The team keeping 1 million+ children safe—and counting
We’re lawyers and reformers—but also former abused children, foster parents, and adoptive families. At the Center for the Rights of Abused Children, we know what’s broken because we’ve lived it. Together, we’re driven by one mission: to make sure every child has a safe and loving home.
Darcy Olsen
Founder and CEO
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: children left to stand alone in court, years lost cycling in and out of care, and some who simply didn’t survive. Out of that heartbreak, Olsen founded the Center for the Rights of Abused Children to unite people to do more, be more, and change more for children. (Yes, her house is loud. And yes, you should consider it!)
Ann Tredway
Executive Director
An instrumental leader since the Center’s founding, Ann built the organizational architecture that keeps the mission moving—finance, operations, and relationships—guided by her credo: “Do all things with excellence.” She loves introducing people to the Center’s work and speaks in boardrooms, classrooms, and living rooms to live out her faith in service of children who need love and safety. 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 kids.
Tim Keller
Senior Vice President and Legal Director
A father of four boys, Tim opened his family’s home to children in foster care and walked into courtrooms he couldn’t unsee: abused children alone at the counsel table while the accused arrived with attorneys; children returned over and over to perpetrators; no due process, no equal protection—violence heaped on violence. That was the line; he chose the fight: make the law protect the child. A seasoned constitutional litigator, he’s set precedent nationwide for children who can’t fight for themselves. Two settings: “Objection” and “Who ate the last snack?”
Jeff Noble
Chief Development Officer
No child should live in fear. Guided by this belief, Jeff leads the Center’s philanthropic strategy, helping people turn their generosity into action for children. His hallmark is connecting people to the children who need them and delivering visible results: rescue, safety, and happy childhoods. (He’s also “a super cool dad,” according to an unbiased internal poll.)
Our board of directors
Celia McClelland
Chairman
Shamrock Foods Foundation
Alan P. Dye, Esquire
Director
Webster, Chamberlain & Bean
F. Phillips Giltner III
Director
Shamrock Foods Company
Renee V. Giltner, CPA
Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant
Dan Grubb
Director
AZCAL II, L.L.C.
Mike Haller
Director
Haller Group, PLC
Sandy Leong
Director
Sandy Leong Jewelry
Darcy A. Olsen
CEO
Center for the Rights of Abused Children
Carrie Tynan
Director
Adolph Coors Foundation
John White
Director
American Refrigeration Supplies, Inc