Deborah Richardson

Deborah J. Richardson is the Executive Director of ACLU of Colorado. Previously she was the Executive Director of the International Human Trafficking Institute. She was Chief Program Officer at Women’s Funding Network in San Francisco, CEO of The Atlanta Women’s Foundation, Director of Program Development for Fulton County Juvenile Court, founding Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Fund (now Youth Spark) and Managing Director of the National Black Arts Festival.

Deborah has been honored by many organizations for her community service. Most recently she received the "Lives of Commitment Award" from Auburn Theological Seminary and "The Pathbreaker Award" from Shared Hope International. She is a nationally recognized leader on social justice for women and girls and an advocate to end child sex trafficking. She has designed leading programs for girls victimized by sexual trafficking and testified before Congress.

She has a Masters of Arts in Leadership from St. Mary's College of California and is currently working on a PhD in Public Policy and Social Change from Union Institute & University.

Sub-specialties:
human rights, human trafficking, labor and sexual exploitation, girls in the juvenile justice system, building social change campaigns, intersections of race, gender and class