Former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly
CEO of The Guardian Group; Former New York City Police Commissioner; Advisory Board Member, Clearview AI
Ray Kelly is CEO of The Guardian Group and formerly served twice as New York City Police Commissioner, where he oversaw a steep reduction in crime and established the first Counterterrorism Bureau of any municipal police department in the country. Mr. Kelly’s career in public service also included serving as Vice President for the Americas of INTERPOL from 1996 to 2000, Commissioner of the U.S. Customs Service, and Undersecretary of Enforcement at the U.S. Treasury Department.
“Women, many of them minors, are often dragooned into prostitution from impoverished circumstances overseas and domestically, with empty promises of legitimate employment. They are often threatened, brutalized, and too frightened to report abuses to police. We hope to change that and, at the same time, bring the worst traffickers to justice and give them maximum jail time.”