StolenYouth Welcomes Sarabeth Rees as Executive Director!
Sarabeth Rees comes to StolenYouth from PwC, a multinational management consulting and audit firm, where she served as a Senior Director. An accomplished strategist and business leader, Sarabeth has advised Fortune 500 organizations all over the world. Prior to working with PwC, she was the Chief Operating Officer of Orb Media, a Washington DC-based nonprofit media company. She also worked for Booz Allen Hamilton and BearingPoint in strategy consulting roles.
Passionate about preventing sex trafficking and supporting survivors, Sarabeth has spent the past 15 years doing volunteer and board work focused on trafficking and trafficking-adjacent subjects. She sits on the board of the Joyful Heart Foundation in New York City and previously chaired the board of HAVEN, a Montana-based nonprofit that works with survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. In that role, she chaired HAVEN’s successful $8M capital campaign to build a 40-bed shelter for survivors, which opened just last year.
Sarabeth joins StolenYouth as the organization’s board just approved a three-year strategic roadmap to move the organization into a new chapter of growth.
“We have found a remarkable leader in Sarabeth Rees,” said Kara Hurst, chair of the board. “Sarabeth has a special blend of professional expertise, personal passion for our mission, and the energy and vision to help us turn big ideas into reality. This is an exciting moment for StolenYouth, and we are thrilled that have found the right person to lead us.”
Read the full announcement and learn more about Sarabeth Rees!
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StolenYouth is a Seattle-based nonprofit dedicated to ending child sex trafficking in Washington state.
Learn more about our work and our impact.
No child should be bought and sold for sex. We work to end trafficking in three ways:
PREVENT child sex trafficking before it happens
CONNECT victims to resources and services
EMPOWER survivors to build positive and productive lives
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