Francey Hakes was a prosecutor for 16 years, serving first as an Assistant District Attorney and then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney with a variety of assignments, including national security and child exploitation matters. Francey also served as special detail to the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review, presenting FISA warrants to the FISA Court in counter-terrorism and counter-espionage cases and assisted in the prosecution of Zacarias Moussaoui. She was also the country’s first National Coordinator for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, a post appointed by the U.S. Attorney General. She was responsible for creating the inaugural U.S. strategy addressing child sexual exploitation titled The National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, which was submitted to Congress in August 2010. Hakes oversaw all child exploitation efforts at the Department of Justice, testified before the U.S. Congress and the United States Sentencing Commission, and briefed senior officials at the White House, Congress, and the Department of Justice on child exploitation issues. She is CEO of her own consulting firm, providing advice, counsel and expert witness services to firms, law enforcement, schools, governments, industry, nonprofits, Hollywood firms, and others on national security and the protection of children. She is executive producer and writer for Audible’s Midwest Monster podcast. She has appeared on Fox News, CNN, NBC Nightly News, and Law & Crime network as a legal analyst, and is an opinion contributor for The Hill and the Washington Examiner. Francey also works with a variety of peers from elite agencies as a producer at XG Productions. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Georgia, a juris doctor from Ohio Northern University College of Law, and an honorary doctorate from Ohio Northern University.