Ernie Allen (born 1946) is an American attorney who served as the president and CEO of the

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, nonprofit organization established in 1984 by the United States Congress. In September 2013, the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, and the Pre ...

(NCMEC) for 23 years until June 2012, and the

International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children The International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC), headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, with a regional presence in the United Kingdom, Europe, Turkey, Africa, Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, Southeast Asia, India, Jap ...

(ICMEC) until 2014. Allen is also a former director of public health and safety for the City of

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

Biography

He is a graduate of the

University of Louisville The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public university, public research university in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19t ...

where he became a member of

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fraternity. Allen received his Juris Doctor from the University of Louisville in 1972 and passed the Kentucky bar exam that same year. From 1973 to 1983 he was the director of the Louisville Crime Commission and from 1983 to 1985 he was director of safety for Louisville. From 1985 to 1989 he was the chief administrative officer for

Jefferson County, Kentucky Jefferson County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 782,969. It is the most populous county in the commonwealth (with more than twice the population of sec ...

. Allen served as president and CEO of both NCMEC and the

(ICMEC) for 15 years. Allen retired from NCMEC in 2012, and in 2014 announced his retirement from ICMEC as well. Allen is a member of the advisory board for WeProtect which is a global non-profit cooperation with the goal to protect children online and stop the crime of online child sexual abuse and exploitation. In June 2021, he was appointed Honorary Officer of the

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(OBE), for services to the protection of children in the UK.

Quotes

To parents, "our basic message is get that ersonal computerout of the bedroom and put it in a public place and set some limits and know what your kids are doing."

References

External links

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Ernie Allen Interview on Fox News Radio
1946 births Living people Lawyers from Louisville, Kentucky University of Louisville alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Honorary officers of the Order of the British Empire {{Authority control