Check out who’s presenting at the 2024 National Sex Ed Conference in Philadelphia! If you are looking for someone specific, please note the biographies are organized in alphabetical order (last names).
Shaakira Abdullah, PhD, DNP, MEd, FNP-BC (she/her)
Dr. Shaakira Abdullah, The Halal Sexpert, is a sexologist with a PhD in human sexuality from Widener University who provides sexuality education from an Islamic perspective.
Isy Abraham-Raveson, MEd (they/she)
Isy Abraham-Raveson (they/she) is a sexuality educator based in Philadelphia. Isy co-founded YES! (@yestoconsent), which provides anti-oppressive, consent-based sex ed to people of all ages.
Jackie Ackeifi, MA (she/her)
Jackie Ackeifi is a trainer and developer of sex education programs at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York.
Alicia Andrews, MEd (she/her/hers)
Alicia Andrews, a public health sexologist from Eastern North Carolina, founded BeFree Wellness Education and Consulting. She educates rural and vulnerable communities on sexual health and communication.
Meena Ardebili, MCHES® (she/they)
Meena Ardebili, MPH, is a sex educator from New York. She’s been based in Brooklyn at Project Reach Youth since 2019.
Nefertiti Ashanti, MS (she/her/ella)
Nefertiti Ashanti, MS, fluidly transitions between scholarly wisdom and relatable storytelling, inviting audiences to explore the depths of human connection with authenticity and charm.
Megan Austin, MPH, PhD Candidate (she/her)
Megan is a PhD candidate at the University of South Carolina who focuses on adolescent sexual and reproductive health. She has worked with the South Carolina agency Fact Forward.
Sara Austin Bailey, MSEd, RYT500 (she/her)
Sara began teaching sex education in 2002. Since then she has designed and practiced an inquiry-driven Sensory and Sex Education curriculum for adolescents and adults.
Gabe Balbuena-Trujillo, BS (he/him)
Gabe is a recent alum of Metropolitan State University of Denver with a passion for sex education, especially its impacts on Hispanic, Latinx, and queer communities.
Meg Bartlett-Chase, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Meg Bartlett-Chase is a Minnesota-based sex educator whose work focuses on sex education policy, implementation, and controversy. She believes everyone deserves honest sex education.
Tanya Bass, PhD, MS, MEd, CHES®, CSE (she/her)
Featured Speaker
Dr. Tanya M. Bass is an award-winning sexuality educator, the Founder of the North Carolina Sexual Health Conference, and President/CEO of Optics to Action, an organization specializing in professional development for human service professionals. Dr. Bass is a Certified Sexuality Educator (CSE) with the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT), as well as a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES®). Tanya is an active member of professional organizations such as AASECT.
Mika Baugh, MPH (she/her)
Mika Baugh is a PhD candidate and associate instructor at Indiana University with research experience in sexual and reproductive health and teaching strategies for sexual health education.
Allison Beaumont, BS (she/her)
Allison Beaumont is a public health student who supports sexual health programming, peer education, and social media content creation.
Silvia Beltran, MPH (she/her/ella)
Julia Bennett, MPH (she/her)
Julia Bennett brings sex education and public health expertise to Planned Parenthood Federation of America education digital products, communications, media, brand campaigns, patient education materials, and other strategic initiatives.
Shayla Benson, ABD, MEd (she/her)
Shayla Benson is the director of Curricula at One Circle Foundation, serving the field of sexology and sexuality education for the past 12 years.
Silvia Beltran, MPH (she/her/ella)
Silvia Beltran is the associate director of bilingual learning at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She worked at the New York City Department of Health, the Guttmacher Institute, and International Planned Parenthood Federation – Western Hemisphere Region.
Evan Beyerle, BA (xe/xem/xirs)
As a Planned Parenthood of Greater New York LGBTQ+ health promoter, Evan engages the community through education, advocacy, and support. Evan is also on the leadership team for Camp Lilac.
Liza Bley, MPH, BA (she/her)
Liza started her sex education career with Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) in 2013. Outside of PPRM, Liza works with Marya Errin Jones to produce ABQ Zine Fest.
Sam Borbon (she/her)
Sam is an education manager for Planned Parenthood of Northern, Central, and Southern New Jersey.
