Katherine Chon, OTIP Director
Katherine Chon
Director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)
Katherine Chon is the Director of the Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She advises the Assistant Secretary by providing subject matter expertise and overall leadership of anti-trafficking activities under the purview of ACF. OTIP is responsible for the development of anti-trafficking strategies, policies, and programs to prevent human trafficking, build health and human service capacity to respond to human trafficking, increase victim identification and access to services, and strengthen health and well-being outcomes of survivors of human trafficking.
Kelly Cody, MS, doctoral candidate
Social Worker, Founder: Strength, Heal, Educate (SHE), Author
Ms. Cody is the author of Who Am I, Discovering the Value and Worth of Women and is a motivational speaker who speaks words of encouragement and hope into the lives of others. She received a dual Bachelor’s Degree from California State University San Bernardino and a Master’s Degree from California State University Long Beach. Cody is the founder of SHE, a non-profit organization developed to Strengthen, Heal, and Empower. Cody is the developer and leader of a ministry to support the needs of women and men whose lives have been affected by intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and sexual assault. She is an advocate and a survivor who has a passion to help others see past their life tragedies.
Sarah Jakiel
Chief Programs Officer, Polaris
Sarah Jakiel is the Chief Programs Officer of Polaris, a leading nonprofit organization in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery and restore freedom to survivors. She sits on the Executive Management Team responsible for the overall operation of the organization and helps to support Polaris’ programs. Ms. Jakiel speaks and trains frequently on topics ranging from engaging technology in the fight against human trafficking to the development and implementation of human trafficking hotlines as the core of a successful national anti-trafficking strategy. She currently advises other countries on local, national and regional efforts to develop effective anti-trafficking response mechanisms.
Hanni Stoklosa MD, MPH, Co-director of HEAL
Hanni Stoklosa MD, MPH
Co-director of HEAL Trafficking
Hanni Stoklosa MD, MPH, co-director of HEAL Trafficking, is an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital with appointments at Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. She has advised the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Labor, and Institute of Medicine on issues of human trafficking and testified as an expert witness multiple times before the US Congress. Dr. Stoklosa is a well-recognized investigator, advocate, and speaker focusing on the health of trafficking survivors in the US and internationally. She has conducted research on trafficking and vulnerable populations in a diversity of settings including Australia, China, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Liberia, Nepal, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, South Sudan, Taiwan, and Thailand.