ANTI-TRAFFICKING ALLIANCE CONFERENCE

Leadership in Action | Jason Sisneros
Jason Sisneros opens ATAC with a grounded leadership session on navigating failure, pressure, and repair when credibility is fragile and decisions carry real consequences.

REPAIR: Repairing Real-World Leadership Challenges in the Anti-Trafficking Field | Panel Discussion
This panel examines how leaders navigate breakdowns in governance, culture, and strategy—focusing on accountability, restraint, and repairing harm while continuing to lead.

REPAIR Breakout: From Client to Colleague: Building Survivor-Led Teams with Integrity and Intention | Paula Haines
Paula Haines shares a practical, trauma-informed framework for hiring former program participants while maintaining clarity, professionalism, and organizational integrity.

REPAIR Breakout: Structuring for Impact Through a Dedicated Chief Impact Officer | Alissa Tertichny
This session explores how a Chief Impact Officer can elevate program leadership, align treatment philosophy, and strengthen impact across growing anti-trafficking organizations.

REPAIR Breakout: Repairing Governance: Building Boards That Actually Work | Kristi Wells
Kristi Wells unpacks common governance failures and offers practical strategies for building boards that truly support leadership, accountability, and long-term impact.

INNOVATE: From Reactive to Predictive: The Evolution of Survivor-Centered Systems | Brittany Dunn
Launching a new cross-field dataset, Brittany Dunn challenges leaders to use data to anticipate survivor needs, identify systemic gaps, and drive smarter, more sustainable impact.

INNOVATE Breakout: Get Creative About Trauma-Responsive Solutions: Using Film Therapy to Deepen Survivor Engagement | Mark Steenbarger
This session introduces film therapy as a trauma-responsive tool, offering practical guidance for integrating creative storytelling into survivor-centered programming.

INNOVATE Breakout: Brainspotting as a Pathway to Regulation and Recovery for Human Trafficking Survivors | Amanda Pulley
An executive-level introduction to Brainspotting, equipping leaders to evaluate and responsibly integrate this neuroscience-based modality into trafficking-specific programs.

INNOVATE Breakout: Building What Doesn’t Exist Yet: Innovation at the Intersection of Tech and Justice | Brittany Dunn
This session challenges leaders to move beyond incremental change and pursue ethical, survivor-centered innovation at the intersection of technology and justice.

Leadership in Action | Phil Jones
Phil Jones brings decades of executive leadership—and personal proximity to exploitation—to explore accountability, execution, and urgency when systems fail real people.

Leadership in Action | Stephen Scoggins
Stephen Scoggins challenges leaders to examine how success can quietly undermine judgment and culture, inviting growth rooted in humility, restraint, and discernment.

STOP: Leading Beyond Dysregulation | Alia Azariah
This session helps leaders slow down urgency-driven decision-making and reclaim discernment by creating space between stimulus, response, and responsibility.

STOP Breakout: Stopping the Work That No Longer Works | Kathleen Arnold, MSW
Kathleen Arnold guides leaders through how to evaluate impact honestly and make disciplined decisions to end programs that no longer serve survivors.

STOP Breakout: OnlyFans: The New Frontier of Sexual Exploitation | Harmony Dust
Harmony Dust challenges glamorized narratives around platform-based commercial sex, offering survivor-centered insight and ethical language for responsible leadership.

STOP Breakout: Stop Assuming: Building Programs Rooted in Survivor Agency | Dacia Hamby
Dacia Hamby explains how moving from prescriptive programming to shared power and informed choice transforms outcomes, dignity, and accountability.

EXECUTE:Beyond Services and the Safe House: A Partnership-Driven RISE Framework for Survivor Restoration | Dan Emr
Dan Emr explores how strategic partnerships and clear accountability can expand survivor outcomes beyond what any single program can achieve alone.

EXECUTE: Velocity: A Practical Framework for Execution | Clay Vaughan
Clay Vaughan provides a practical execution framework to build momentum, alignment, and accountability without chaos in mission-driven organizations.

Leadership in Action | Flock Safety
Flock Safety joins ATAC in a dialogue on public safety, technology, and cross-sector partnership, exploring how collaboration can strengthen collective impact.