Rochelle Keyhan

Rochelle Keyhan is the CEO and driving force behind Collective Liberty. Formerly the Director of Disruption Strategies at Polaris, a department she designed to disrupt human trafficking in the United States, Keyhan has long been dedicated to fighting for justice. Before Polaris, she spent six years as a prosecutor of gender-based violent crimes in Philadelphia, where she is bar certified to practice law. Keyhan has also served as director of non-profits Feminist Public Works and HollabackPHILLY, of which she is a founding board member. As an Assistant District Attorney, Keyhan championed the need for increased investigation and prosecution of human traffickers in Philadelphia, where she successfully prosecuted the first two trials herself. As a first generation Iranian-American, she also speaks conversational Farsi.

Throughout her career, Keyhan has been well recognized for her mission-driven work: winner of the 2018 Thomson Reuters Stop Slavery Hero Award, IAFCI Cyber Crime Investigator of the Year, MassChallenge Diamond Award Winner, 2019 Innovate4Good challenge winner, NGEN Leader of the Year finalist, and 2019 Women’s Media Center Fellow.