Founder, Executive Director, Treasurer
Laurel Botsford is a Communications Professional, Convention Speaker, Conference Organizer, Advocate, Presenter and Community Mover and Shaker. She is focused on building into the fabric of everyday life the skills of preventing human trafficking from the ground level up. Beginning as a trained volunteer for Shared Hope International in 2014 to Founder of Wisdom International: Help2Others in 2018, her commitment has only deepened to Prevent human trafficking Before Harm occurs. She collaborates with Survivors, Tribal Leaders, anti-Human Trafficking coalitions, and key partners against human trafficking. An invitation by the FBI lead to her graduating their Citizen’s Academy in 2019.
In her other life, Laurel is a trained Alternative Health Practitioner, author of two books on Consciousness and has a BA in languages. Half of her life was spent ‘studying by living’ abroad among varied cultures and mindsets that blend into a rich understanding of human nature she finds useful today. She is the Youth Activities Director since 2017 and a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary Club of Terra Linda, a Core-Member of the Drug Awareness Program with Elks Lodge #1108 in San Rafael, and is a Board Member of the Friends of the Sausalito Library since 2012.
President
Sam comes to Wisdom International: Help2Others with a background rich in managerial and entrepreneurial expertise blended with her love of the culinary arts. She offers our nonprofit her extensive training and practical experience, commercial bakery business ownership, marketing know-how, time management skills, public speaking experience and excellent people skills.
An avid sailor, Sam enjoys the water, sailing, travel, producing culinary delights (and combining these whenever possible).
Vice President, secretary,
Director of Technology
Our tech expert, John is an Information Technology and Litigation Consultant for businesses, schools, and professionals. He is a consultant for Progent Corporation and owns John Dahle Enterprises, servicing the San Francisco Bay and Northern California. He handles deployment, maintenance, integration of Apple and Microsoft computers, network services, hardware, and software technologies, and is a Mac expert.
John has offered invaluable in-kind donations of technological assistance and hardware to Wisdom International: Help2Others.
Web designer
Janithi Wijesekara is a young IT professional in the Software Quality Engineering field and also a freelancing web designer focused on the perfect outcome for her clients. Aside from her professional life, she enjoys time with her friends and travelling. Janithi lives in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka, where she also cares for her great-grandmother.
Janithi loved and enjoyed working with Laurel to build the amazing website of Wisdom International which delivers influential information to people. She is also pleased to continue providing her services to this valuable organization whenever necessary.
Intern / Administrative Assistant
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We are committed to educating communities about the vital importance of prevention education for Everyone, kids and adults alike, from all ethnicities and all walks of life: human trafficking does not discriminate.
We are committed to
Following an invitation by the FBI in 2019, our founder participated in their Citizen’s Academy.
What a FANTASTIC experience.
She is now part of the FBI SF Citizen’s Academy Alumni Association Human Trafficking Committee, continuing our work against human trafficking.
OUR MISSION: To Prevent human trafficking before harm begins.
OUR VISION: A world free from exploitation and slavery.
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