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Survivor Engagement TTA (SETTA)

Masood Suleman

Suleman Masood is a subject matter expert on domestic labor trafficking and male victimization. Since 2013, his advocacy experience allowed him to work with state and federal government agencies and non-profit organizations. Mr. Masood’s expertise includes building a bridge between anti-trafficking entities and persons with a lived experience in human trafficking. In 2017, Mr. Masood was selected to participate in the Human Trafficking Leadership Academy, a pilot leadership development fellowship under the HHS’ Office on Trafficking in Persons and its National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC). Mr. Masood’s cohort was tasked with creating a recommendations report and was credited with coining the phrase “survivor-informed,” which was adopted and published by HHS and now a widely accepted term within the anti-trafficking field.  

Prior to joining OVC’s Human Trafficking Collective, Mr. Masood served as a Senior Training and Technical Assistance Specialist at NHTTAC. At NHTTAC, Mr. Masood was tasked with the planning, development, and delivery of the Human Trafficking Leadership Academy, a 5-month fellowship dedicated to bringing the expertise of subject matter experts with and without a lived experience in human trafficking to help provide recommendations to federal agencies related to policy and procedure. Through his efforts, Mr. Masood led the creation and delivery of four fellowships from 2019-2021. Mr. Masood is also credited with the creation of the toolkit, How to Improve Services for Males Experiencing Trafficking. This toolkit is intended for services providers to utilize methods such as universal education and motivational interviewing to improve their service provision for male-identified persons with a lived experience. Mr. Masood graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Criminology/Victimology from Fresno State University, and he is currently a J.D. candidate at the University of the District of Columbia-David A. Clarke School of Law.