Vanessa Bouché

Dr. Vanessa Bouché serves as Chief Impact Officer at Allies Against Slavery and formerly as an Associate Professor at Texas Christian University. With nearly two decades of experience, she has led over $3 million in federally funded research on human trafficking and wrongful convictions, including conducting public opinion research on human trafficking in the U.S., Moldova, and Albania, as well as trauma-informed surveys with survivors of human trafficking in the U.S. and Honduras, building the largest open-access database of federally prosecuted human trafficking cases, and maintaining one of the largest datasets on anti-trafficking policy adoption across the United States. Dr. Bouché has published extensively on human trafficking, delivered over 50 invited speaking engagements to diverse audiences globally, and serves as an expert witness in human trafficking litigation. In 2017, inspired by a survivor's plea for dignified employment, she founded a business to provide sustainable jobs to trafficking survivors in India and the U.S. She serves on the Board of Directors for Freedom Business Alliance and consults for a variety of organizations. Her data-driven insights have shaped legal cases, public policy, and systems reform across the anti-trafficking field.