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President and CEO, National Center for Missing and Exploited Mobilizing a Community Around the Desire to Protect Children [Transcript] |
Speaker Biography Ernie Allen is President & Chief Executive Officer of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. He was co-founder of the private, nonprofit Center, and has built it into a credible, respected organization. In a 1997 review of 300 national charities, the American Institute of Philanthropy graded the Center A+, one of only two. Texas Governor George W. Bush called Allen a "social entrepreneur." Through creating public-private partnerships, Allen has brought technology and innovation to the work of the Center. The results: its recovery rate has climbed from 62% prior to 1990 to 93% today. The Center has played a role in the recovery of 69,000 children. Ernie Allen came to the Center following public service in his native Kentucky, where he was Chief Administrative Officer of Jefferson County, Director of Public Health & Safety for the City of Louisville, and Director of the Louisville-Jefferson County Crime Commission. He is an attorney and member of the Kentucky Bar; and a teacher, having held faculty positions at the University of Louisville, University of Kentucky, and Indiana University. He has been honored by his alma mater, the University of Louisville, as the Outstanding Alumnus, College of Arts & Sciences, 1984 and Distinguished Alumnus, School of Law, 1991. He was the 1996 recipient of the Taylor A. Borradaile Award, presented by the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity to its outstanding national alumnus, and was a 1993 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor. [return to top] |
