Alliece Cole graduated from Northwestern University and started her career working with homeless and at-risk kids in a temporary shelter. She spent over twenty years working for the Department of Children & Family Services, moving from case worker to investigator and eventually to regional trainer.

After leaving DCFS, she worked as a specialized housing developer and program director, serving human trafficking victims and women leaving the sex industry. Ms. Cole has been appointed to multiple Governor’s Committees and working groups to evaluate and change legislation regarding human trafficking. In 2014 she received the FBI Director’s Community Leadership Award for her work with trafficking victims. In 2015 she received a Leadership Award and special recognition from the Governor of Louisiana for her anti-trafficking efforts. She also served as a trainer for the Attorney General’s office for post certified training for law enforcement and for the Department of Children and Family Services. In 2018, Ms. Cole was appointed by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards to sit on the Human Trafficking Prevention Advisory Board. Ms. Cole also serves as the Training and Survivor Voice Consultant to the Office of the Governor. Ms. Cole currently serves at The Sparrow Foundation, as the director of the statewide anti-trafficking initiative; efforts including serving international victims of the labor and sex trade, youth victims of trafficking in child-welfare, and providing direct services to domestic survivors of trafficking.