Meet the experts

Leigha Jansen, Ed.D., CCC-A has been an audiologist for nearly 20 years and is also a graduate of the Fischler School of Education at Nova Southeastern University.  Leigha’s research interests focus on the use of simulation technologies and gaming in CSD higher education, as well as effective continuing education methodologies for adult learners. Leigha is the Director of Educational Technology for Continued and an adjunct faculty member at Concordia University in St. Paul, MN. 

Allison Santi is an Emergency Physician at Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center in Thousand Oaks, California.  Originally from Michigan, she attended medical school at Wayne State University in Detroit, then came to California for residency in Emergency Medicine at UCLA/Olive View in Los Angeles.  Following graduation, she worked at Los Angeles County in the Emergency Department as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Keck School of Medicine at USC.  During this time, she worked with Community Partners International, providing medical training and program implementation and development for Internally Displaced Persons from Myanmar along the Thailand border.  As the Assistant Director of the International Medicine group, she also traveled to Ghana and Chile, participating in medical conferences.

Starting in 2015 she began a collaboration with the Ventura Coalition for Human Trafficking, Forever Found, CAST Los Angeles, and Interface Child and Family services and has been providing education regarding Human Trafficking primarily to health care providers, including physicians, nurses, midlevel providers and first responders throughout Los Angeles and Ventura counties.

Stephanie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor that has used her clinical experience to better prepare employees working in the human services field to support the people they serve and have more effective working relationships. Stephanie’s clinical experience includes private practice, working with juvenile sex offenders, and supporting an ACT Team in Washington, DC. Stephanie transitioned into an administrative role, which led to facilitating employee orientation programs. While in this role, Stephanie discovered a passion for supporting the clinical and professional development of employees operating in a field that often begins as a trial by fire. Stephanie currently serves as a Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor in Buffalo, NY, where she continues to connect employees with the resources they need to be successful in their roles with clients and team members, as well as building mental health programming.