Robert Peters is the founder of Coursing Justice, an LLC that delivers state-of-the-art training and practical content to criminal justice professionals.

He also currently serves as the Director of Institutional Response at GRACE, a nonprofit that empowers Christian communities to recognize, prevent, and respond to abuse.

During his time at Zero Abuse Project, Robert led the development of the most prolific national courses that equip prosecutors to utilize digital evidence in child exploitation and other felony cases.

Robert’s areas of expertise include:

• Child abuse & neglect

• OSINT & artificial intelligence

• Digital evidence

• Search warrants

• Investigation

• Prosecution

• Institutional abuse

• Online exploitation

• Multidisciplinary teams

• Trial strategies

• Abuse prevention

• Mandated reporting

• Human trafficking

• Domestic violence

• Sexual abuse (including CSA)

Melanie Barton is a survivor of child sexual abuse and sexual assault with 10+ years of experience working professionally with victims of crime. She is a trained forensic interviewer, advocate, and nationally recognized speaker.

Melanie is passionate about bringing hope to others through sharing her experiences. With deep faith and a compassionate voice, she is driven to shine light into darkness by boldly sharing her story.

Her areas of expertise include:

• Self-care & resiliency

• Trauma to triumph

• Health relationships after trauma

• Trauma-informed medical care

• Pelvic pain & dysfunction as a result of trauma

• Holiday survival & setting boundaries

• Power of community in survivorship

• Faith & survivorship

• Supporting survivors