in plain sight: trafficking’s impact on industries and second-chance opportunities.

Ashleigh S. Chapman

president and CEO

Alliance for Freedom, Restoration and Justice

Ashleigh Chapman has worked solely on combating human trafficking and protecting vulnerable populations for the past 20-plus years professionally, and travels extensively to strengthen the movement. Her passion and focus areas are in helping to reform systems of care, strengthening community efforts and building the solutions needed to increase the impact of all justice advocates in the field.

Ashleigh presently serves as the president of AFRJ®, a global humanitarian aid organization that exists to end human trafficking, and as the founder/CEO of Altus™, a business for good dedicated to powering solutions to protect the vulnerable. Prior to Altus and the AFRJ, Ashleigh has served as: the co-founder and director of the Center for Global Justice at Regent University School of Law in Virginia, the director of a nonprofit serving thousands of at-risk youth in Tennessee, a children's pastor and a court appointed special advocate for children in foster care.

Ashleigh is a licensed attorney in the state of Virginia. She graduated magna cum laude with her JD from Regent University School of Law, receiving the school's Most Outstanding Graduate award, and summa cum laude with her B.S. from Tennessee Technological University. A native Nashvillian, Ashleigh and her husband, Sloan, now reside in Wyoming.

Audra Jenkins

chief diversity and inclusion officer

Randstad North America

As chief diversity and inclusion officer, Audra spearheads initiatives both within and outside of our organization. She not only advances diversity and inclusion among internal employees, she also partners with customers as they work to achieve their own diversity goals. Audra firmly believes that diversity and inclusion must be woven into every aspect of the talent lifecycle to attract quality candidates, enhance employee engagement and drive performance.

She brings more than 20 years of experience in human resources, diversity and compliance, along with a passion for advocating on behalf of underserved populations. She is the executive sponsor for Randstad’s Hire Hope program and was recognized as the Most Powerful Influential Woman by the National Diversity Council in 2018.

Bob Rodgers

president and CEO

Street Grace

Bob serves as Street Grace president and CEO, bringing more than 30 years of corporate and nonprofit leadership and team development experience to this role. Under Bob's leadership, Street Grace has experienced remarkable growth and has a significant national presence, including offices in Georgia, Texas and Tennessee.

Previously, Bob served as the fourth president of Richmont Graduate University, which offers fully accredited graduate programs in counseling, ministry and spiritual formation. As president, he led Richmont into an era of institutional and financial growth, championing the addition of a new accredited master’s degree program, spearheading the efforts for a new, debt-free, multimillion-dollar Atlanta campus and launching two university-sponsored mental health trauma centers. In his former position as vice president of one of the largest restaurant chains in the Southeast, Bob provided oversight and support for more than 22,000 employees in 21 states. In addition, through his firm Quantum Search, he has conducted more than 24,000 interviews and led searches for key leadership positions at Chick-fil-A, Georgia Pacific, Baptist Healthcare, Curtis1000 and other major corporate, healthcare and nonprofit organizations worldwide.

Bob is a sought-after speaker and panelist. He has written for a variety of publications including business journals and has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal and The Atlanta Business Chronicle. His work has been featured on hundreds of media outlets, including the Washington Post and The New York Times. He has testified before congress and has been invited to the White House on multiple occasions to provide expertise on trafficking legislation and demand reduction strategies. Additionally, Bob is a pastoral sex addiction professional (PSAP®) candidate (June 2020) from the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals. He has hosted “Thinking Out Loud,” a weekly radio broadcast, and is the co-author of the devotional “God Is With Us." In addition to serving on numerous boards and being on the business advisory council for Lee University, Bob is a graduate of Leadership Gwinnett and the founder of the Freedom Coalition, a collaborative initiative addressing global human trafficking.

Crystal Crowley

senior diversity and inclusion and community impact manager

Randstad North America

As a senior diversity program manager, Crystal is responsible for the outreach and management of each phase of Randstad’s Hire Hope program. In this role, she is responsible for developing and providing career-readiness training to help underserved and at-risk women, including survivors of exploitation and trafficking, gain financial independence. Crystal holds a master’s degree in human resource management from Troy State University, and a Bachelor’s of Science from Northern Illinois University with a concentration in human services. Crystal also serves as a representative for Randstad on the Alliance for Freedom, Restoration and Justice Freedom Council and as the chairperson of the American Staffing Association Social Responsibility Committee 2021.

Hal Cato

CEO

Thistle Farms

Hal Cato founded his first nonprofit organization, Hands on Nashville, right out of college and has been working in the community ever since. He is currently the CEO of Thistle Farms, the nation’s largest nonprofit social enterprise employing women survivors. Since joining Thistle Farms in 2015, he has more than doubled the size of the organization’s budget, increased sales revenue by over 70 percent, expanded housing options and provided more than 150,000 hours of employment to women survivors of trafficking, prostitution and addiction each year. Prior to that, Hal served as Founder and CEO of Zeumo, a company that creates closed communication networks for health systems. In 2015, Hal sold Zeumo to the Advisory Board Company in Washington, D.C.

