Ashleigh Diserio has 15 years of experience providing psychological-based consultation for violent crime, insider threat, and intelligence investigations, including death investigations, sexual assault, child abuse, suicide, stalking, domestic violence, workplace violence, radicalization, active shooter, sextortion, etc. She has worked with U.S. government and private sector clients. Her extensive experience applying psychological theories and principles in various investigative, operational, and national security settings allows her to help individuals and organizations understand an individual’s mindset, motivations, behaviors, and intentions. Her understanding of predicting and countering behaviors of individuals who display undesirable, threatening, or potentially dangerous character traits enables her to counsel and collaborate with organizations to set and achieve the highest standards in threat and violence risk assessment, investigations, and other areas.

Ashleigh Nowakowski has been working in the substance abuse prevention field since 2009. Her work includes speaking in middle and high schools, educating parents, teachers and community members and working with high risk youth. Ashleigh entwines her personal experience of living with a sibling’s addiction into all of her presentations. She is passionate about preventing young people from going down a path that could have negative impacts on their life. Ashleigh has her Master’s degree in Public Administration.

Ashley Stallings is the Program Director of Upper Valley CAC and a forensic interviewer. She received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology and has a master’s degree in Child Advocacy and Policy. Ashley has trained hundreds of educators, mental health professionals, law enforcement officers, and community members on preventing and responding to child abuse. She currently serves on the Idaho Region 7 Behavioral Health Board, and as Treasurer on the Community Youth in Action Board.

Brittany McGowan is a University of North Texas alumni, class of 2013 now pursuing a Master’s in Social Work. After completing her undergraduate degree, Brittany worked as a caseworker for Child Protective Services as a Conservatorship and Family Base Safety Service worker. Brittany’s experience has now led her into the role as National Training Specialist at the Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center. She has been in her current role for the past 4 years. Brittany has trained thousands of people during her time at DCAC and is able to spread awareness of child abuse prevention throughout the community to keep children safe.

Bryan found himself taking an alternative path from becoming a cop and has since spent over 13 years working within the fields of domestic and sexual violence. Bryan has been working with Counties all over Wisconsin as the Founder and Owner of Dynamic Family Solutions, LLC to implement 2nd Chance Educational Diversion Programs to better address and alleviate issues such as Vaping, Drugs and Alcohol and Social Media Sexting cases. His programs are now currently being offered in 26 counties within Wisconsin, 3 other states and Internationally in Barcelona, Spain. You can check out Dynamic’s latest programs and curriculums at: dynamicfamilysolutions.net.

Carly Bentley is a Forensic Interview Specialist for Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), assigned to the St. Paul, MN field office, covering Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota respectively. She also conducts interviews across the nation of victims and witnesses that are involved in a federal investigation. Primarily, this includes cases of child exploitation, human trafficking, human smuggling, child sexually abusive material (CSAM) and technology facilitated crimes, human rights and war crimes and traveling sex offender cases. Ms. Bentley has conducted nearly 2000 interviews and is trained in five nationally recognized forensic interviewing protocols. She currently sits on two local Human Trafficking Task Forces and aids the local Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) on case consults and forensic interviews. She is a strong supporter of the vision and mission of Children Advocacy Centers (CAC), working at two local CACs throughout her career.

Budz has been an FBI agent in Buffalo for 20 years. He has worked mostly White Collar Crime, specific to Health Care Fraud for 15 years. He worked on the JTTF for 3 years (Domestic Terrorism) and have also been the Special Events/Mass Gathering coordinator for the last 6 years. On April 29, 2022, he will retire from the FBI and take on a full-time role as the Executive Director of OpOverwatch. OpOverwatch is a Biblical, Christ centered LE wellness ministry for all active and retired LEOs and their families. (OpOverwatch.org) OpOverwatch has a strong training component, which includes my Critical Incident briefings, as well as a Chaplaincy branch in which OpOverwatch trains, certifies, plants, and oversees our own chaplains.

Dustin has been in law enforcement for the past 12 years. In my time with the Burbank Police Department, he has been assigned to patrol, Neighborhood Police Team, Gangs, and School Resource Officer. He is currently a Detective who is assigned as the School Resource Officer and to the Juvenile Detail. As part of his duties, Dustin oversees juvenile related crimes, build relationships with students and their families, maintain a positive relationship between the School District and the Police Department.

Dylan Baxter has been working in law enforcement for 7 years, with two years as a school resource deputy. He serves three schools with unique and challenging needs - all involving safety. Dylan has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, with a focus in juvenile criminal behavior, and have extensive training on mental health and crisis intervention. His passion is the kids and families he serves, and have cultivated a great relationship within those communities.

Ennisha has with the Burbank Police Department for the past 5 years. She is currently assigned to the Mental Health Evaluation Team where I work with a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from the Department of Mental Health. As part of the threat assessment team, she assists with the immediate and long term care of the student and their family.

Ms. Straub has been working in the violence prevention & intervention field for 25+ years and has worked with youth and families for more than 30 years. In addition to providing advocacy and support, Jane is a national trainer on topics such as the impact of trauma (ACE Study), trauma-responsive care, child sexual abuse, domestic violence and sexual violence, stalking, trafficking, cyber/bullying, reproductive coercion, healthy relationships, consent and supporting disclosure. She was instrumental in creating the curriculum “From Trauma to Resilience: Fostering Hope through Trauma Informed Care”. Her training audience ranges from pre-school to college-age students, victim/survivors to offenders, parents, teachers, community leaders and all professionals working with youth and adults. One of Jane’s goals is to work collaboratively with fields such as law enforcement, all components of health, education, social services, and business to collectively connect the dots of risk & prevention.

