Ashley Garrett has been selected as the CEO of the Monique Burr Foundation for Children, the organization announced July 22.
Garrett previously was the foundation’s vice president of prevention education. As CEO, she will provide organization-wide support for the foundation’s operations, fundraising, communications, community relations and advocacy efforts, according to a news release.
“Ashley has demonstrated the kind of leadership that supports our long-term vision for growth and operational excellence,” Edward Burr, foundation founder and board chairman, said in the release. “Ashley is an innovative and results-driven leader with a record of achievement that is reflective of MBF’s mission and standards of excellence. Her strategic and visionary leadership makes her the ideal CEO to lead and advance the foundation’s team and mission through its next phase of development.”
She was the founding director of the National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center for the Office on Trafficking in Persons in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
She has been involved in a variety of government and United Nations programs advocating for child safety.
The Monique Burr Foundation for Children was formed in 1997 to develop education that equips children, families and educators to prevent, recognize and respond to abuse, exploitation, trafficking, bullying and digital dangers, according to the release.
The foundation operates in 42 states as well as Puerto Rico, Canada, New Guinea, the Czech Republic, South Korea, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands.
Garrett received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree in public administration from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.