Meredith Brewer, MPH, CHES® (she/her)
Meredith’s credentials include the Sex Ed Enthusiast Podcast, the Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation, the University of Arizona, Bradley University, the United States Peace Corps Guyana, the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, and Chi Omega Fraternity.
Amanda Bule, MEd, MPA (she/her)
Amanda Bule has worked in collegiate sexual health education, peer education, and abortion patient navigation. She earned her MEd and MPA from Widener University.
Sam Casanova, MAT (she/they)
Casanova is a sex educator who designs curricula that center the experiences of marginalized groups. Casanova hosts workshops and conversations centering pleasure, love, and intimacy.
Mariah Caudillo, BA (she/her)
Mariah is a passionate sex educator and digital learning designer committed to inclusive and equitable sex education. She works to make sex education more accessible through social media.
Yolanda Cavalier, DrPH, MPH, BS (she/her)
Dr. Yolanda Cavalier is a public health advisor with the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Deborah Chilcoat, MEd (she/her)
Deborah Chilcoat, MEd, brings over 22 years of experience in adolescent sexual and reproductive health as a nationally recognized trainer.
Lilian Chimuma, PhD (she/her)
Lilian Chimuma, PhD, is an evaluator for the state of Colorado, supporting the Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education program evaluation efforts for the last three years.
Amy Confair, MPH (she/her)
Amy Confair, deputy director of family planning at AccessMatters, provides leadership for Family Planning services, the Health Resource Center program, and others.
Khadijah Cooper (she/her)
Khadijah Cooper has over 10 years of experience developing and delivering sex education curriculums. She received the Minneapolis Public Health Hero Award in 2022.
Oronde Cruger, BA (he/him/they/them)
Featured Speaker
From student advocate to Executive Director, Oronde has been involved with healthy relationship education from a number of angles for nearly 20 years. His degree in neuroscience focusing on learning and memory along with hormones and behavior combined with his deep love for facilitating difficult discussions around the complexities of identity and relationships. His experiences helped to inform his 2018 TEDx talk about redefining masculinity and the importance of vulnerability in the process.
Oronde currently lives in Phippsburg, Maine and enjoys gardening and spooky movies when he isn’t traveling the country talking about consent.
Laura Dadswell, MS, BSL (she/her)
Laura Dadswell, MS, BSL, Behavior Health Coordinator at the Advocacy Alliance, provides sexuality and consent education for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in South Central PA.
Chandler Daily, BA (he/him/his)
Chandler is a sex educator in the clinic and classroom, having worked in reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare, sex toy retail, and trans-led community sex ed.
Nancy Daley-Moore, PhD, CPH, CHES® (she/her)
Nancy Daley-Moore is an Associate Professor at Truman State University. She teaches courses about HIV and human sexuality and conducting sex ed programming on campus.
Betty Dorr, PhD, MA (she/her/hers)
Betty Dorr teaches at Fort Lewis College and includes reproductive health and competency in human sexuality, ethics in healthcare, positive psychology, and gender classes.
Christine Drew, PhD, BCBA-D (she/her)
Christine Drew teaches at Auburn University. She conducts research on sexuality and relationship education for inclusive higher education students.
Catherine Dukes, MSW, LCSW (she/her)
Dr. Dukes is the founder of the Center for Connection and Desire, a practice specializing in sex therapy, couples therapy, and adult sex-education in Delaware.
Sam Duong Woloszynski, CAC (she/they)
Featured Speaker
Sam teaches embodied consent skills through experiential learning at Nourished Heart Collective. They’ve trained at the Atlanta Institute of Tantra, Consent Wizardry, and Voltage Control Facilitation.
Jenna Emerson, MEd (she/her)
A positive sexuality educator at the University of Vermont for seven years with a Masters of Education in Human Sexuality Studies from Widener University.
Sasha Faust, BA (she/hers)
Sasha Faust is a sexual and reproductive health educator based in Philadelphia. She has been a member of the AccessMatters’ training team since 2019.
Sarah Ferrato, BA (she/they)
Sarah Ferrato is a pleasure-centered sex educator and preventionist, currently with the Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence and previously with Planned Parenthood, Case Western, and Cleveland Rape Crisis Center.