Jennifer works for the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council, which represents Colorado’s elected district attorneys. She first became a prosecutor in Arapahoe and Douglas Counties in the Eighteenth Judicial District Attorney’s Office. As an Assistant Attorney General, she represented the Directors of Tax Compliance and Enforcement; the Motor Vehicle Dealer Board; Liquor Enforcement, Division of Motor Vehicles; and Port of Entry at the Colorado Department of Revenue. As TSRP, Jennifer produces training programs to tackle cutting edge issues in the area of impaired driving for prosecutors, law enforcement, and other prosecutorial partners. She also acts as a resource to traffic safety professionals in-state and nationwide, produces and edits the Colorado’s Prosecutors DUI Manual, works on state and federal legislation related to traffic safety issues, and oversees the maintenance and creation of online resources for Colorado’s prosecutors.

Joe left active duty in 2019 as a Marine Raider and decorated Special Operations Officer in Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC). Joe served as the ground force commander for hundreds of combat operations in Afghanistan and elsewhere. He is the recipient of multiple commendation medals for valor in combat, and two Purple Hearts.

Katie Morrow is a prevention education specialist who has been working in the substance abuse field since 2009. She has worked in a variety of roles in this field including prevention, direct care, development and community organizing. She has a Master’s in Public Administration from Marquette University. Being in long-term recovery since 2007 gives Katie a passion for recovery and prevention. Katie enjoys sharing her story in hopes that it will help others from going down the path that she did.

Ken Wiesman grew up on a dairy farm in Central Wisconsin. After 7 years in the Army Reserve, and then 24 years on active duty and multiple deployments, he retired from the United States Army. Currently he is enjoying a second career as the Admissions Coordinator at the Wisconsin Challenge Academy. He holds a BS in Business Administration – Human Resources/Organizational Management from Thomas Edison State University.

Kimber Janes is the Executive Director of Upper Valley CAC. She began her work in child advocacy in 2015 as a child forensic interviewer. She has a bachelor’s degree in Multidisciplinary Studies with a certificate in Applied Leadership and a master’s degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Organizational Leadership. Kimber has trained hundreds of educators, mental health professionals, law enforcement officers, and community members on preventing and responding to child abuse. She serves on the Idaho Juvenile Justice Council for Region 7 Board, the Community Suicide Prevention Board, and Taylor’s Crossing Public Charter School Board.

Leeana Liska provides specialized support to victims and their non-offending family members as they navigate the criminal justice system and begin to heal from their trauma. She has experience providing both system based and community-based advocacy and has specialized training to provide trauma informed care to victims of technology facilitated crimes.

Mark Yarbrough was elected to five terms as the Lamb County & District Attorney and served for 20 years, prosecuting everything from death penalty cases to DWIs. During his tenure, in 2002, he was awarded the M.A.D.D. regional prosecutor of the year. He served on the board of directors for the Texas District & County Attorney’s Association, and is a member of the National District Attorney’s Association. He also is one of the founding fellows of the Texas Prosecutor’s Society. Mark is listed by the Lawyers of Distinction as one of the top 10% of lawyers in the United States, and by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys as one of the “10 Best Attorneys” for Texas. At the end of 2012, Mark retired as District Attorney and travels the country giving motivational speeches regarding Burnout. He has also written and been published on the subject of Burnout.

Michael Chase, a hero of the Boston Marathon bombing, teaches kindness as a lifestyle. Chase, evaded fatal physical harm, but did not remain unscathed. He still struggles with the memories, images, and impact of the actions of a human with seemingly no humanity. With destruction comes creation and from the shrapnel an inspirationalist arose. In 2018, Chase brought 15 years of experience working with some of the most challenging youth in the greater Boston area as a special educator as he joined the staff at Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical School, as their School Resource Officer. In 2019, Chase pitched an idea to the leadership team at the school. He wanted to share his experience from the bombing at the Boston Marathon with students and staff in hopes of positively impacting this school community. Months later, Kindness Week at Essex North Shore was created and is now an annual event.

Backed by 30 years of experience, Michael Knack has extensive knowledge in Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention. Upon retiring from the public sector in 2022, Mike has entered into the private sector as a trainer and consultant. Prior to beginning his current role in 2023, Mike has had a decorated career in law enforcement, with experience as an Administrative Captain, Detective Lieutenant, patrol supervisor, community policing supervisor, auxiliary police supervisor, defensive tactics instructor, field training officer and tactical officer. Mike has been an active member of several professional organizations throughout the years and has presented at numerous conferences. After hours, Mike can be found reading, gardening, or exercising and enjoys “anything outdoors” in his spare time.

Representative Steineke has been elected to Assembly since 2010. For the Town of Vandenbroek he has been the supervisor (2005-2007) and town chair (2007-2011). He was the Outagamie County supervisor from 2006-2011. Steineke has been Majority Leader in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021.

Ryan Condon started his career as a Police Officer for the city of Appleton. He eventually became a School Resource Officer, Sensitive Crimes Investigator and Crisis Negotiator for the SWAT Team. Ryan was awarded the officer of the year for the Appleton Police Department in 2014. Ryan joined the WI DOJ-DCI as a Special Agent in the ICAC unit in 2016 in the Milwaukee regional office. In 2017 he transferred to the Madison regional office. Ryan has investigated hundreds of complex peer to peer, cyber tip, and undercover traveler investigations.

Steve is a leadership coach, consultant, and best-selling author who has helped transform influential leaders and successful cultures. Culture either happens by design or default. Steve challenges individuals to intentionally create and grow a "winning" culture by developing leaders within an organization. Steve has worked with numerous leading organizations like Verizon, Xerox, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Kimberly-Clark, Bergstrom Automotive, and Stryker Medical. Steve taught three different leadership courses at Kimberly High School for thirteen years.