Sue Aboul-hosn
Ms. Aboul-hosn joined the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) in 2000 and in 2003 was qualified as an expert witness in child risk assessment. For the past 13 years, she has been working as DCF’s Missing Child Specialist, Criminal Justice Coordinator, and, more recently, the Regional Human Trafficking Coordinator. She has assisted in more than 300 human trafficking investigations and has conducted more than 100 missing children and human trafficking trainings. Once the Department privatized its foster care services in 2004, Ms. Aboul-hosn was instrumental in assisting the newly created Community Base Care agencies in Central Florida in developing and implementing their missing child protocols. In 2006, she was the recipient of the Outstanding Performance Award from DCF and has also been recognized by the KlaasKids Foundation for her steadfast dedication to and perseverance in stopping crimes against children. The Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking and the Orlando Rescue and Restore Coalition honored Ms. Aboul-hosn with the Polaris Star Abolitionist Award in January 2012. She holds a bachelor’s degree in social work and a certificate of professional social work practice from Spalding University in Louisville, KY. She has received several certifications related to missing and exploited children through the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and Fox Valley Technical College AMBER Alert Program and is a graduate of the Child Welfare Leadership Program.
Colleen Caron
Colleen Caron is an epidemiologist who received her Ph.D. in public health. During the past 10 years, she focused her work in child welfare, behavioral health, and juvenile justice. Dr. Caron works at the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) overseeing the Data and Evaluation Unit and holds a clinical research appointment at Brown University School of Public Health’s Epidemiology Department, where she co-leads graduate courses in biostatistics. At DCYF, she and her team engage in evaluation and research projects using data and statistical analysis to evaluate child, family, program, and system outcomes and support the department and community stakeholders in using this information to inform practice, programs, and system initiatives, and to manage performance.
Stacy Sloan
As the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services’ (DCFS’s) Statewide Human Trafficking Program Manager, Stacy Sloan has developed and administered the Department’s response to human trafficking since 2012. She has a long history of advocating for exploited children. She began her career at the Illinois DCFS in 1989, working directly with families in their homes and communities. As a member of the DCFS Child Location and Support Unit and as the DCFS Liaison to NCMEC, Ms. Sloan supported efforts to recover youth missing from care, especially victims of human trafficking, for more than 12 years. Ms. Sloan is the DCFS liaison to the FBI; in 2012, she received a commendation from the Bureau for her assistance with human trafficking cases. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in social work from the University of Illinois.
Melissa Correia
As a member of the Center for States’ management team, Melissa leads the Center’s Data Team, and provides support related to data-driven practice and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI).
With 15 years of experience in the Child Welfare field, Melissa is dedicated to increasing and improving the use of data and research in the development of social policy. She has worked effectively from the national to the local level with Child Welfare staff, policymakers, legal and judicial staff, government administrators, service providers, and community stakeholders to prioritize outcomes, develop performance measures, implement improvement strategies, and monitor results. Her primary focus is on making data and research accessible to a wider audience. Her engaging presentations tell a story through data, inspire action and promote a focus on outcomes.