David Lippiatt is founder and executive director of WE International Inc., a Wisconsin-based Christian NGO that addresses injustice and poverty in the underdeveloped world. WE International has an anti-trafficking campaign as a central part of its mission.

Carol Peck is senior director of family services at Catholic Charities USA, where she works on human trafficking issues and policy.

Claire Renzetti is professor of sociology and women’s studies at the University of Kentucky, where she studies human trafficking and is an expert on the faith-based response to the issue. She can also address the evangelical response to the issue.

Lisa Thompson is coordinator and national liaison of the Salvation Army’s Initiative Against Sexual Trafficking.

Brian Tome is senior pastor at Crossroads Community Church in Cincinnati. Crossroads has made a major commitment of finances and resources to International Justice Mission and works with the organization to end human trafficking overseas.

Stanton L. Jones is provost and professor of psychology at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Ill. He has written on homosexuality and Christianity from an evangelical perspective. Contact through the Wheaton College media relations office.

Horace L. Griffin is an associate professor of pastoral theology at Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif. He has written several scholarly articles on theology and homosexuality.

The Temple Committee Against Human Trafficking was launched in 2005 by Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom in Westmount, Quebec, and believes it is the only synagogue-based organization working full time against human trafficking and prostitution. The committee works with abolitionist organizations in Canada, the U.S. and Israel.

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster is director of North American programs for T’ruah, formerly known as Rabbis for Human Rights — North America. She has spoken internationally on behalf of the U.S. State Department about human trafficking. She lives in Teaneck, N.J.