Nadine Finigan-Carr, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Finigan-Carr is an educator in public schools, community-based organizations, and universities. She has served as an executive director for various community-based organizations and is a researcher and evaluator on adolescent sexual health, system-involved youth, and human trafficking.
Tabatha Floyd, BS, CPS (she/her)
Tabatha is a certified prevention specialist working in the field of prevention for 15 years specializing in bullying, drug and alcohol prevention, and sex education.
Jessica Franco-Chowdhury, BA (she/her/ella)
Jessica is the manager of Latino education and engagement. She oversees initiatives that aim to enhance affiliate Promotorxs de Salud programs and community health education efforts.
Autumn Franz (they/he)
Autumn Franz (they/he) is the Lead QYou Coordinator at the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland. They have a Bachelor’s Degree in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and Sociology with a concentration in Diversity, Culture and Inclusion. Autumn has worked at the Center for one year as a full time staff member and has a history interning at and contracting with the Center. He has a background in working with youth and family advocacy and crisis, community wellness, research, and education. They have skills in youth program development and facilitation, partnership collaboration and management, curriculum creation and implementation and general youth support.
Lillian Frame, BA (she/her/hers)
Lillian has been an organizer and board member with SafeBAE since 2019. She is working to educate K-13 students on consent and sexual violence.
Thomas Foley, MA (he/they)
Thomas Foley is the senior education manager at HiTOPS Inc., a non-profit whose mission is to provide comprehensive sex education and LGBTQ+ support.
Jaclyn Friedman, MFA, BA (she/her)
Jaclyn Friedman is a lifelong activist, advocate, and organizer. Friedman’s work has globally popularized the affirmative consent standard of sexual consent.
Laura Gardiner, EMPA (she/her/hers)
Laura Gardiner is an Education Manager supporting Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky’s LGBTQ+ sex education programming. This includes the IN·clued program, an evidence-based LGBTQ+-centered sex education program implemented nationally.
Marisol Getchius (she/her)
Marisol identifies as a person with a developmental disability. She advocates for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities to be empowered about their sexual health.
Rachael Gibson, PhD, MPH, MS, MEd, AASECT (she/her/ella)
Dr. G is an AASECT-Certified Sex Educator and has taught comprehensive health and sex education worldwide, including 17 years as a health teacher.
Katherine Grasso, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Katherine Grasso researches how teaching about safer sex communication between partners can contribute to more effective sexual education.
J. Green, BA (they/them)
J. Green is engaged in sexuality education with Planned Parenthood, focusing on reproductive health. Additionally, they serve as a camp director, promoting leadership skills for girls.
Eva Goldfarb, PhD, MA, DHL (hon) (she/her)
Eva Goldfarb, Professor of Public Health at Montclair State University is a sexuality education researcher curriculum author, and teacher-trainer. Dr. Goldfarb co-authored a seminal sex education evaluation study in 2021.
Elizabeth Goncy, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Goncy is an associate professor of psychology at Cleveland State University and is part of the THRiVE Research Collaborative, which conducts research on LGBTQ+ sexual health education.
Carissa Herron Stevens (she/her)
With a decade’s experience teaching youth and adults, Carissa facilitates spaces for growth through education, with emphasis on the intersection of identity, relationships, and culture.
Melissa Hochberg, MEd (she/her)
Melissa has taught sex education for four years with Ease. She co-created the Ease Curriculum, Consent, Boundaries, Relationships & Sex Ed for people with I/DD.
Malik Hollingsworth, MA (he/they)
Malik is a former peer sex educator as an undergraduate at Vanderbilt University who currently works as disability grant program manager for the Sexual Assault Center in Nashville.
Gabriel Hooghuis, MA (he/him)
Gabriel Hooghuis has been working with youth in a variety of different capacities for over 15 years.
Emma Kaywin, EdD (they/them)
Dr. Emma Kaywin (they/them) is the senior qualitative analyst at Philliber Research and Evaluation. They have developed and implemented multiple sexuality education curricula.
Izzy Kaufman, MEd (she/they)
Izzy Kaufman, MEd, is a program coordinator at the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. Izzy is disabled and provides inclusive sexuality education for the disability community.
Roger Kuhn, PhD, LMFT, AASECT CST (he/him/they)
Dr. Roger Kuhn is a sexuality educator whose work focuses on decolonizing and unsettling sexuality.
