Tim Ballard

About Tim Ballard

Tim Ballard is the Founder of Operation Underground Railroad. He is also a board member of The Nazarene Fund which seeks to save oppressed religious minorities in the Middle East. Ballard spent over a decade working as a Special Agent for the Department of Homeland Security where he was deployed as an undercover operative. He has worked every type of case imaginable in the fight to dismantle child trafficking rings. He has worked undercover in the United States and in multiple foreign countries to infiltrate child trafficking organizations. Ballard has been featured on many national news outlets to discuss his efforts to combat child trafficking. He was featured in a story by ESPN with Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach, Mike Tomlin. He also has appeared on Fox & Friends, Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace, The Ingraham Angle, Hannity, The Glenn Beck Program and many other outlets. Ballard has briefed the President of the United States and other cabinet members on issues of child trafficking. He has also testified before the US House and Senate on several occasions. Ballard is the principal subject of two full-length documentaries: The Abolitionists, by Academy Award-winning producer, Gerald Molen, and Operation Toussaint, by Emmy Award-winning director, Nick Nanton. His life story is also depicted in the upcoming feature film, The Sound of Freedom, where he is portrayed by actor Jim Caviezel and his wife Katherine, is portrayed by Academy Award Winner, Mira Sorvino. Ballard is the best-selling author of six books including Slave Stealers: True Accounts of Slave Rescues-Then and Now. His other titles include The Lincoln Hypothesis, The Washington Hypothesis, and The American Covenant series. He was born and raised in Los Angles, CA and now resides in Utah with his wife and nine children.

Experience

1. Founder

   Our Rescue

   Dec 2013 — Present

   O.U.R. MISSION: Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) exists to shine a light worldwide on the global epidemic of child sex trafficking, and in so doing rescue more children from slavery and assist law enforcement to seek justice for those who violate children. While our focus remains on children, we assist survivors of all ages to bring them safety and healing. We place survivors on a path to recovery by partnering with vetted aftercare providers or by placing them with families.

Education

• Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

  Master of International Politics, Terrorism and International Crime

  2000 — 2001

• Brigham Young University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Spanish and Political Science

  1994 — 1999