WASHINGTON DC (October 31, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley is highlighting Iowan Teresa Lynn Davison of Cedar Rapids who was appointed by President Trump to be a member of the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. As Senate president pro tempore, Grassley recommended Davison for this role.
“Theresa is an asset to our community and to the country. As the founder of the non-profit Chains Interrupted, she has provided countless resources and training to individuals who directly interact and work with survivors of human trafficking every day. Beyond her leadership through Chains Interrupted, Teresa also works as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. Her varied professional roles afford her a unique and much-needed perspective to the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking. As Senate president pro tem, I’m proud to recommend a highly-qualified Iowan for the job. I appreciate the continued work by the Administration to address the issue of human trafficking,” Sen Grassley said.
Davison works as the Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. She is also the founder of Chains Interrupted, an organization that focuses on raising awareness, educating, and providing human trafficking survivor services. Davison is also a pediatric nurse-practitioner, recently becoming a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. Through her various roles, she provides training and presentations on how others in the medical field and within the law-enforcement community can identify victims of human trafficking.
The Public-Private Partnership Advisory Council to End Human Trafficking is a result of Sen Grassley’s bill that passed last Congress, the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The role of the advisory council is to provide advice and recommendations to a larger group and task force to address human trafficking. Some of the council’s responsibilities include meeting annually to review federal government policy and programs intended to combat human trafficking as well as formulating assessments and recommendations to ensure that the policy and programming efforts conform to best practices in the field.