Shaheen Khal (he/him)
Jen Latimer, MPH (she/her/ella)
A Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine graduate, Jen has devoted over a decade to the intersection of reproductive health education and community-based evaluation with youth 11-24 in Louisiana.
Karina Laqua, MSW, LGSW, MBAc (she/her)
Karina Laqua has worked in non-profits for over a decade, focusing on health education, adolescents, and person-centered care.
Arlene Lechner, MEd (she/her)
Arlene has taught sex education for four years with Ease. She co-created the Ease Curriculum, Consent, Boundaries, Relationships & Sex Ed for people with I/DD.
Sandra Leonard, DNP, RN, F (she, her)
Dr. Sandra Leonard is a public health advisor with the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
William Leonard-Fortes, BA (he/him)
Willie brings 25 years of theater expertise and passion. Pure Praxis offers him a platform to harness his creativity to address the needs of communities.
Reagan Liberatore, MEd (she/her)
Reagan Liberatore (she/her) is a leader in special education for Kingston High School. She has over 20 years of experience in the field.
Lisa Lieberman, PhD, CHES® (she/her)
Lisa Lieberman, Professor/Chair, Public Health, Montclair State University, studies sex education and sexual health policy, recently coauthoring a seminal paper, “Thirty Years of Sex Education.”
Daisy Lopez, MA, PPS, MA (she/her)
Daisy Lopez works alongside 12 teams to advance access to quality sexual and reproductive health education and engage youth in healing-centered and culturally responsive programming.
Victoria Mahand, MSW (she/her)
Victoria is an inspiring trainer, facilitator, and leadership coach who delivers high-energy presentations. Victoria is described as a transformative professional in her 15-year career.
Paige Mac Leod, BSBA (she/her)
Paige directs Planned Parenthood of Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky’s sex ed program development and implementation and professional development. This includes Spark*ED, INclued, Teen Council, and LiFT. A Sex Education Coalition member, collaborated on Professional Learning Standards for Sex Education.
Kimberley Mason, MS, MA, CHES® (she/her)
Kimberley (she/her) manages Planned Parenthood’s Chat/Text program, a sexual health digital education hotline. Previously, she built an abortion doula volunteer training program in southwest Ohio.
Philip McCabe, CSW, CAS, DRCC (he/him/his)
Phil McCabe serves as the director and co-principal investigator for the New Jersey LGBTQIA+ Sexual Violence Prevention and Community engagement Initiative at Rutgers University.
Eloise McAviney, BA (she/they)
Eloise stewards quality assurance and capacity building initiatives at Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Chat/Text program. Previously, she designed and managed peer education programs in New York and Nicaragua.
Jill McCracken, PhD (she/her)
Jill McCracken, PhD, is a women’s, gender, and sexuality studies professor at the University of South Florida and founder of Choosing Myself, an inclusive, comprehensive sexual health program.
Ryan McKee, PhD (he/him)
Ryan McKee, PhD, is an assistant professor of instruction at Temple University. He has over twenty years of experience teaching courses on human sexuality.
Nova McGiffert, BA (she/her)
Nova McGiffert, healthy sexuality project coordinator at the Institute on Disabilities, provides holistic sexuality education for and with disabled Pennsylvanians. She facilitates a statewide disability-centered sex educator network.
Erin McKenney, MA (she/her/hers)
Erin McKenney is a clinical psychology PhD candidate at Rowan University. She researches sexual consent understandings and cue usage in autistic and non-autistic young adults.
Kenzi Meek (she/her)
Kenzi Meek is a community health education manager at the Ohio Center for Sex Education. She’s been a sex educator and social media manager for over four years.
Jess Melendez, B.S., CHES® (she/her)
Featured Speaker
Jess Melendez (she/her) has over 13 years of experience in the sexual health field and specializes in talking to youth, facilitating workshops in middle and high schools. Youth are exposed to different messages surrounding sex and sexuality throughout media. Jess provides tools for youth to identify critical thinking skills while navigating the topic of sex and sexuality. Jess collaborated with the San Francisco Unified School District to create and implement a high school porn literacy lesson into the Be Real, Be Ready sexual health curriculum. Her main topics of focus include media and porn literacy, HIV/AIDS, and sexual orientation.
