Maxine Doogan is an American prostitute, social justice, and politics expert and advocate, documentarian, artist, author, and media personality. For 33 years, Maxine has regularly traveled across the U.S. and abroad advocating for the expanded rights and protected working conditions of sex workers. Her advocacy has successfully reformed prostitution laws in Alaska and California. Doogan is the Executive Director of the ESPLER Project, Inc.

Gill Sperlein is a Baltimore native who graduated summa cum laude from American University’s Washington College of Law School before moving to San Francisco in 1994. Sperlein’s law practice focuses on free speech and other First Amendment rights. In the past, he served on the Board of Free Speech Coalition and he currently serves as Vice President of the First Amendment Lawyers Association.

Tara Burns is a career sex worker, trafficking survivor, and writer/researcher who received her Interdisciplinary Masters in Social Justice from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Her research at the intersections of lived experiences and public records have covered things like the lived experiences and policy recommendations of people in Alaska's sex trade and two decades of prostitution and prostitution related charges in Rhode Island. She has lobbied successfully to change Alaska’s prostitution and sex trafficking laws. Burns is a board member of the Community United for Safety and Protection and Research Director of Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics Rhode Island (COYOTE RI).

Megan Hobza is a nonprofits strategist and grant writer who has worked with ESPLER since 2016. She specializes in consulting for grassroots nonprofits, serving clients in education, 60 advocacy, environment, health, and the arts. Her work as a community-building catalyst has included founding roles in the Whole Place of Whittier and Sustainable City nonprofits. Allie Benz is a data analyst who received her Masters in International Human Rights from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Her work focuses on equity and people-centered data. She has previously worked on sex worker advocacy projects for COYOTE RI.

Helena Eddy-Mizer is a young digital artist. As someone with a parent who has worked in erotic services, freedom and the right to privacy is very important to her. She is proud to have been able to participate in this important project knowing firsthand what is at stake.

Paden McNiff is a California-based consultant and designer with a focus on digital marketing and content creation for progressive organizations, electoral candidates, and nonprofits.

Tatiana Rothchild is a Political Science PhD candidate at Northeastern University researching advanced forms of exploitation like forced labor, prison labor, and human trafficking. She is passionate about challenging state violence, particularly in areas where institutions claim moral credibility and reputational gains for participating in violence.

Madelyn Roderigues is an Indigent Defence Attorney.