KEYNOTE SPEAKER: TALIA HANSEN,
FOUNDER, LATIGIC
TOPIC: “BEYOND THE CLOUDS”
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
This year People Not Products motivational keynote speaker is Talia Hansen. Audiences love the powerful story, sense of humor, and practical nature that inspire them to reflect on their own story.
During the chaotic and bloody civil war in El Salvador – thousands of children were carried away to be murdered, kidnapped, or separated from their parents.
The corruption and confusion produced a system of abduction where children became the commodity for adoption lawyers, orphanages, soldiers, guerrillas, and international organizations. In what has become known as the “lost generation” of the El Salvador civil war. Talia’s story is a powerful saga of how she went from being one of the children in the “Lost Generation,” to a successful businesswoman.
SUE MOORE
Founder/CEO, Forgiven Much Ministries
Topic: “Trauma, Addiction, and How Pornography Fuels Sex Trafficking”
Sue Moore, CPSAS is a Certified Pastoral Sexual Addiction Specialist, founder and CEO of Forgiven Much Ministries and author of the LIFE Recovery Model – trauma model Core Issue Addiction Recovery and contributor to the LIFE Grieving Guide.
Moore is a founding member of the Greater Orlando Human Trafficking Task Force and past Georgia Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force and Chattanooga Coalition partner.
Founder/CEO,
Forgiven Much Ministries
Moore has co-authored a buyers’ school curriculum modeled after DUI programs for purchasers of commercial sex. Moore desires to plant Demand Reduction efforts in local human trafficking movements nationwide but needs more “boots on the ground” to make that impact. Having personally struggled for twenty years with sexual addiction in her marriage, its fatal blow revealed not just his addiction – but hers, too. Moore understands very well how the cycle of addiction traps us in an unfulfilling life. If you’re interested in ending demand, consider CIAR training, attend workshops or become an Associate to carry the message and make a difference in your generation!
Special Agent Tom Washington,
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Topic: “Human Trafficking in Tennessee, Statistics, Law Enforcement Response”
Special Agent Tom Washington began his years of service to his country in the United States Army where he retired after 20 years of selfless service obtaining the rank of First Sergeant. He then began serving the citizens of Tennessee by working in the Tennessee Highway Patrol and eventually transitioning to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation culminating in 15 years of experience behind the badge between the two agencies. He is currently assigned to the Human Trafficking unit inside T.B.I. where he has attended several trainings and holds various certificates. Special Agent Washington also holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska in Criminal Justice.
Assistant Special Agent in Charge Robert Burghardt,
Cybercrime and Digital Evidence Unit
Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Squad
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
Topic: “Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force – Protecting our Children from Online Threats”
Rob Burghardt is the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) of the TBI’s Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. ASAC Burghardt has worked for the TBI investigating Cybercrime and ICAC investigations since 2017. Prior to 2017, ASAC Burghardt served eight years in the U.S. Coast Guard, and was a Uniformed Division Officer for the U.S. Secret Service, assigned to the White House from 2006-2009.
Sandy Pricer
Founder/CEO, RiseUP Cooperative
Topic: “Internet Safety for Parents and Communities”
Sandy Pricer is a Chattanooga native. She attended Notre Dame High school, UTC, and earned her MSW through an online program with Campbellsville University. She and her husband, Joe, have been married for 20+ years and have 6 children. Three of their children are adopted from foster care which continues to fuel her passion for working with youth, especially those in the foster care program. Her family are active parishioners at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Parish.
Sandy is the CEO and founder of a nonprofit called RiseUP Cooperative, which provides life and leadership workshops to schools and agencies across the city. She is a contract Community Outreach Specialist with Camelot Care Center and a certified foster parent trainer.
Sandy sits on the board of of directors for RiseUP as a non-voting member, Board Member for Ivy Academy School, and co-chair of the Board of Directors for Women United, an engagement group of United Way. And a sworn-in volunteer with Juvenile Justice Center as a Foster Care Review Board member.
CEO & Founder
RiseUP Cooperative
Susan Mathews, MSN
Founder, Love Without Reason
Susan is the co-founder and chairwoman of Love Without Reason, a global nonprofit headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee. After spending over 20 years in the health care industry, she left her career as a Family Nurse Practitioner and focused on combating human trafficking with Love Without Reason.
She found her purpose through her three children, Philip, Sara and Caleb. Susan is a speaker and the author of “A Mother’s Heart” and co-author of “Raising a Hallelujah” and “If Philip Can, You Can Too,” which she completed for Philip after he went to heaven.
Love Without Reason
Founder, Chairwoman &
Chief Medical Officer
Philip graduated from the McCallie School and lived for 19 years going through 25 craniofacial surgeries. His dream was to work until the world is cleft-free and until there are no more sold into slavery. Susan is committed to continuing Philip’s legacy.