About Us

Dawn Rucinski, Founder & President

Dawn Rucinski’s main focus as an abolitionist has been to combat human trafficking in the United States by mentoring and inspiring task forces in Las Vegas and Reno, Nev. Chico, Calif, Alaska and Mexico. Dawn successfully established the first Abolish Slavery Day in Chico through diligent and passionate work with the mayor and local government. She helped galvanize law enforcement into forming task force meetings, consequently inspiring the city into backing its civic leaders and law enforcement community. Dawn also escalated federal support for task forces in Nevada by bringing in the FBI to work with police departments in Las Vegas and Reno. She’s spearheaded the campaign to put human trafficking posters in all airports of Alaska, in conjunction with the Blue Campaign. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the human trafficking cases in the United States involve runaway minors and children aging out of foster care. Dawn has made this particular area the primary emphasis of her human rights activism. The success of her campaigns show that when people come together in a combined force, we can truly make great strides in abolishing slavery.

James Rice, Co-Founder & CEO

A global business leader with proven track record of delivering multi million-dollar results to startup, privately held, established, and publicly traded companies. Passionate about building brands, leading employees, and growing businesses. Strength in identifying, attracting, and developing talent for key management positions. Talent for creating and executing strategies that optimize revenue and market share growth profitably. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Aaron Cohen, Missions Director

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Eliza Mathews, Secretary

Eliza began as a volunteer with the organization and earned her seat on the Board through endless hard work researching and applying for grants and follow-through. She went on to help found the Aloha Freedom Task Force, an organization  that provides resources for human trafficking task forces to impact and counter human trafficking. Since then, Eliza has become an intricate part of Ukraine Disaster Relief and we are better for it.

Karmel Carmo

Karmel Carmo began her human rights activism career many years after being trafficked herself. She has since grown into a force of good in this world. She is an entrepreneur, leading motivational talks, marketing her classes and wellness products on multiple platforms around the country. Karmel oversees our social media campaigns and brings additional value to our board through her fundraising skills, positive energy and excitement for where this path is taking her.

Noel Brevick

Worked in the Special FX industry on about 40 feature films, including Star Wars 4-6 & 1, Saving Private Ryan, Jumanji, and Twister; Noel has an 25 year background in film, television, commercials, photography, digital and print media. He had the honor to live on 4 continents and travel extensively throughout – meeting and connecting with people from all over.