Dr. Ertz began providing mental-health services in 1974. He began working with children and adolescents who display problematic sexual behaviors in 1985 and he gained his clinical membership in ATSA during 1994. Treatment has been provided to both victims of abuse and abusers by Dr. Ertz. He is the current Chairperson of the Great Planes Region Indian Health Services Institutional Review Board (IRB), and he is a member of the National Indian Health Service IRB. Dr. Ertz is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in northcentral South Dakota. One of his current research interests is to develop and validate culturally appropriate interviewing techniques for American Indian children and adolescents who are victims of inappropriate sexual activities and/or individuals who display problematic sexual behavior.

As founder of The Border Research Group, Mr. Walters provides assistance to tribal communities and nongovernmental organizations in the field of child protection, human trafficking and family violence. As the former Program Administrator for the AMBER Alert Training and Technical Assistance Program (AATTAP), Mr. Walters was responsible for developing and delivering national training and technical assistance in investigative techniques, program development and policy issues related to child protection, exploitation, missing and abducted children and youth at high risk of victimization. Mr. Walters oversaw the implementation of the AMBER Alert Initiative for Indian Country, developing training and technical assistance on public safety issues to over 500 federally recognized tribes. He supervised efforts in support of the implementation of the Ashlynne Mike AMBER Alert in Indian Country Act of 2018.

Prior to joining NCJTC, he served as the Chief of Police with the Pueblo of Isleta Police Department. He has over seventeen years of law enforcement experience capitalizing on supervisory experience, operational management, staff development, administrative and finance management, motivational leadership and decision making. He served as the liaison between the Pueblo of Isleta, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and surrounding law enforcement agencies to build relationships and matters related to community safety. He has worked closely with diverse teams to successfully receive federal grant funding, implement Memorandum of Agreements, develop policy and procedures, and for implementing and managing the Sex Offender Registry Program.

Officer Snyder comes to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Tribal Police Department from Virginia, and he has spent the majority of his life, and law enforcement career, in the Washington DC metro area. Officer Snyder has over 20 years law enforcement experience in one of the largest counties in the country. In addition to his primary duties, Officer Snyder served as an undercover Task Force Officer assigned with the ATF, US Postal Inspection Service and FBI primarily focused on large-scale narcotics and violent crime operations.