Executive Chair
Samantha Salamon
salamon@asiaohio.org
Samantha Salamon, Esq., serves as the Chief Counsel at Asian Services in Action, Inc. In 2017, Ms. Salamon began representing human trafficking survivors as ASIA’s Staff Attorney and was promoted to the Ahimsa Manager in 2018, and then promoted again in 2023 to Chief Counsel.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in social work, and a law degree from Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, where she founded the Muslim Law Students’ Association. She has a passion for assisting vulnerable populations and believes that personal growth occurs most when working and helping others. After living and working abroad as an attorney in Dubai, Samantha understands the struggles an individual faces when dealing with unfamiliar cultural experiences and aspires to help people to her best ability obtain and protect their rights, from a legal perspective.
Currently, Samantha is the Chair of the Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Commission’s Legal & Legislative subcommittee and the Executive Chair of the Summit County Collaborative Against Human Trafficking. Samantha has been chosen as a 2023 Fellow for the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s Fellowship Program and a 2024 Ohio State Bar Association Leadership Academy.
Engagement Chair
Kellie Rose Kordinak
krosekordinak@gmail.com
Former Board Assistant, Kellie Rose graduated from Kent State University Honor’s Program with Bachelor’s Degrees in both History and Applied Communication in 2024. Throughout college, she chaired the Kent State Stark Anti-Human Trafficking Committee, often organizing engagement activities on campus and collaborating with advocates and survivors. Her undergraduate senior honors thesis website “Human Trafficking: 20th Century Historical Roots & The Importance of Credible Research” & accompanying podcast Combating Shadows received national recognition as the 2024 Portz Scholar Award from the National Collegiate Honors Council.
Kellie Rose is a certified victim advocate and works as an OhioRISE Youth Care Coordinator through Coleman Health Services in Summit County, OH. She volunteers her time advocating in and outside of court for children who have experienced abuse and neglect as a Court Appointed Special Advocate with CASA of Portage County. Additionally, Kellie Rose is passionate about creative development, social media, and audience engagement, often assisting various nonprofits with their marketing and communication initiatives.
Finance Chair
Amanda Smith
asmith@asiaohio.org
Amanda Smith is the Manager of the AHIMSA department at Asian Services in Action, Inc. (“ASIA”). In her role as supervisor, Amanda encourages and emphasizes self-care and sees to it that the advocates practice self-care to lessen burnout and compassion fatigue. Amanda graduated from Kent State University with a degree in Criminal Justice and minors in Human Development/Family Studies and Non-profit Management.
Amanda is passionate about advocating for domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking survivors. She has a wealth of experience helping survivors, including providing on-scene crisis intervention at the Victim Assistance Program, advocacy in hospitals and schools for the Rape Crisis Center of Summit and Medina Counties, and culturally specific services to survivors to help them with their trauma at her current position in the Ahimsa department at ASIA. Amanda strives to help eliminate barriers and advocate for culturally-specific survivors.
Amanda is a certified advocate through the National Organization of Victim Assistance (NOVA) and facilitates the monthly Immigrant and Refugee Ohio Coalition (IROC) to End Sexual Violence, educating and encouraging conversation around specific issues facing survivors from the immigrant and refugee communities.
Administrative Chair
Megan Vermillion
meganv@hope-healing.org
Megan Vermillion is the Director of the Rape Crisis Center of Summit and Medina Counties at Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center. Megan earned a Bachelor’s in Social Work and a Master’s in Higher Education Administration from The University of Akron. Joining the Rape Crisis Center in January 2018, Megan believes in building a strong continuum of care for survivors of sexual violence, domestic violence, and human trafficking. Her passion lies in disrupting cycles of trauma and breaking down barriers that prevent survivors from accessing vital support services.
Megan holds leadership roles as the Chair of the Summit County Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) and serves as the Chair of the Domestic and Sexual Abuse Coalition in Medina County.
Actively engaged in combating human trafficking in Ohio, Megan sits on the Attorney General’s Public Awareness Committee for Human Trafficking and Hope and Healing serves as the lead victim service provider for the Summit Regional Human Trafficking Task Force, serving Summit, Medina, Stark, and Portage Counties. Through these efforts, Megan aims to strengthen community connections, advocate for systemic change, and educate the public alongside her dedicated team at Hope and Healing.
Creative Development Chair
Nikki Crawford
nikkic@hope-healing.org
Nikki Crawford (She/They) is a proud transgender woman who works as The Education and Outreach Manager at Hope and Healing Survivor Resource Center.
Nikki is a graduate of The University of Akron with a degree in Psychology and a Minor in Family Services. At U.A. Nikki began their advocacy journey volunteering at Hope and Healing and The RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline during the lockdown period of Covid-19 in 2020. Nikki is an outspoken and passionate advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, survivor voices, and giving space to share the voices of people whose voices are often oppressed and suppressed.
Nikki spends her time in the community learned how to rebuild trust in communities with historical and systematic oppression, bring awareness to sexual education and sexual violence awareness, as well as aiming to prevent these crimes from happening in the first place to eradicate sexual and domestic violence entirely. Nikki believes in an intersectionality approach to ending human trafficking by providing outreach, education, and direct service to areas of people who have vulnerabilities to be targeted by traffickers before harm begins. By addressing people’s day to day needs and struggles in their individual lives we can remove the ability to exploit people who may have otherwise been exploited.
Currently Nikki sits on the boards for The Summit Sexual Assault Response Team and Summit County Collaborative Against Human Trafficking as well as an involved member of The Ohio LGBTQ+ Taskforce.