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Donna Rice Hughes, President of Enough Is Enough (EIE), is an
internationally known Internet safety expert and advocate. As a
respected leader of national efforts to protect children from
sexual predators and Internet pornography, Donna has championed
EIE’s mission to make the Internet safer for children and
families since the group’s formation in 1992. In September 2005,
EIE, a non-profit educational organization (www.enough.org),
launched The National Internet Safety Awareness and Parental
Empowerment Program with the U.S. Department of Justice and
other partners. The Program educates and empowers parents
and other adult caregivers to protect the children in their care
from Internet dangers.
Donna is frequently sought out by the media, educators, policy
makers, law enforcement officials, and industry leaders for her
expertise on solutions for ensuring that children have a safe
and rewarding experience online. Her book, Kids Online:
Protecting Your Children In Cyberspace (Revell, September
1998), was heralded by the media, parents’ groups, industry
leaders, and Congress as a "powerful tool for parents." In
response to the worldwide interest in the topic of Internet
safety, the book has been translated into Spanish and Korean.
Steve Case, Founder of America Online, applauds Donna as a
"leader" and "effective advocate on behalf of children's online
safety." He credits her with helping build the Internet into a
"medium of which we can all be proud."
Donna has been interviewed on most of the leading national news
broadcasts as an acknowledged expert on Internet safety issues.
She has given over 3,000 media interviews and is a regular
commentator on Internet safety issues on CNN, Fox News
and MSNBC. She has been a featured guest on Dateline,
The Today Show, Oprah and 20/20. She co-wrote the story for the May
2000 season finale episode of Touched By An Angel that
brought the message of Internet dangers and online safety to
prime time television and won the Nielson ratings for it's time
slot during the May sweeps period. Her views have been featured
in publications including The Wall Street Journal, The New
York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, The San Francisco
Chronicle, The San Jose Mercury News and People Magazine.
Additionally, she has authored numerous articles and editorials
that have been published in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times,
The Philadelphia Inquirer, and McCall's Magazine.
Donna has also spoken extensively on the subject of Internet
safety in educational and professional forums across the
country, including Johns Hopkins University, MIT, American
University, University of Houston Law School, The Freedom Forum,
and The National Press Club. She has testified before the United
States Congress, both House and Senate, on the issues
surrounding Internet dangers and safety solutions. Her
presentation at the Federal Prosecutors’ Obscenity Symposium was
applauded as a “highlight” of the 2002 meeting by Andrew
Oosterbaan, chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity
Section, where Donna served as the Department’s only
non-lawyer/non-law enforcement instructor.
Donna was a member of the Child Online Protection Act (COPA)
Commission formed to examine technological solutions to protect
children online. In July 2000, she served as co-chair of the
COPA Hearings on filtering/ratings/labeling technologies. In its
final report the Commission recommended that Congress and the
nation take action to: “promote public awareness of technologies
and methods available to protect children online.” Additionally,
Donna assisted the Japanese Ministry of Education in developing
child safety online programs and provided expertise and
resources for their report, "Children and the Internet." In
2002, she received the National Law Center for Children and
Families Annual Appreciation Award and the coveted "Protector of
Children Award" from the National Abstinence Clearinghouse. She
was also the recipient of the 2004 Media Impact Award from the
National Abstinence Clearinghouse and the 2005 Lifetime Child
Protector Award from WiredSafety.org.
From 1994 until July of 1999, Donna served as Communications
Director and Vice President of Enough Is Enough where she played
a pioneering role in the national effort to make the Internet
safe for children and families. She became President of EIE in
2002. Under Donna’s leadership, EIE pursues a three-pronged
strategy that involves the public, the technology industry and
law enforcement sharing the responsibility to protect children
on the Internet. This approach has been adopted by many industry
and government leaders.
She currently serves on the advisory board for the Congressional
Internet Caucus Advisory Board, the GetNetWise initiative, and
the National Cyber Security Alliance. In 2006, Donna played a
key role in the development of the National Cyber Security
Alliances, Help Keep Kids Connected and Protected to
educate parents and teachers about safe online practices for
teenagers using social networking sites and online communities
and chat rooms.
Donna served on the steering committee for the Internet Online
Summit: Focus on Children in December of 1997 and American Links
Up. She proposed and led the Summit's adoption of an industry
"ZERO Tolerance" policy against child pornography, which was
endorsed by the White House and the Justice Department. She
currently serves on the board of directors for the National
House of Hope.
Donna received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University
of South Carolina and graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta
Kappa.
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AND TO SCHEDULE DONNA RICE HUGHES
FOR YOUR SPECIAL EVENT,
PLEASE
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