Griffin Glynn is the Chief Investigations Officer at the National Child Protection Task Force, leveraging over 20 years of expertise in criminal investigations and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) to lead critical efforts to locate missing, exploited, and trafficked children while providing advanced training worldwide.
At the heart of the National Child Protection Task Force’s mission is a simple belief: any time a child goes missing, they are in danger – and every minute matters.
Our work has reached hundreds of agencies across the country, and our mission has inspired a massive network of subject matter experts to eagerly contribute their own superpowers to this important work. At the center of that network is our Child Protection Advisory Committee (CPAC).
This small, highly trusted group of subject matter experts serves as one of the most important force multipliers in the work we do, bringing unparalleled guidance, experience, and compassion to the agencies and communities we support.
The CPAC is made up of two distinct but equally important groups: law enforcement professionals and social services experts. Each brings deep, specialized knowledge to our daily casework and Missing Child Rescue Operations. Together they create a uniquely powerful support system that strengthens both our on-demand case support and our planned operational impact.
The law enforcement members of our CPAC are some of the most experienced professionals in our network – heroes and advocates who have spent their careers protecting children. When we deploy for an MCRO, these experts don’t just advise from afar. They join our operational teams on-site, embedding directly with investigators to help guide fast-moving casework.
Their presence ensures agencies have immediate access to seasoned, high-level expertise - everything from navigating legal processes to developing innovative strategies that can break open difficult cases. They are trusted, steady hands in situations where precision and experience matter most.
The individuals on this committee are deeply committed to excellence. Each member of CPAC uses their expert skills and passion, transforming CPAC into a force multiplier for local agencies, helping the local agency’s investigator understand where to find critical data in their cases, how to obtain this time sensitive data, and how to apply the data to the local agency's case to locate a missing child.
It is a real privilege to work with so many experts whose skill is only matched by their passion for helping protect our most vulnerable persons.
–Kyle Naish, CPAC Chairman
On the social services side, CPAC members provide an equally critical layer of support. These professionals bring deep insight into child welfare, trauma-informed care, placement options, and family services.
Their work ensures that when a child is located, the services they need aren’t an afterthought - they are ready, coordinated, and integrated from the very start.
During Missing Child Rescue Operations, a child advocacy expert from CPAC helps coordinate the integration of local resources for everything that happens after a child is found: safe placement, immediate support, and the resources families may need to move forward.
Their presence ensures that our operations never focus solely on locating a child, but also on setting them up for long-term safety, stability, and healing – the critical piece of our find + listen + help model.
Our priority is making sure every child is met with a trauma-informed, person-centered response, because how we show up matters just as much as what we do.
Behind every missing child investigation is a young person navigating fear, disconnection, and trauma, and the services branch of CPAC ensures they are never treated like a case file. We bring the human lens, helping multi-disciplinary teams slow down, understand trauma, and create space for connection, regulation, and trust.
Our role is to support teams in the chaos of a crisis so youth feel safe enough to share what they’ve lived through. And when we work together to support the child’s emotional safety and stability first, we strengthen the investigation itself.
–Melissa Kaiser, Director of Child Advocacy Partnerships
The NCPTF Child Protection Advisory Committee represents the best of the best: people who care deeply, who bring unmatched experience, and who elevate every case and every mission we undertake. Their combined expertise is one of the key reasons the NCPTF is making a true, measurable impact – helping creating better outcomes for missing children.
Did you know?
This year alone the National Child Protection Task Force has answered the call over 350 times for missing, exploited, and trafficked children. The Child Protection Advisory Committee enables the NCPTF to assist hundreds of children each year, accelerating missing child investigations forward with speed & precision across the nation.
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