Jodi serves as the Vice President of Program Operations and Public Policy for One More Child. Since joining One More Child in 2014, Jodi has played a pivotal role in launching One More Child’s Anti-Trafficking program to include both opening of our first safe home, and the establishment of our multi-disciplinary mobile teams. Under Jodi’s leadership, One More Child’s Anti-Trafficking services and expertise have impacted human trafficking survivors throughout the state of Florida, and have expanded to Tennessee, North Carolina, and Ohio. Jodi’s expertise have been sought on a local and national level in the areas of public policy, child safety, community collaboration, trauma competency, and self-care.

In addition to the work she has done in our Anti-Trafficking program, Jodi has also held in key leadership roles in One More Child’s Foster Care program and as the Executive Director of the Single Moms program where she oversaw five residential campus locations, and was integral in launching One More Child’s Single Moms Community Program which allows us to bring aid to single moms throughout the U.S. and internationally, helping them to break the cycles of poverty.

She began her career at the Department of Children and Families where she worked on the state of Florida’s first specialized unit investigating human trafficking cases and became a certified human trafficking specialist. She has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and criminology and a master’s degree in criminology from Florida State University.