THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSORS 2008

Who Should attended? Families of the missing, advocates, law officers, coroners, forensic specialist, search personnel (all types), non profit missing person organizations, government agencies, private investigations and more. 

§        Increase and improve professionalism and resources among missing persons organizations throughout the world by expanding the knowledge base of missing persons and identifying individuals, groups and leaders. This conference will expand this knowledge base by developing a better understanding of various groups’ capabilities and services. It will also foster a spirit of unity among missing persons groups and all who work in the field, that will result in shared and exchanged resources, which will ultimately benefit missing persons, their families and those who continue to search.

§        Help conference participants improve utilization of existing resources to ensure continued success in finding the men, women and children missing from the U.S. and other nations around the world. This includes:

ú         Sharing a trained and professional view for solving cold case and search there of; missing persons

ú         Understanding the resources available to be deployed when needed, what their capabilities are and how to obtain them;

    ú         Exploring the relevant positive and negative experiences of people who have experienced a missing loved one.

ú         Creating new approaches to missing persons cases, and effectively deploying available resources; building communication and support

ú         Developing a high-level view of the modifications needed to our current resources and organizational community over the next five years.

 MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED

 

Robert

Mr. Cooke is the founder of the Rachel Alert Network (RAN). RAN is a charitable organization which helps prevent abductions through community networking and partnerships and educational awareness programs. RAN was formed after Rachel Cooke, Robert’s oldest daughter, disappeared from her Georgetown, Texas neighborhood while jogging on January 10, 2002. Between his time as a software engineer, Mr. Cooke and his family continue to focus on the search to find his daughter.

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 Kelly Jolkowski – Founder, Project Jason

Kelly's son, Jason, disappeared on June 13, 2001, at age 19, from the driveway of their home in Omaha, NE. Over 6 years later, the Jolkowski family lives with no leads or clues in Jason's disappearance. Since then Kelly has become an active advocate for families of the missing. She created several unique awareness programs for Project Jason to help locate the missing, including the 18 Wheel Angels, Adopt a Missing Person, and Come Home. Kelly is currently spearheading the Campaign for the Missing, a 50 state grassroots effort to pass the missing person legislation developed by the DOJ. Several states have now passed this legislation with her guidance, and several more are in progress. She also developed Healing Harbor, a free online counseling benefit for families of the missing, the only service of its kind in the U.S.

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