Alex Trouteaud

Former Director of Policy and Research; Demand Abolition; Senior Director, Advanced Analytics and Data Strategy, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

Alex Trouteaud is an applied sociologist who studied sex trafficking and prostitution in the United States for over 10 years.  Formerly Director of Policy and Research at Demand Abolition, a Hunt Alternatives initiative, Mr. Trouteaud focused on bringing the best available research insights into critical conversations around public policy, victim and survivor services, and social change.  As a specialist in perpetrator accountability, he worked to address gaps in how we understand and respond to men who buy people for sex. Mr. Trouteaud is now Senior Director, Advanced Analytics and Data Strategy at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals.

“The best researchers change their views when they encounter new evidence that challenges existing beliefs.  I also believe this learned skill is a hallmark of good advocacy; guidance by fact, rather than just ideology.”