Primary Job Title Co-President Primary Organization 
Child Lures Prevention
Location Burlington, Vermont, United States Regions New England, Northeastern US Gender Female
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For the past three decades, Rosemary Wooden Webb has dedicated herself to Primary Prevention efforts - preventing abuse before it happens. As a teen, she lobbied Congress to watch a CBS "Sixty Minutes" segment on child pornography. The piece was based on the investigative reporting of her father, child advocate Ken Wooden, and led to
creation of the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation Act of 1977. This was the first federal legislative effort to regulate child pornography and provide funding for survivors of child sexual abuse and exploitation.
Following college, Rosemary co-founded Child Lures Prevention with her father, Ken Wooden and sister, Jennifer Mitchell in Shelburne, Vermont. Together, they created the Think First & Stay Safe School Program, based on Ken Wooden’s groundbreaking interviews with hundreds of convicted child molesters and the family’s subsequent work in countless classrooms across the country. Rosemary also co-authored the program's Parent Guide and Student Workbook, which are widely used, both with the school program and independently.
The turn-key Think First & Stay Safe™ School Program was the sole prevention program featured at the most recent White House Conference on Missing, Exploited and Runaway Children. It is currently used in thousands of schools and faith-based organizations, as well as by child advocacy centers, youth groups and other child-serving organizations. Rosemary collaborates with these groups, as well as with countless survivors, to bring primary prevention efforts to their communities. She regularly presents at conferences and provides in-service training for school districts.
