James C. Pittman served in the United States Air Force near Washington, DC. James entered law enforcement in 2002 as a civilian police officer for the Department of Defense in Minneapolis. From 2003-2014, he worked for the Great Lakes Police Department in Illinois, where he rose through the ranks of patrol officer, lead police officer and supervisory police officer. In 2014, James started as a police officer for the Milwaukee Police Department. After several years of patrolling the downtown entertainment and nightclub areas, he was promoted to detective in October 2020. Since then, James has been assigned to the Sensitive Crimes Unit, responding to sexual assaults, child abuse, infant death and missing persons investigations.

Kathryn Marsh is the Co-Founder of Right Response Consulting (RRC) and a career prosecutor of seventeen years. She presently serves as Special Counsel, Assistant Chief of the Special Victims Family Violence Unit and the Legislative Co-Chair for the State’s Attorney’s Office in Prince George’s County, Maryland. For the last twelve years, Marsh has specialized in the child abuse, child exploitation, internet crimes and sexual assault cases. She also functions as professional trainer for law enforcement, fellow prosecutors and staff, as well state and community organizations on a variety of issues. Marsh was instrumental in establishing a Child Advocacy Center in Calvert County as well as a juvenile human trafficking high risk protocol. In Prince George’s County, Ms. Marsh developed the ICAC (Internet Crimes Against Children) investigation and prosecution policy.

Melissa Hoppmeyer is the Co-Founder of Right Response Consulting and the current Chief of the Special Victims and Family Violence Unit in Prince George’s County. As an experienced prosecutor, she has advocated for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault for nearly a decade. Hoppmeyer has assisted in developing and implementing numerous protocols, policy initiatives and legislative bills; testifying to help implement stronger criminal laws for crimes of violence and ensure that victims of such crimes are treated fairly throughout the civil and criminal judicial system. In 2020, she lobbied, advocated, edited and testified to make strangulation a first degree assault, a felony under Maryland law which became law. She currently serves as a national technical trainer on issues including consent education, sexual assault laws, child abuse investigations and prosecutions, domestic violence, criminal procedure, and how to properly conduct trauma-focused investigations.