Annie Merrill, MEd (she/her)
Annie Merrill (she/her) is a pleasure and sexuality educator with a MEd from Widener University who works and educates in the sex toy industry.
Maggie Meyer, BA (she/her)
Maggie Meyer has led Pro-Choice Minnesota since 2019 where she fosters choice-focused policy and election work alongside advancing reproductive rights and sex education policy conversations.
Leo Mock, BA (they/them/he/him)
Leo is a theatre-maker, sex and consent educator, and intimacy choreographer. They have worked with Speak About It since 2018 as an educator, actor, manager, and director.
Noé Monárrez (they/he)
Noé is a first-gen, queer Mexican American sexuality educator with a double bachelors in child and family studies and sociology. They currently work at Planned Parenthood of Tennessee and North Mississippi.
Deja Moore, MPH (she/her/ella)
Deja Moore (She/Ella) is the Colorado Department of Health and Environment Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education (CHSE) program coordinator advocating for Colorado public schools and districts to implement anti-racist CHSE.
Em Moratti, BA, MAT (they/them)
Em Moratti, MAT, is a queer educator and manager with Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic. They are passionate about teaching ‘taboo’ topics. They help folks learn empowering narratives for their lives.
Sharde Morris-Tate, MPH (she/her)
Sharde Morris-Tate, an engagement coordinator, is an experienced educator at the Center for Connection and Desire. She is working toward her MSW and becoming a therapist.
Diana Moser-Burg, PhD (she/her)
Dr. Moser-Burg has been providing and promoting trauma-informed adolescent sexual health and well-being for youth impacted by violence and sexual harm for over 25 years.
Regan Moss, MPH (she/her/hers)
Regan Moss is a recent graduate of Columbia University’s Master of Public Health Program and a current doctoral student at Tulane University.
Finley Muratova, BA (they/them/theirs)
Finley is a full-time educator teaching the Be Proud! Be Responsible evidence-based program. They work with Know Your IX, SafeBAE, and I Have The Right Too to serve student-survivors.
Emily Nagoski, PhD (she/her)
EMILY NAGOSKI is the award-winning author of the New York Times bestselling Come As You Are and Come Together, as well as The Come As You Are Workbook, and coauthor, with her sister, Amelia, of New York Times bestseller Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. She earned an MS in counseling and a PhD in health behavior, both from Indiana University, with clinical and research training at the Kinsey Institute. Now she combines sex education and stress education to teach women to live with confidence and joy inside their bodies. She lives in Massachusetts.
Miranda Nelsen, BA Sociology (she/her)
Miranda oversees youth health programs in northeast Wisconsin, guiding a local youth action board with a dedication to youth engagement, growth, and health equity.
Jordan Nelon, PhD, MPH (she/her)
Dr. Jordan Nelon has more than a decade of experience in adolescent pregnancy prevention and optimal health. She worked at Texas A&M and Centerstone.
Jamie O’Leary, BA (she/her)
Jamie O’Leary (she/her) is a sex and consent educator. She has taught at the Shipley School, the One Love Foundation, and Your Empowered Sexuality.
Nhakia Outland, MSW (she/her)
Nhakia is a queer, Black woman, social worker, sexuality educator, sex therapist, speaker, adjunct professor, and consultant with more than 15 years of experience.
Mollie Overby, MPH (they/them)
Mollie supports LGBTQ+ sex education programming at Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai’i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky. They also co-lead IN·clued, an LGBTQ-centered sex ed program, facilitate trainings, and update and develop curricula.
Kat Pheysey, PhD, LMSW, MEd (she/her/hers)
Dr Pheysey founded Inclusive Sexology after working in the field of intellectual/developmental disability for over 15 years and seeing a distinct lack of sexuality services.
Ash Philliber, PhD (they/them)
Dr. Ash Philliber (they/them) is the managing director of Philliber Research & Evaluation. They conduct rigorous evaluation for multiple sexuality education projects.
Miriam Perez, MPH (she/her)
Miriam Perez is the director of community innovation at Peer Health Exchange (PHE). She co-developed and scaled peer-to-peer programming over the past eight years at PHE.
William Paz De Melo, BA (he/him)
William Del Toro Vargas, BA, is a family advisor for Hispanos Unidos para Niños Excepcionales, which uplifts disability and Latinx communities. He is a trained sexuality educator and tireless advocate.
