Purposeful Giving – Human Trafficking

Rebecca has 25 years’ experience in global and community impact.  As Managing Director of Strategic Philanthropy, Rebecca provides philanthropic consulting to individual donors, collective donor groups, private and family foundations, and community development projects, on a variety of grantmaking topics and outcomes.  Her practice focuses on philanthropic strategy design and implementation, succession planning, and managing collaborative initiatives to catalyze systems change and transform communities.  
 
Ms. Hove has been an anti-human trafficking advocate since 1996, having gained knowledge and experience on many facets of this issue, from Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor, Bonded Labor, Child Soldiers, Indentured Servitude, Child Brides, and other forms of modern day slavery, domestically and internationally. 
 
Previous to joining GHCF the fall of 2013, Rebecca was Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Bridgeway Foundation; prior to that Vice President, Client Services for Excellence in Giving.  Her nonprofit industry experience is also strengthened by six years spent in various business operations roles for a multinational NGO, working at their international headquarters on policy and operations strategy. 
 
Rebecca is a graduate of Duke University.  She has dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Sociology and Spanish, and a Certificate in Markets and Management. 

After a 20+ year career spanning the public, private, and non-profit sectors, Minal Patel Davis launched the HeneKom Group to lend her unique experience and skills to those that want to account for human rights policy integration. Davis was the founding Director of the Houston Mayor’s Office of Human Trafficking and was the Human Rights Chair of the HOU26 Men’s FIFA World Cup Host Committee.

She formulated Houston’s human trafficking strategic plan after speaking with 250 stakeholders in six months, assessing the gaps in the field, and forging public private partnerships to address the needs for a robust, whole government approach to trafficking. The plan was dubbed the first comprehensive municipal response to human trafficking by Polaris Project, a national human trafficking think tank. After solidifying the city’s model, Davis replicated it by creating a two-day immersion program for Mayors Offices across the US. She has also replicated aspects of the Houston model to some parts of the globe at the request of the US Department of State, and the assistance of Jones Day Foundation and others.

As HOU26 Human Rights Chair, Davis worked with 120 stakeholders in four months across eight human rights areas for a top-notch submission to FIFA during the bid process. Her effective translation of the UNGPs and OECD guidance caught FIFA Zurich’s attention. She conceptualized HeneKom Group in response to FIFA’s request for human rights and sustainability advisory services to support all 16 host cities for the 2026 World Cup and has since taken on additional clients and grown her team. Davis has presented, trained, or conducted workshops for city governments, FIFA 2026, the US Department of State on human rights due diligence, strategic planning, or whole government responses to human trafficking. Her work has been covered in numerous national and international news outlets including the Associated Press, New York Times, Washington Post, and NPR.

The White House also awarded her the prestigious Presidential Medal for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons, the highest US honor. Sheis a board member of Verité, the global fair labor organization and she earned her JD and MBA from University of Connecticut and a BA in political science from New York University.

In 2016, Joe left the oil & gas industry after a 25-year career in strategic sales to commit to fight human trafficking full-time. Joe founded Demand Disruption in 2020 from the roots of Love People Not Pixels, where we served as executive director. Demand Disruption is a buyer-informed organization that fights the demand for trafficking by eliminating buyer motivation and reducing access to the exploited. In the last decade, Joe has stood in modern-day brothels, worked with law enforcement, counseled government leadership, testified on legislative initiatives, transported survivors to safety, learned from the exploited, the exploiters and the buyers and has come to one realization: to stop trafficking we must confront the truths about the demand that fuels it.

Joe is a husband of 32 years, a proud father of 3, and a native Houstonian.

Caroline Roberts serves as General Counsel and Senior Director of Public Policy at Children at Risk, advocating for policies that positively impact the lives of children.   Caroline graduated with a B.A. in psychology from Duke University and a J.D. from New York University School of Law. Caroline leads Children at Risk’s human trafficking and opportunity youth work in an effort to ensure that all Texas children and young adults are safe, secure, and enjoy equitable opportunities.

Timeka Walker is an innovative leader with over 20 years in nonprofit leadership. Timeka is dedicated to serving the most vulnerable and marginalized in our society to bring dignity and love to each individual. Before joining the fight to end human trafficking, Timeka served vulnerable youth, HIV positive homeless men and women, and those experiencing addiction and mental illness. Throughout her career, Timeka has served in various leadership roles in programs, operations, administration, and finance.

As the CEO of United Against Human Trafficking since 2015, Timeka passionately leads the organization in its efforts to offer trauma-informed programming and serving as a unifying force for the anti-human trafficking movement.

Timeka received her Licensed Master of Social Work from the University of Houston and holds an Executive Leadership Certification from Rice University.