National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Vice President John Rabun announced he will retire after 28 years with the organization. Rabun oversaw the programs for missing child and sexual exploitation cases and helped write a book for health care professionals on how to respond to infant abductions. “John has been the heart and soul of NCMEC,” said former NCMEC President and CEO Ernie Allen.
In tribute to Rabun, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell made remarks on the Senate floor: “A national movement on behalf of America's most precious resource, our children, was launched because one social worker in Louisville, KY, saw that too many children were at risk and not enough was being done. If every family impacted by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children's work could thank John Rabun personally, it might take another 28 years, and he would never get to retire. But on behalf of a grateful and safer America, I hope the recognition of this Senate and the thanks and friendship of this Senator will suffice instead. So thank you very much, John Rabun.”