Samuel is excited to bring to RPI his wealth of experiences in Organizational Leadership, Technology and Management as she fights to prevent human trafficking. He has served in various organizations and associations in Minnesota in the capacity of board member, chair, and president. These include The American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Engineering Management, Mid-West ESRI Utilities User Group, Shakopee Public Utilities Safety Board, and other cultural associations. He has an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering Technology from the University of Minnesota, and Information Technology in Management from Concordia University Saint Paul, Minnesota; MS in Engineering Management from the University of Platteville Wisconsin; MBA in Technology Management and Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership both from the University of Phoenix.

Lisa is a committed advocate for education, economic empowerment and human rights for all people. She has over 15 years of human resources management experience in employee relations, compensation, talent acquisition, performance management and organization/employee development. She’s managed cross-functional Human Resource teams to support more than 35 business units with over 2000 employees with combined staffing budgets exceeding $50 million. In her current role, Lisa partners with more than 70 organization leaders and executives to ensure the alignment and execution of Human Resource (HR) strategies with initiatives and goals of the organization. She has a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University and holds two Senior Professional in HR certifications through the Society for HR Management and the Human Resources Certification Institute. She currently works with the Denver Public Schools System as the Human Resources Business Partner.

Sgt. Todd Alscher graduated from Albright College in Reading, Pa in 2003 and was shortly hired as a recruit officer with the Aurora Police Department. After graduating from the police academy in 2004, Sgt. Alscher has held various positions with the Aurora Police department. These positions include Patrol Officer, School Resource Officer (Overland High School), Police Area Representative, Direct Action Response Team, Patrol Sergeant, District Investigations Sergeant, Major Crimes Investigations Sergeant. In January 2020 the Chief of Police selected Sgt. Alscher to head, organize and develop the Aurora Police Department’s first Domestic Violence Investigations Unit. This unit is responsible for investigating all felony-related domestic violence incidents in the city of Aurora. At the beginning of September 2021, Sgt Alscher was selected to take over the Sex Crimes Unit for the Aurora Police Department. 

Throughout Sgt. Alscher’s experiences ranging from a routine patrol, tactical assignments, and now major investigations. Sgt Alscher has dedicated himself to making sure victims are treated with respect, dignity, and honesty. 

Since taking on investigations related to domestic violence and sexual assaults, I have been looking to participate in other ways to assist victims in need. While law enforcement plays its role with supporting victims, it has a very limited scope as to what they can do. Restoration Project International strives to end victims’ suffering while also providing community resources as well as education. I believe being a board member of an organization that is physically local but has an international reach is an amazing opportunity. I can bring a unique and undervalued perspective, while learning from other members of the board and sharing that with my law enforcement colleagues. 

Harold D’Souza is a survivor of labor trafficking and debt bondage in the United States of America. Originally from India, Harold D’Souza is well educated and has experience in sales management. He has a Master of Commerce, Post Graduation Diploma-Human Resource Development, and a Bachelor in Law from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. For 133 months Harold and his family were exploited at the hands of a trafficker, struggling to be free and to keep his family safe. 

Today, Harold is a Survivor, Advocate, and Public Speaker. He has been invited to speak throughout the United States as well as internationally in India, the UAE, Morocco, and Belgium to name a few. Harold is the co-founder of Eyes Open International, an organization developing prevention efforts through survivor-informed research. He is a founding member (2008) of the National Survivor Network (human trafficking) CAST and is active in local anti-trafficking organizations. Notably, Harold was appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama to the Historic United States Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and has continued this service under President Trump. Harold has found a new purpose in life, to be the voice, courage, hope, and freedom for victims. He believes that “What your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve” (Napoleon Hill). 

Rebekah Layton is a Survivor Leader & Subject Matter Expert in Human Trafficking. She holds a seat on the Colorado Human Trafficking Council, Criminal Justice Taskforce as well as the Co-Chair of the Legislative Taskforce. She is an MA Restorative Justice Candidate at Vermont Law School and graduated from the University of Colorado Denver with a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Studies: International Human Rights and Equitable Social Change, with a Certificate in Ethnic Studies: Native American Studies focusing on Indigenous Rights. She successfully completed several self-designed research projects focusing on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, the disproportionate incarceration of Indigenous communities, and the intersectionality these topics have with sex work and human trafficking.  

Rebekah is an accomplished consultant, trainer, public speaker, and educator, who provides additional services in programming development and victim response. She hopes to unite a community of change-makers with the common goal of collective healing while igniting change for a more just, equitable, and abundant future.