Leonor Perea, MPH, MCHES® (she/her)
Leonor Perea has over 15 years of experience in adolescent sexuality education. She holds an MPH and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in youth studies.
Emma Place (They/She)
Emma Place is currently serving as a Program Coordinator at The LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland aiding in creating and facilitating programming for queer youth ages 11 to 19 as well as intergenerational programming that strives to connect all ages of the LGBTQ+ community. Place graduated from The College of Wooster in Spring of 2024 with a degree in political science and a minor in communication studies wherein they studied the effects of government actions that actively work against marginalized communities alongside ways to combat this systematic oppression through community organizing and education. The culmination of Place’s studies resulted in a thesis project which analyzed anti-trans legislative language within the Ohio Revised Code on policies that affect the healthcare, education, and civil rights of transgender citizens. Policy knowledge and an emphasis on intersectionality are Place’s primary motivating factors for their continued advocacy on behalf of the LGBTQ+ community.
Kelly Pfleider, MA (she/her)
Kelly Pfleider, founder of Pure Praxis, gained widespread recognition as the primary provider of sexual assault prevention training for the US Navy from 2015 to 2019.
Mary Jo Podgurski, RNC, EdD, AASECT (she, her)
Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski is an RN, educator, counselor, author, and speaker with over 50 years of experience. Her best job is Nonnie (grandma).
Jessica Pollard, BA (she/her)
Jessica joined Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains in late 2022 as an education program specialist. She teaches across Santa Fe and northern New Mexico.
Lena Queen, MSW, MEd, LCSW (they/them)
Mx. Lena Queen, LCSW, MEd, is a clinical somatic sexologist and owner of a sex therapy practice, Journey Wellness and Consulting, LLC.
Kelley Quinn, MEd (she/her)
As a southern sex educator, Kelley focuses on progress in her roots. Her interests include consent education, sex education for parents, and challenging STI stigma.
Victoria Ramon, CPE (they/she)
Victoria is a social justice and community engagement major with three years of experience in peer education, specializing in engaging men and gender-expansive populations in sexual violence prevention.
Chuck Rhoades, PhD, MA (he/him/his)
Rhoades taught sexuality education to participants from pre-school through seniors. He worked as a school teacher, advisor, professor, curriculum developer, writer, trainer, and administrator.
Diana Rhodes, MA (she/her)
Diana Thu-Thao Rhodes oversees Advocates for Youth’s advocacy strategies and youth campaigns on a range of reproductive and sexual health issues that affect young people.
Isabel Rivera, BS (they/them)
Isabel Rivera’s passion for sexual health and education equity stems from their lived experience in rural communities and their family structure and values around identity.
Deborah Roffman, MS, CSE, CFLE (she/her)
Deborah Roffman is in her fifth decade of teaching PreK-12 at Park School in Baltimore. Author of three books for parents and teachers, she is consulted widely by over 400 schools across the United States.
Amelia Rubenstein, MSW (she/her)
Amelia is a skilled project and grant manager with years of experience supporting anti-trafficking research and evaluation, training, and strategic planning initiatives. She establishes and maintains program structures based on trauma-informed and culturally responsive care principles.
Mandy Salley, MSW, MEd (she/her)
Mandy Salley has an MSW and MEd in human sexuality from Widener University. She is the current COO of the Woodhull Freedom Foundation.
Sarah Saysoukha, BA (she/her)
Sarah Saysoukha is the program coordinator for Tennessee Youth Prepared for Success. She has worked in the field of prevention for 13 years.
Lynne Schmidt, LMSW-cc (they/she)
Lynne Schmidt, LMSW-cc, is an award-winning poet and the founder of AbortionChat, which aims to normalize our bodies and end stigma around abortion care.
Falon Seibert-Burns, MPH (she/her)
Falon R. Seibert-Burns, MPH, program manager at the Philadelphia Area Sexual Health Initiative, oversees comprehensive sexual health programming for adolescents and adults across Philadelphia.
Julie Setting, LCSW, MSW (they/she)
Julie Setting is a therapist and educator with the Center for Connection & Desire, providing sex therapy, couples therapy and adult sex education in Delaware.
Rashida Sharpe, CHWc (she/her)
Rashida Sharpe has worked in the medical field for over 20 years, focusing on reproductive health and person-centered care.
