John Pizzuro serves as Raven’s CEO, before that he spent 25 years in The New Jersey State Police with the last 6 years being spent as the Commander of the NJ Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. John lead a team of 200 including 71 Law Enforcement Agencies. His task force arrested over 1500 people that preyed on the innocent.
John served as Chairman of the ICAC Outreach Committee where he championed prevention and served as the Co-chair of the National Children’s Alliance working group.
He has created a framework for other countries to investigate Child Exploitation, through the International Center of Missing & Exploited Children and consulted with countries and organizations on child exploitation and how to protect children.
Additionally, John has trained thousands of investigators on investigative techniques surrounding child exploitation. John has become a sought-after presenter at conferences involving child exploitation and has appeared on Good Morning America, CSPAN, USA Today, New York Times, and Court TV to name a few.
John has developed programs about Human Behavior and Neuroscience and speaks frequently regarding online grooming, child exploitation, and how technology has impacted our children and their behavior.
John is a certified Master Neuro Linguistic Practitioner and has an M.A. in Human Resource Development and Training.
"We are here to save our children from exploitation and fight for those who protect our children everyday.”
Raven continues to be a respected and welcomed voice on Capitol Hill. As the first and only 501(c)4 group focused on ending child exploitation in
Survivors deserve more protection. This week, Raven testified alongside Michelle DeLaune, Gregory Schiller, Taylor Sines and John Tanagho in the briefing Ending the Scourge: The
Collaboration is key to protecting children and supporting law enforcement. Technology companies are commonly criticized for avoiding, if not completely ignoring, the growing issue of
Big Tech companies manipulate Section 230 to protect profits over life. This week, Raven testified alongside Brandon Duffy, Carrie Goldberg, Professor Mary Grew Leary and
A 501(c)4 political lobby, Raven protects children from victimization by raising awareness of the threat of online child exploitation, increasing resources and funding to law enforcement, and lobbying for policy changes on the local and federal level.
