Brooke Ruffin serves as Vice President and Executive Director of GA at Street Grace and has been a member of the team since 2018 assisting with the expansion from one to five markets. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse herself she is dedicated to removing the stigma and educating children on how they can protect themselves from exploitation.  

In her role as Vice President | Executive Director GA Ruffin is on the leadership team for Transaction Intercept Initiative at Street Grace, a first of its kind investigatory platform that removes the costly, cumbersome, and time
consuming process of human trafficking operations for law enforcement. Through managing the national expansion of this platform Ruffin is responsible for demos, onboarding, and the management of a team of software engineers from around the globe through a partnership with Microsoft’s Hack for Good Program.  

Throughout her career she has remained a strong advocate and volunteer for sexual abuse survivors and developed a dance class focused on re-establishing survivors’ emotional connection to their physical bodies. Ruffin has been featured on numerous news outlets, youth conferences, and has advocated for legislation to congress at a national Anti-Trafficking In Persons (ATIP) Roundtable in DC. 

Brooke Ruffin graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florida and has a background in advocacy and performance. She has previously served as Operations Manager and Director of Outreach with the organization contributing to the development of training content, awareness campaigns, and community engagement initiatives.  

About Street Grace: 
Street Grace is a faith-based organization that utilizes evidence-based demand reduction strategies to eradicate the commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC) through prevention, protection, policy and pursuit. 
CSEC is sexual activity with a child in exchange for something of value given to the child or a third person.