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Derek Ellerman - Chair Co-Founder, Interim Executive Director, Polaris Project Fellow, Ashoka Innovators for the Public Derek Ellerman is a co-founder and until the end of 2006 was the Co-Executive Director of Polaris Project. Mr. Ellerman supervised the development and implementation of Polaris Project programs in the United States and Japan. An expert on US-based sex trafficking networks, Mr. Ellerman has trained and worked closely with federal and local law enforcement, testified before the U.S. Congress, and worked directly with survivors of trafficking. He has been featured in various media including National Public Radio, the Washington Post, and several network news shows. Formerly an Adjunct Professor at Trinity University, Mr. Ellerman taught at the graduate-level on international criminal network operations and counter-trafficking strategies. Before co-founding Polaris Project, Mr. Ellerman founded and for four years served as Executive Director of the Center for Police and Community (CPAC), a Providence-based non-profit working on issues of police misconduct in Rhode Island. In 2004, Mr. Ellerman was selected as an Ashoka Fellow and then as an Ambassador with Ashoka Innovators for the Public, where he currently provides consultation services as a Senior Venture Advisor. Mr. Ellerman has a Sc.B. in Cognitive Neuroscience from Brown University. Jane Poulin - Treasurer Chief Accounting Officer, Former Corning Incorporated Ms. Poulin joined Corning in September 2005 and served as chief accounting officer until April 2008. Ms. Poulin has 23 years of experience in various areas of accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, finance, tax, cash management, and internal controls. Prior to joining Corning, Ms. Poulin was an Associate Chief Accountant in the Office of the Chief Accountant of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from June 2000 to September 2005, where she served as a technical accounting expert to other commission accountants, public companies, and public accounting firms. She was also formerly an Audit Senior Manager with Ernst & Young, LLP and a corporate controller. Ms. Poulin has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Plymouth State University and a Masters of Science in Taxation from American University. Ms. Poulin is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the AICPA. Ms. Poulin is a member of Financial Executives International (FEI) and an active member of FEI's Committee on Corporate Reporting. Ms. Poulin is also on the Advisory Board for BNA's Accounting Policy and Practice Series. Katherine Chon - Secretary President/Co-Founder Polaris Project Katherine Chon partnered with Derek Ellerman in 2002 to co-found Polaris Project. Ms. Chon has worked closely with survivors of labor and sex trafficking through victim identification, service provision, client empowerment, and case management. Ms. Chon has testified before Congress; provided training and technical assistance to law enforcement, service providers, shelters, and community groups in the US; and has provided consultation to dozens of foreign government delegations, businesses, investors, universities, and non-government organizations. Ms. Chon has been recognized for her social entrepreneurship with a Do Something BRICK Award and the Lifetime Champions for Change honor. In 2006, she was one of 10 recipients of Redbook Magazine's Strength and Spirit Award, and recently in 2007, she was awarded Running Start's Women to Watch Award. Ms. Chon has a background in cross-cultural education theory, social science research, and experimental design and analysis from Brown University, where she received an Sc.B. in Psychology. Sarah Devine Senior Associate Fulbright & Jaworski Ms. Devine joined the Washington, D.C. office of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. in 2002. As a Senior Associate, her practice focuses on advising foreign companies on a variety of corporate and commercial law matters. During 1997, Sarah was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Argentina. She studied international relations at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Buenos Aires. Ms. Devine then went on to attain a second Bachelors in Modern History at Oxford University on full scholarship as an Allbritton Scholar. At Stanford Law School, Sarah served on the executive board of the Society of International Law. She currently serves on the steering committee of the Stanford Law School Fellowship in Conflict Resolution, a fellowship which is awarded annually to current law students as part of an ongoing class gift. She was admitted to practice law in California in 2002 and in the District of Columbia in 2003. Mei-Mei Ellerman Resident Scholar Brandeis University Mei-Mei Ellerman was a professor at Harvard University, Brandeis University, Boston College, Brown University, and Wellesley College, teaching Italian Literature and Cinema before becoming a full-time writer in 1996. She has been a Resident Scholar at the Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center since 2001 and was a former visiting scholar at the Wellesley Center for Research on Women. Ms. Ellerman is also a Research Associate in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature at Wellesley College and a member of the International Advisory Board for the A.G. Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Ms. Ellerman Chairs Polaris Project's Development Advisory Committee and is a local representative in Boston. She is also a Board Member of the Chinese Adoptee Links International (CAL). Ms. Ellerman holds a doctorate from Harvard University and is currently working on two memoirs. National Advisory Board Ken Bacon Executive Director Refugees International Paul Farmer Co-Founder Partners in Health Adam Hochschild Co-Founder Mother Jones Magazine Rachel Lloyd Executive Director Girls Education and Mentoring Service (GEMS) HM Queen Noor Queen of Jordon Evelyn Murphy Founder and President WAGE Project  Board Member, Mei-Mei Ellerman and Advisory Member, Paul Farmer
 Board Member, Sarah Devine and Polaris Project staff members |