Between 2001 and 2011, Hal served as the CEO for the Oasis Center, a nonprofit organization that works with youth, helping them in times of crisis as well as providing them with opportunities for leadership and service. Under his leadership, Oasis Center grew more than 300 percent and launched a number of new initiatives including the National College Access Center, Just US and the Youth Opportunity Center. In 2007, Oasis Center was named the “National Agency of the Year” by the National Network for Youth. Prior to joining Oasis Center, Hal was instrumental in helping build Bright Horizons Childcare, where he created hundreds of corporate-sponsored childcare centers throughout the United States, England, Ireland and Guam. While at Bright Horizons, Hal founded the Bright Horizons Foundation for Children, whose mission is to create children’s play spaces in shelters serving homeless families. Today, there are more than 350 “Bright Spaces” across the U.S.

Hal has been recognized as “Best in Business” and “Most Admired CEO” for nonprofit organizations by the Nashville Business Journal and “Business Leader of the Year” by the LGBT Chamber, received the “Community Champion” award by the Human Rights Campaign and been named “Nashvillian of the Year” by the Nashville Scene.

Jennifer Dial

analyst, community impact/hire hope, program lead

Randstad North America

Jennifer Dial joined the Hire Hope Program in April of 2017. She started as an apprentice supporting various Randstad clients in the role of a recruiting coordinator.

Upon completing the program, she transitioned into her new position as the team lead for the program. As team lead, she is responsible for educating and training the apprentices in workplace etiquette and knowledge of systems, including applicant tracking systems, communication procedures and organizational best practices.

Jennifer is a powerful force who drives team performance. She uses her positive attitude and tireless energy to encourage others to grow into their potential and work hard towards their dreams. Jennifer knows that the coaching support instilled in the program’s mission sets women up with the tools needed to succeed in Corporate America.

Jennifer is inspired daily by the group of women she supports as well as her husband and their daughter. In her free time, Jennifer loves to spend time with her animals and family.

Meg Taylor

chief litigation and employment counsel

Delta Airlines

Meg Taylor started her Delta in-house career in 1995 as staff employment attorney. She currently serves as Delta’s chief litigation and employment counsel, with responsibility for managing the company’s litigation, employment law and employee benefits compliance, and e-discovery practice groups. She is a member of the Delta #GetOnBoard human trafficking steering committee and the Delta corporate diversity equity and inclusion council. She also serves as the executive sponsor for Delta’s ABLE disability business resource group and as an executive sponsor and mentor in Delta’s RISE mentoring program. Meg received her B.A. magna cum laude from James Madison University and her JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary.

Nikki Clifton

president

Social Impact and The UPS Foundation

Nikki leads UPS’s global philanthropy, social impact and community affairs efforts as part of the UPS Corporate Affairs, Communications and Sustainability team. She oversees the company’s efforts to respond to the world’s most pressing social, humanitarian and environmental needs.

Nikki has been instrumental in UPS’s response to human rights and social justice issues, including spearheading and coordinating UPS’s anti-human trafficking awareness and education. Her Ted Talk, “3 Ways Businesses Can Fight Sex Trafficking” has garnered more than 1.5 million views. Additionally, she leads the UPS Equity, Justice & Action Task Force, a cross-functional leadership team working to dismantle systemic racism through strategic internal and external engagement.

Most recently, Nikki served as Vice President, Global Public Affairs, and led UPS’s workforce policy, legislative advocacy and external affairs engagement with members of congress and the states’ attorneys general. Prior to government affairs, Nikki was part of UPS’s Labor and Employment Counsel. Before joining UPS, Nikki worked for Delta Air Lines as a labor and employment litigator, and practiced labor and employment law with two Atlanta law firms.

Nikki earned her bachelor’s degree magna cum laude in communications from Howard University’s Annenberg Honors Program and her J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. She is a member of the Georgia Bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Nikki serves on the Board of Director for the Girl Scouts Nation’s Capital and is active in a number of civic and volunteer organizations. Nikki and her husband have four children and reside in Falls Church, Virginia.

Sean Hosman

founder

Persevere Now

As a justice-impacted serial entrepreneur with 20-plus years of experience in the correctional industry, Sean Hosman has a unique perspective on both business and second chances. Using technology to drive criminal justice reform is one of his many passions. He became justice-involved through addiction, and now, 10 years clean, he is dedicated to achieving racial equality in corrections and ending mass incarceration. In 1998, he founded Vant4ge, a human services and predictive analytics technology company that has revolutionized correctional care and case management. He is also the co-founder of Persevere, a nonprofit that teaches justice-involved individuals to code behind prison bars, and Banyan Labs, a technology development company that hires Persevere graduates. Each business plays a vital role in increasing public safety and improving outcomes in the criminal justice system, while also bringing hope, skills and opportunity to justice-involved individuals. Through his work with these companies, Sean is focused on changing lives and stopping the cycle of multi-generational incarceration. He received both his bachelor’s and law degrees from Brigham Young University.