Dr. Michael Bourke
Dr. Michael Bourke is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist and a former federal law enforcement officer. Over the course of three decades, he worked with offenders in county jails, state and federal prisons, a juvenile correctional facility, and a secure psychiatric facility. In 2008 he joined the United States Marshals Service to create their Behavioral Analysis Unit, which he headed until 2021. As one of the most respected experts in his field, Dr. Bourke has worked a number of high-profile cases around the globe and has interviewed or evaluated more than 1,000 sex offenders as part of comprehensive risk assessments. He has a passion for teaching and is well known for his ability to explain complex concepts to a variety of audiences. Dr. Bourke spent the first eight years of his post-doctoral career interviewing, evaluating, treating, and researching sex offenders within the US federal prison system’s Sex Offender Treatment Program and the Commitment and Treatment Program for Sexually Dangerous Persons in Butner, North Carolina. For the next 13 years, he served as the Chief Psychologist for the United States Marshals Service.  There he created and ran the USMS Behavioral Analysis Unit to assist with the identification, investigation, apprehension, and prosecution of sex offenders.   He and his team also worked to help solve sexually motivated cold cases throughout the U.S. and abroad.
 
Dr. Shalon Nienow 
Dr. Shalon Nienow is the division director of Child Abuse Pediatrics at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, medical director at the Chadwick Center for Children and Families, associate professor of pediatrics at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and clinical director of Child Abuse Pediatrics at UC San Diego School of Medicine. As a child abuse pediatrician, Dr Nienow provides medical evaluations for children who are alleged victims of all forms of child abuse/neglect. She frequently serves as an expert witness in civil and criminal legal proceedings related to all aspects of child maltreatment. Dr. Nienow has conducted research in patterns of disclosure in child sexual abuse as well as on methods of testing for sexually transmitted infections in children, and she has co-authored publications on both topics. She regularly provides training to various members of the multidisciplinary team. Dr. Nienow serves on the NCE planning committee for the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Child Abuse and Neglect, was an editor for the AAP's latest publication of the Visual Diagnosis CD, served on the ABP content development team for Maintenance of Certification for the Child Abuse Sub-Board, and was elected to the Executive Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics Counsel on Child Abuse and Neglect. In addition, she was chosen to serve as a subject matter consultant for the 2021 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention STD Treatment Guidelines section regarding sexual assault or abuse of children. Her areas of professional interest include starvation and torture, abusive burn patterns, psychological maltreatment, medical child abuse, disclosure patterns and sexually transmitted infections.
 
Kendall Wolz
Kendall Wolz, MA, LPC is the Mental Health and Wellness Manager at Mosaic Georgia, a Child Advocacy Center and Sexual Assault Center in Duluth, Georgia. As a Licensed Professional Counselor, she provides trauma informed therapeutic services to children, teens, and adults. Kendall received her Bachelor of Science from the University of New Orleans, her Master of Arts in Counseling and Master of Theology from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and is currently pursuing a PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. Through her blog, Brave Girl, Speak, Kendall teaches readers about issues that impact survivors of child sexual abuse. As both a survivor and a clinician, Kendall is passionate about educating and training child welfare professionals to provide the most effective services to children and families in crisis.
 
Caitie Dahl
Caitie Dahl is a Forensic Interview Specialist and Trainer with Zero Abuse Project. Prior to joining Zero Abuse, Caitie served as a Forensic Interviewer, Forensic Program Coordinator, Trainer, and Multidisciplinary Team Facilitator with First Witness Child Advocacy Center in Duluth, Minnesota. Caitie enjoys working with children, and providing a trauma-friendly, and legally defensible opportunity for victims of abuse to share their experience. Additionally, she enjoys training professionals in the field to strengthen their response to reports of child maltreatment and collaborate with other multidisciplinary professionals when working with children and families throughout the investigative process. Caitie received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Superior, where she also studied and conducted research on topics such as coercive interviewing, false confessions, wrongful convictions, and suggestibility and memory errors. Caitie also served as the Program Manager at the campus Gender Equity Resource Center and is passionate about recognizing and addressing the unique needs of LGBTQIA+ youth who have experienced maltreatment.

Hilary Wright
Hilary Wright is an Assistant Criminal District Attorney at the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office in Fort Worth, Texas. She has presented numerous times at the Annual Crimes Against Children Conference in Dallas and has written several articles for The Texas Prosecutor on topics including dealing with teenage victims, handling child sexual abuse material, crafting opening statements, and considerations in the prosecution of offenses requiring sex offender registration. Hilary is a former member of the Human Trafficking Unit at the Dallas County DA's office. She is Board Certified in Criminal Law, a member of the Texas Prosecutor's Society, and is currently the chief prosecutor of a felony trial court in Tarrant County, Texas.

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