Allison Black Cornelius, is described as a “breathing, adaptable, inspirational, motivational, God-as-my-witness near mythical example of what the human spirit can suffer, endure and conquer.”                                                                                 

At age seven, Allison was raped and molested by her Sunday school teacher. Too small to do anything about it then, she tried her best to forget it. Twenty years later came Allison’s day of reckoning. Allison along with more than 50 additional victims came forward. In a landmark case that drew widespread attention from the national media, Allison put her rapist behind bars and became one of the nation’s strongest advocates for victims’ and community rights. She spearheaded the passage of Megan’s Law, creating the country’s first Sex Offender Registry.            

As President of Blackfish Strategies, Allison has carried the Olympic torch, trained more than 700 nonprofit boards and raised more than $30 million for charity through her public presentations. She advanced her studies at Harvard, and her speaking engagements have taken her to the Kennedy Center, professional sports teams, celebrity foundations, and the White House. She is what the best of us aspire to be, but few have the grit to become.