The Team Protecting More Than One Million Children — and Counting

Darcy Olsen always wanted to be a regular mom. Then came the call: newborns were being warehoused in city shelters during the opioid epidemic. Would she open a crib?

She said yes.

In time, ten children came into her life the same way—through crisis, with no one else to catch them. Up close, she saw the system’s failures: abused children left to stand alone in court, years lost cycling in and out of foster care, and some who simply did not survive.

Out of that heartbreak, Olsen founded the Center for the Rights of Abused Children to unite Americans to do more, be more, and change more for children.

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An instrumental leader since the Center’s founding, Ann built the organizational architecture that keeps the mission moving—finance, operations, and strategic relationships—guided by her credo: “Do all things with excellence.”

She speaks in boardrooms, classrooms, and living rooms to advance the Center’s work and mobilize others to protect abused children. Around here we say, “If it’s working, it’s Ann’s doing. If it’s broken, Ann will fix it.”

Approachable and exacting, she turns compassion into systems that deliver results for children.

A father of four boys, Tim and his wife opened their home to children who needed safety and stability. What he witnessed in courtrooms changed him: abused children without representation, rights promised but not enforced.

A seasoned constitutional litigator, Tim now devotes his career to building precedent that defends children’s rights to safety, family, and counsel — ensuring that protection is not discretionary, but enforceable.

No child should live in fear.

Guided by this belief, Jeff leads the Center’s philanthropic strategy, helping individuals and institutions turn generosity into direct protection for abused children. His hallmark is connecting partners to visible results: safety, permanency, and restored childhoods.

(He’s also “a super cool dad,” according to a highly scientific internal poll).