Our Story

“My first experience meeting a woman who was being sexually exploited and trafficked was in the city of Chicago. I really had no concept that women were being forced to sell their bodies on the same streets and in the same neighborhoods where I was raising my family and driving my kids to school. I remember being pregnant, waddling around the streets, having conversations with women and connecting with them because they too had had children. I saw buyers pull up their car and have a conversation with a woman. And I would watch her get into the car and think to myself, what kind of experience is she gonna have that is violent and traumatic and dangerous to her? And when we would speak, that would be the most dignified conversation she would have for the day. Because soon after, and soon before, she was treated as if she was a piece of property. These experiences led to feeling that God was saying, ‘I can use you. I can use the Church to give women a place to heal from their trauma and start a new life.’ From there, Naomi’s House began.”

-Simone Halpin, Co-founder & Executive Director


Our Team

  • Simone Halpin

    Co-founder, Executive Director

  • Amanda Bagnall, LMFT

    Clinical Director

  • Blythe Struck, LCSW

    Director of Operations

  • Lolita Moser

    Director of Advancement

  • Cassandra Bingham

    Program Advocate, Reside

  • Victoria Bounds

    Program Advocate, Reset

  • Carly Brust

    Manager of Volunteer Engagement

  • Lilly Chan

    Program Advocate, Reset, Chicago

  • AnnaLela Collins, MFT

    Program Advocate, Rise

  • Sarah Gordon

    Lead Shift Supervisor, Reside

  • Maggie Hagen, LSW

    Program Advocate, Reset

  • Allie Karge, LCSW, CADC

    Clinical Program Advocate, Rise

  • Kate Lindgren

    Shift Supervisor, Reside

  • Breanna Mann, LMFT

    Clinical Program Manager, Reside

  • Gabby Pribulick, LMFT

    Clinical Program Manager, Rise

  • Jessie Salazar

    Shift Supervisor, Reside

  • Sandra Reynolds

    Shift Supervisor, Reside

  • Mary Vincent

    Case Manager, Rise

  • Rebecca Zeller

    Community Outreach Coordinator

Our Advisory Board

  • Casey Bankord

    Advisory Board Member

  • Dr. Jocelyn Carter

    Advisory Board Member

  • Dr. Pam Mac Rae

    Advisory Board Member

  • Dr. Karen Swanson

    Advisory Board Member

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