With 20 years of nonprofit experience, including almost 15 years of experience leading policy reforms addressing protections for child trafficking survivors, Christine is a dedicated advocate and expert on issues impacting young people at risk of exploitation. As a consultant specializing in children's rights and youth justice, Christine employs her skills to support clients through legal and policy analysis, strategy development, coalition building, meeting facilitation, training, research, and project management.
Throughout her career, Christine has played a key role in advancing survivor-centered legislative frameworks, shaping state policy work to prioritize the rights and needs of trafficking survivors. She has authored and led groundbreaking research on critical issues such as the unjust criminalization of survivors, victim-offender intersectionality, Safe Harbor policies, and community-driven approaches to preventing and responding to trafficking.
Committed to primary prevention, Christine focuses on policy reforms that improve outcomes for children and families, working toward solutions that keep youth within their communities and prevent punitive or otherwise harmful responses. Through strategic guidance and collaborative leadership, she helps organizations, agencies, policymakers, and advocates develop impactful, sustainable approaches to ending trafficking and supporting vulnerable youth.
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Christine Raino, J.D.
President & Chief Executive Officer