an education, identification documentation and a chance at a normal life free of exploitation
Randy Newcomb, President & CEO, Humanity United
Randy Newcomb is President and CEO of Humanity United, a leading private donor in the field of international human rights. Humanity United seeks to build peace and advance human freedom in the corners of the globe where these ideals are challenged most. Dr. Newcomb oversees Humanity United’s international grant-making portfolio, as well as its direct advocacy and policy activities, and leads the organization’s long-term strategy. He speaks and writes frequently on international human rights issues and has appeared as an expert commentator for such media outlets as CNN, ABC News, and National Public Radio. Previously, Dr. Newcomb was vice president of Omidyar Network, a philanthropic investment firm co-founded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his spouse, Pam Omidyar. Prior to Omidyar Network, Dr. Newcomb for 14 years led Golden Gate Community Inc., a community development agency based in San Francisco. Dr. Newcomb has been a fellow of the Center for Social Innovation at the Stanford University and an international development fellow of the University of Bath, England. He holds a doctoral degree from the University of San Francisco and master’s degrees in development economics and cross-cultural studies from the University of Bath, England.
David Ormesher, Founder & CEO, closerlook, inc.
David Ormesher is an entrepreneur working in the private enterprise, social enterprise, and not-for-profit sectors. David provides leadership and direction for closerlook, inc., a strategic marketing agency serving healthcare. As founder and CEO, Ormesher has taken closerlook from a small, creative media boutique and grown it into a recognized leader in creating innovative relationship marketing solutions that change the way healthcare is bought, sold, and delivered. Ormesher was recently recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Inspiration Leaders in the Healthcare Industry. In addition to his entrepreneurial business leadership, Ormesher also serves as president on several social enterprise and non-profit boards. He is a founder and serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Global Relief and Development Partners (GRDP), a social enterprise that is building the capacity of high-potential entrepreneurs in emerging economies (www.grdpartners.org), starting in Rwanda. Ormesher also leads the board of directors of i.c.stars (www.icstars.org), an innovative business and leadership training social enterprise for inner city youth, and the Guild Board of Directors of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. He is also an adjunct professor at the IIT Stuart Graduate School of Business where he teaches Customer Relationship Management. Ormesher is married with three children and makes his home in Chicago, Illinois.
Nanci Ricks, Associate Pastor, Restoration Community Church; President, Spiritual Formation Alliance
In 2001, Nanci co-founded and directed the Dalit Freedom Network (DFN), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the emancipation of India’s Dalit. Nanci has passionately communicated about the plight of the Dalits to countless audiences. She has testified before the US Congress as well as presented to large and small Indian and American audiences, interest groups, universities, and churches. Through her heartfelt presentations, thousands have been stirred to action for the Dalit cause in a variety of arenas.
Stella Rotaru, Repatriation Specialist, International Organization for Migration, Moldova
Stella Rotaru is the Repatriation Specialist for the International Organization for Migration, Mission to Moldova (IOM). For the last six years, Stella has worked to bring Moldovans who have fallen between the cracks of society, back to their families through IOM’s voluntary assistance programme: Women, men and child victims of trafficking, unaccompanied minors and stranded migrants. In between the numerous SOS phone calls, text-messages and e-mails she receives, Stella works hand in hand with Moldovan Governmental and Non-Governmental counterparts, as well as Embassies and Consulates in Moldova and abroad. She has traveled the world as an international expert providing trainings to Government Officials, Consular Officers, Law Enforcement and NGO Representatives on how to identify, refer and assist victims of trafficking in countries of origin and destination. She has an unmatched passion and drive for helping people to escape their horrific situations. Click here to read an article from the New Yorker
Kailash Satyarthi, Chairperson, Global March Against Child Labor
Kailash Satyarthi was born on 11 January 1954 in Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh, India. He has a degree in electrical engineering and a post-graduate diploma in high-voltage engineering. After a few years of teaching engineering in a college in Bhopal, Satyarthi decided to work more directly for social change. At the age of 26 he gave up a promising career as an electrical engineer and dedicated his life to helping the millions of children in India who are forced into slavery. Satyarthi has played the most important role in linking the fight against child labour with the efforts for achieving ‘Education for All’. He has been the pioneer advocate of the now established triangular paradigm on child labour, poverty and illiteracy.
John Vanek, Lieutenant, San Jose Police Human Trafficking Task Force
Lieutenant John Vanek is the Program Manager of the San Jose Police Department Human Trafficking Task Force. The Task Force is one of 40 task forces funded through the U.S. Department of Justice, dedicated to identifying and rescuing trafficking victims, training law enforcement, and raising public awareness, using a multidisciplinary approach. The SJPD Task Force works in partnership with the South Bay Coalition to End Human Trafficking, a coalition of victim services providers. Additionally, the Task Force works closely with faith- and community-based organizations to combat human trafficking. Lt. Vanek is also a member of the U.S. DOJ Anti-Human Trafficking Planning Committee, and is involved in a variety of projects related to anti-human trafficking training, public outreach, and collaboration. Lt. Vanek’s 24 years of law enforcement experience include Systems Development, Special Operations, Vice, Training, and the Sexual Assault Investigations Unit.
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David Ormesher, Founder and CEO, closerlook, inc.
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