End Slavery Tennessee Announces CEO Transition
CEO Margie Quin will step down in August 2022.
NASHVILLE, TN. End Slavery Tennessee (ESTN) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Margie Quin has been appointed Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services (DCS) by Governor Bill Lee and will transition out of the role this August.
“The ESTN board thanks Margie for her service and strategic leadership of ESTN,” said Kimberly Veirs, ESTN Board of Directors Chair. “Margie has propelled this agency forward with many bold and innovative steps over the past three years. While we will miss her strong leadership and daily guidance, we look forward to continuing to work with Margie as an ESTN Board member and as our ally at DCS. Margie has placed the agency in a position to continue to thrive moving forward as we pursue our mission of nurturing healing and strategically combatting human trafficking in Tennessee. We are so grateful for her vision and commitment to ESTN’s mission.”
In her time at ESTN, Margie brought her unique perspective from her tenure at the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to the victim services side of anti-human trafficking efforts. Under her leadership, the organization secured historic funding from the state of Tennessee, purchased a 35-acre Survivor Restoration Campus, intensified aftercare services for survivors, and expanded the scope and depth of state and community-level partnerships.
In Margie’s new role with DCS, she will create an opportunity for continued systemic change around anti-human trafficking efforts in Tennessee and facilitate life-changing collaborative public private partnerships. By maintaining a role as a Board of Director at ESTN, Margie will foster the transition to new leadership, ensuring the agency continues to meet transformative goals for survivor healing.
“It has been an honor to serve human trafficking survivors during my tenure at ESTN,” said Margie. “Two years ago, ESTN leadership casted a bold vision to build a Survivor Restoration Campus, and with the community’s help, that dream will soon become a reality. But my work in human trafficking isn’t finished, it just takes on a new role with a return to state government. My heart remains committed to the vision of eradicating human trafficking in Tennessee.”
Chief Operating Officer Leah Moyer will assume the role of Interim CEO to continue the momentum and impact during this leadership transition. Later this year, ESTN will open the doors to its 35-acre Survivor Restoration Campus, a first of its kind recovery program that will increase clinical services, expand housing solutions, and offer comprehensive wraparound services so that survivors can begin to create the lives full of hope and possibility.
Future plans for the organization’s new campus include building on-site cottages for transitional, independent living, emergency housing, and the creation and construction of a Residential Program for teens.
ABOUT END SLAVERY TENNESSEE. End Slavery Tennessee provides specialized case management and comprehensive aftercare for human trafficking survivors and strategically addresses the problem through advocacy, prevention, and training of front-line professionals.
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