Founder and Executive Director

Denise have 10 years of experience in ministering to the sexually exploited in Kansas City, MO and abroad. Her experience involves outreach, housing, restoration, counseling, and training. Rodger and Denise were key contributors to the establishment of a House of Prayer located in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil that reaches victims of human trafficking in the oldest Red Light District, Villa Mimosa. Denise is also dedicated to the process of holistic and trauma-informed healing for victims of sexual abuse, exploitation, and prostitution. Rodger and Denise have a heart for the fatherless and the sexually abused. They desire to see all people have an opportunity to restore their lives with the help of their community.

Denise is a member of Kansas City, Johnson County, and Missouri State Coalition Against Sexual Exploitation. She is also a Missouri Secretary of State's Safe Home Program Applicant Assistant and a foster mom.

Board Member
Treasurer

Jack is the owner of Environmental Management of KC, LLC. EMI is a re-refiner of electrical transformer oil. EMI was founded in 1997 in Kansas City, Kansas. The purpose of EMI is to meet the needs of the utility industry and associated industries in handling their used, non-hazardous transformer oil.

Jack was born in Enid, Oklahoma. He graduate with a pre-law degree from Oklahoma State University in 1975. Jack and his wife Anita have 5 children. Three of which are biological and 2 adopted. They also enjoy 6 grandchildren.

Board Member
Secretary

Jennifer has worked for Saint Luke’s Health System for over 19 years in Intensive Care, the Emergency Department, and Critical Care. She is currently the Clinical Forensic Care Program Manager for the Saint Luke’s Health System over 14 hospitals. She's been a SANE/Forensic Nurse for 12 years and provided thousands of Forensic Exams to patient’s that have experienced sexual assault, domestic violence, human trafficking, strangulation, child abuse/neglect, elder abuse/neglect, and assault. She is an expert witness, provider, and researcher for strangulation, choking and suffocation and has trained more than 4000 police officers, prosecutors, advocates, and health care professionals in anatomy, physiology, assessment, and documentation of strangulation, choking, and suffocation. She provides expert testimony in multiple jurisdictions in Kansas City.

Board Member
Donor Development

Jenny Bitar is a Business Executive with JR&CO. Jenny has deep insight into women’s issues around worth and wellness. She is a credentialed Leadership Coach specializing in working with women in business. She is passionate about helping exploited women and those who suffer the devastation of sex trafficking. Working to rescue and restore women to wholeness has been a life long dream for Jenny as she desires to see every woman living free to pursue her potential.

Jenny lives in the greater Kansas City area with her husband Adam and her daughter Blake Sophie.