Arnetta Shaw, MSN, RN (she/her)
Arnetta is an experienced behavioral health nurse and a certified Christian counselor. She is the founder of Sex & Spirituality EDU, bringing comprehensive sex ed to the Church.
Katie Shipp, JD (she/her/hers)
Katie is the executive director at I Have The Right To, providing education on consent and healthy relationships to students. She is a professor and an attorney representing childhood sexual abuse survivors.
Randi Smith, MSW, PhD (she/her)
Randi Smith is a licensed psychologist and a professor at Metropolitan State University of Denver, teaching clinical and counseling psychology and human sexuality courses.
Lolita Smith-Moore, MA (she/her)
Lolita, a 17-year public health professional, specializes in sexual health education and is pursuing a master’s in clinical mental health counseling to become a sex therapist.
Jenny Sperling, PhD (she/they)
Jenny Sperling teaches at the University of Oklahoma. She conducts research on sexuality and relationship education in inclusive higher education and feminist, trans*, and queer studies.
Anna Stempa, BSW, BSc (she/hers)
Anna facilitates adolescent health programs and a local youth action board in northeast Wisconsin, advocating for informed choices and community well-being.
Susan Stone, JD, BA (she/her)
Susan Stone chairs KJK’s Student & Athlete Defense Practice Group. Passionate about protecting students, Susan handles matters from special education issues to Title IX investigations.
Hali Strickler, MA, CCC-SLP (she/her)
Hali Strickler is a speech-language pathologist and augmentative and alternative communication services coordinator at the Institute on Disabilities at Temple University.
Quinn Sunnolia, BFA (they/them)
Quinn Sunnolia educates the community and professionals on sexual violence prevention, runs support groups, and facilitates restorative justice initiatives through WOAR.
Kristina Supler, JD, BA (she/her)
Kristina Supler is co-chair of KJK’s Student and Athlete Defense Practice. Her experience is nationally enlisted for complex cases involving sex-based crimes.
Bill Taverner, MA, CSE, ABS (he/him)
Bill is the executive director of The Center for Sex Education and chief editor of the American Journal of Sexuality Education.
Shane’a Thomas, PhD, LICSW (he/she/dr)
Dr. Thomas is a lecturer, scholar, practitioner, and TEDx speaker with over 20 years of professional clinical social work experience in DC, Maryland, and Virginia.
Wesley Thomas, MPH, MEd (he/him)
Wesley serves as the program manager for the District of Columbia Public Schools, where he supports a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Division of Adolescent and School Health grant, creating supportive environments for LGBTQ students in schools.
Karen Udall, MS (she/her/hers)
Karen is a sexual assault prevention educator with I Have The Right To. She is the mother of a survivor, a certified school counselor, and a certified consent educator.
Marcela Uribe, MA (she/her/ella)
Marcela is the associate director of Spanish Digital Content Strategy at Planned Parenthood Federation of America. She specializes in culturally responsive content for underserved communities in the United States and Colombia.
Carson Varnum, MEd (they/them)
Carson Varnum, MEd (they/them), is a community educator with expertise in sexual health, sexualities, peer education, and program development.
Quinn Vermillion, MEd (she/her)
Quinn Vermillion, MEd, is the disabilities program coordinator at Planned Parenthood of Delaware. She works with individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities, their families, and the professionals who serve them.
Sonja Vitow, MEd, MFA (she/they)
Sonja Vitow (she/they) is a progressive consent and sexuality educator pursuing their PhD at Widener University. They are also a writer and Exhale Pro-Voice counselor.
Sheyenne Wilson, BS (she/hers)
Sheyenne facilitates adolescent health programs in northeast Wisconsin. She is passionate about prevention, research, education, and policy to empower individuals to make healthy, informed choices.
Katie Wolfe, LMSW (she/her)
Katie manages education programs at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas. She supports program development & implementation in Texas & nationally with Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s Chat/Text program.
Kelsey Wyman, MSW (she/they)
Kelsey is working towards AASECT certification and presents on menstruation at various events.
Cassandra Ybarra-Babcock (she/her)
Tess Zachary, MBA (she/her)
Tess currently serves as the chairperson for the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom. She is a lobbyist and an educational outreach chair, and she is on the incident reporting and response team.