Anna Conti, MA, MFT is the Executive Director of Su Casa~Ending Domestic Violence. Ms. Conti obtained a BA in Biology in 2008. After changing the course of her career, Ms. Conti successfully graduated with a Master of Arts in Counseling Marriage & Family Therapy in 2012. 

Her extensive professional experience includes work with survivors of domestic violence, family violence, human trafficking, trauma, sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, eating disorders, and co-occurring disorders. 

Gayle Guest-Brown is CEO and Executive Leadership Coach, Trainer and Speaker of Guest Brown impact. She holds an MBA, a project management credential (PMP) and many years’ experience at global Fortune 100 businesses successfully motivating people and maximizing project potential. With 30+ years of success serving the leadership needs of corporate, tech, non-profit and faith-based organizations, Gayle is well positioned to assist other leaders. She’s also been an entrepreneur serving as Executive Director and Operations Manager of KidzArt of Placer.

Hisham Alibob is the Policy & Communications Manager for the Alliance to End Abuse, an initiative to prevent domestic violence and abuse in Contra Costa County. Hisham is, at his core, a violence prevention and public health advocate with experience working for political campaigns, providing direct services in the nonprofit space, as well as handling back-end operations in the government sector. Hisham’s outlook is that health inequities need to be prioritized, and that domestic violence is front and center.

Pamela Mejia, MPH, MS, is the Senior Media Researcher at Berkeley Media Studies Group, a public health organization based in Berkeley, California that works with community groups, journalists and public health professionals to use the power of the media to advance healthy public policy.

Since 2008, Dina Polkinghorne has served as the Executive Director of Project Sanctuary, a Domestic Violence and Rape Crisis center serving Mendocino County in rural Northern California. Prior to her tenure at Project Sanctuary, she worked in local government and other non-profit sectors. She currently serves as the board Vice Chair for the Mendocino County Public Broadcasting Corporation and is a member of the Healthy Mendocino Community Advisory Panel.

Gina Roberson is WEAVE’s Chief Program Officer overseeing Advocacy and Intervention Services including Residential Services (Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing), and Crisis Response Services (24/7 Support Line and Sexual Assault Response, Violence Response Teams working with Law Enforcement, and the Anti-Trafficking Response Team). Gina has more than 25 years in the Violence Prevention field including developing and administering Domestic Violence and Child Abuse programs with the California Governor’s Office of Criminal Justice Planning (now CalOES).

As a community leader and activist, Suresh is vocal on social justice issues including domestic violence, gun control, LGBTQ rights, religious and caste-based discrimination, environmental rights, and racism in all shapes and forms. He shares his viewpoints and experiences through his blog, and Fair Observer, a crowdsourced multimedia journal.