Christy Ivie

Christy Ivie is a strategist, speaker, and advocate committed to eradicating human trafficking and exploitation. She founded Christy’s Cause in 2015 with the mission to end child sex trafficking through education, awareness, prevention, and justice initiatives.

As Founder & Architect of WeCare@FGCU, a first-of-its-kind digital badge program at Florida Gulf Coast University, Christy equips frontline professionals in healthcare, education, law enforcement, hospitality, and nonprofit sectors with trauma-informed tools to identify, respond to, and report trafficking. She also co-authored One Story, Many Voices, a resource that helps educators recognize and support children impacted by exploitation.

Christy’s leadership has included hosting annual human trafficking symposiums, producing the Real Talk video training series with national experts, updating the systemwide Human Trafficking policies for all of Lee Health, and developing continuing education trainings such as WeCare for Nurses. She has cultivated hundreds of volunteers, mentored leaders, and built donor partnerships that fuel lasting impact.

Her personal story of overcoming complex trauma fuels her passion to create safe, hope-filled environments for vulnerable children and families. Known for her warmth and authenticity, Christy speaks internationally as an Ambassador for Convoy of Hope, bringing a survivor-informed, trauma-aware perspective to advocacy and training.

Through Christy’s Cause, she continues to champion prevention, equip professionals, and amplify survivor voices—so every child can live free from exploitation and thrive in safety, dignity, and hope.