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Protecting Children on the Internet
2003 NCSL Spring Forum, Boston, Massachusetts
Thursday, April 24, 2003
Speaker Biographies
Senator Patrice Arent
Senator Patrice Arent was elected to the Utah Senate in 2002. Prior
to that, she served three terms in the Utah House of Representatives, including
as House Democratic Whip. She has passed legislation in a variety of areas,
including Utah's first law regulating unsolicited commercial email, as
well as legislation concerning the safe relinquishment of infants, campaign
finance reform, drunk driving penalties, and school safety plans. Prior
to her election in 1996, Senator Arent worked as a Division Chief in the
Utah Attorney General's Office, as Associate General Counsel to the Utah
Legislature, and in private legal practice. She graduated from the University
of Utah and Cornell Law School, and completed two federal judicial clerkships.
Senator Arent was the 2002 Utah Woman Lawyer of the Year. Among her many
honors, she received the "Hero on the Hill Award" by the Legislative Coalition
for People with Disabilities, the Utah Medical Association's first "Distinguished
Legislative Service" award, and the Utah Crime Prevention Council's award
for "Outstanding Contributions to Crime Prevention Efforts." Senator Arent
is involved in many volunteer activities including serving on the Utah
Constitutional Revision Commission, the Utah Supreme Court Committee on
the Effective Delivery of Services, the University of Utah Hospital Board
of Trustees, and the International Board of Directors of the Jewish Ministers
and Members of Parliament. She is a member of the Education Committee of
the National Conference of State Legislatures.
Paula Bruening
Paula Bruening is Staff Counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology,
where she specializes in privacy and free expression issues. Before joining
CDT, Ms. Bruening served as Senior Attorney-Advisor for the Office of Chief
Counsel, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce and worked closely with the White House on Administration's
e-commerce policy. Ms. Bruening began her career in information policy
at the U.S. Congress Office of Technology Assessment, where she participated
in studies on encryption, computer security, intellectual property and
privacy. She has spoken extensively in the United States and in Europe
on information policy issues, and served as an onsite consultant to the
Organization for International Cooperation and Development in Paris, France.
She earned her law degree from Case Western Reserve University School of
Law.
Lt. Thomas M. Kerle
Lt. Thomas M. Kerle has served 22 years with the Massachusetts State
Police. He is currently the commanding officer of the Computer Forensic
Unit and is Coordinator for the Massachusetts Internet Crimes Against Children
Initiative.
Herbert Lin, Ph.D.
Dr. Herbert Lin is senior scientist and senior staff officer at the
Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council
of the National Academies, where he has been study director of major projects
on public policy and information technology. These studies include a 1996
study on national cryptography policy (Cryptography's Role in Securing
the Information Society), a 1991 study on the future of computer science
(Computing the Future), a 1999 study of Defense Department systems for
command, control, communications, computing, and intelligence (Realizing
the Potential of C4I: Fundamental Challenges), a 2000 study on workforce
issues in high-technology (Building a Workforce for the Information Economy),
and a 2002 study on protecting kids on the Internet (Youth, Pornography,
and the Internet). Prior to his NRC service, he was a professional staff
member and staff scientist for the House Armed Services Committee (1986-1990),
where his portfolio included defense policy and arms control issues. He
also has significant expertise in math and science education. He received
his doctorate in physics from MIT. Avocationally, he is a longtime folk
and swing dancer and a poor magician. Apart from his CSTB work, a list
of publications in cognitive science, science education, biophysics, and
arms control and defense policy is available on request.
Ruben Rodriguez
Ruben Rodriguez has been with the National Center since 1990, first
as the Supervisor of the Case Analysis Unit, then as Director of the Exploited
Child Unit in November 1996. Prior to coming to the National Center, Mr.
Rodriguez was a Detective (retired) with the Metropolitan Police Department
in Washington D.C., where he was assigned to the Intelligence Division.
From March 1985 to June 1990 he was assigned to the FBI as an Intelligence
Liaison Officer working on organized crime. He attended American University,
majoring in Administration of Justice, and Maryland University, majoring
in Computer Science and Applications. Mr. Rodriguez has been a guest lecturer
at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, VA; the British Senior Police
College, Bramshill, England; Interpol; Europol; and at several national
and international law enforcement conferences and symposia, speaking on
the issues of missing and abducted children and child sexual victimization.
He is the current Chairman of the Legal and Training Subcommittee of the
Interpol, Standing Working Group on Offenses against Minors; is a U.S.
Representative to the UN Committee on Education Science Culture (UNESCO);
and a technical advisor to the U.S. Department of Justice's Internet Crimes
Against Children Task Forces Board of Directors. Mr. Rodriguez is an instructor
on the Department of Justice's national training initiatives titled "Protecting
Children Online."
Bruce Taylor
Bruce Taylor is President and Chief Counsel of the National Law Center
for Children and Families. He was most recently a Senior Trial Attorney
for the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the U.S. Department
of Justice. Mr. Taylor first served as a Prosecutor and Assistant Director
of Law for the City of Cleveland, prosecuting several hundred obscenity
cases and appeals, including an argument before the United States Supreme
Court. For ten years, Mr. Taylor was General Counsel to Citizens for Decency
through Law, Inc., where he assisted prosecutors, police, and legislators
nationwide in the enforcement, investigation, and improvement of laws against
obscenity, child pornography and exploitation, and child sexual abuse.
He also served as Assistant Attorney General of Arizona. Since 1973, he
has prosecuted over 85 state and federal obscenity jury cases, as well
as cases on prostitution, RICO, child pornography, and child sexual abuse.
He has written over 200 appeal and amicus curiae briefs, presented
over 50 appellate arguments, and has represented public officials and law
enforcement personnel in civil lawsuits on zoning, nuisance abatement,
civil rights, civil injunctive and forfeiture actions, and federal challenges
to state and municipal laws.
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