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, Visionary Leader

  • Blythe Struck, LCSW

    Executieve Director

  • Amanda Bagnall, LMFT

    Senior Director of Programming

  • Brandi Schori

    Director of Advancement

  • Gabby Pribulick, LMFT

    Clinical Director

  • Victoria Bounds

    Program Advocate, Reset, Elgin

  • Carly Brust

    Manager of Volunteer Engagement

  • Lilly Chan

    Program Manager, Reset, Chicago

  • Sue Clinger

    Partner Engagement Specialist

  • Brenda Dryfhout

    Development Administrator

  • Lauren Dykema

    Manager of Marketing and Communications

  • Emily Ellis

    Case Manager, Rise

  • Sarah Gordon

    Lead Shift Supervisor, Reside

  • Maggie Hagen, LSW

    Program Manager, Reset, Elgin

  • Allie Karge, LCSW, CADC

    Clinical Program Manager, Rise

  • Kate Lindgren

    Shift Supervisor and Case Manager, Reside

  • Hannah Marus

    Case Manager, Reset, Chicago

  • Cassandra Lowe

    Program Advocate, Reside

  • Summer Miller

    Shift Supervisor, Reside

  • Jessie Salazar

    Shift Supervisor, Reside

  • 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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