Derek Ellerman
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Derek Ellerman (born June 27, 1978) is the Co-Founder and former Co-Executive Director of Polaris Project, a Washington DC-based organization that combats human trafficking and modern-day slavery. In 2004 he was selected as a Fellow by Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, and in 2006 was selected as an Ashoka Ambassador.[1]
While an undergraduate student at Brown University, Ellerman founded and served as the Executive Director of the Center for Police and Community (CPAC), an organization that addressed issues of police misconduct in Providence, Rhode Island. At CPAC, Ellerman assisted individual victims of police abuse and helped successfully push for the creation of the first civilian review board for law enforcement in Rhode Island.[2] [3]
Ellerman graduated from Brown University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive Neuroscience.[4] He is the son of David Ellerman, an author and economist specializing in workplace democracy.
[edit] External links
- Derek Ellerman’s Ashoka Fellow Profile
- Derek Ellerman’s personal website
- Polaris Project website
- Congressional Testimony, 2004
- Article in Brown Alumni Magazine
- Article in the Washingtonian Magazine
- Interview on Exceptional Lives
[edit] References
- ^ Ashoka: Innovators for the Public website, [1], Accessed July 2007
- ^ Ashoka: Innovators for the Public website, [2], Accessed July 2007
- ^ Bunch, Will and Charlotte Bruce Harvey: "Against Their Will", Cover Story, Brown Alumni Magazine, Feb 2005
- ^ Bunch, Will and Charlotte Bruce Harvey: "Against Their Will", Cover Story, Brown Alumni Magazine, Feb 2005
