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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 734-1 Filed 07/15/22 Page 2of7 exposures. I worked for the 9/11 Fund for over ten years before leaving in November 2019 to serve as Co-Designer and Administrator of the EVCP. 4. Compensation programs like the EVCP and the 9/11 Fund are designed as alternative dispute resolution mechanisms through which alleged victims of traumatic events have an opportunity to voluntarily and confidentially resolve related civil tort claims through a non-adversarial administrative process outside of court. 5. Confidentiality is a critical, cornerstone feature in compensation programs like the EVCP and the 9/11 Fund. Preserving confidentiality and preventing the disclosure of all information and/or documentation submitted to, maintained by, exchanged with, and distributed by these programs in order to protect the privacy of claimants is of paramount importance. 6. Confidentiality is particularly important in the EVCP given that it involves claims of sexual abuse and given the history of the Epstein case. In my experience, it can be incredibly difficult for victims of sexual abuse to share such deeply personal, intimate, private information about their experiences and the impact it has had on their lives. To compound that, victims of sexual abuse often suffer from a loss of trust and confidence in individuals in positions of authority as well as a fear of exposure. This is especially true of victims of Jeffrey Epstein, many of whom share a common distrust of the justice system and lack of faith in basic principles of fairness. 7. Against this backdrop, it is not surprising that many victims were initially reluctant to participate in the EVCP — or would have refused to participate — without an express assurance of confidentiality. I had countless conversations with victims’ counsel and sexual abuse experts when the Program was being designed in which they vigorously expressed this DOJ-OGR-00011468