David Frattare currently serves as the Statewide Commander for the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office, Ohio Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Commander Frattare is responsible for the investigation, coordination and supervision of investigations involving the sexual exploitation of children and serves as the national representative for the Internet Crimes Against Children program in Ohio. From 1997 to 2009, Commander Frattare was employed as a Special Agent with the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Child Predator Unit. Commander Frattare is a Special Deputy with the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office and a Task Force Officer with Homeland Security Investigations Cleveland. He is an Associate Instructor for the National Criminal Justice Training Center at Fox Valley Technical College, a Law Enforcement Trainer for The Innocent Justice Foundation, and a Senior Chaplain with the International Fellowship of Chaplains.

Melissa was the first Human Trafficking Navigator hired for Eastern North Dakota, contracted with the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force and was employed with the Bureau of Criminal Investigations as their first Victim/Witness Specialist. She assisted in creating an integrated victim services and law enforcement program in ND. She owns a consulting business (MelKai Consulting, LLC) where she focuses on vicarious trauma/wellness and human trafficking efforts around the country as a trainer and consultant. Melissa graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social work from Minnesota State University Moorhead. She has been a member of the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force since its inception in 2016, and is the chair for the Lived Experience Subcommittee and vice chair of the Labor Trafficking Subcommittee. Melissa has trained over 13,000 professionals and students on the topics of trafficking, person-centered and trauma-informed interviews and approaches, creating and maintaini