Kathryn Rifenbark
Director, CyberTipline, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
2024, 2025
Kathryn Rifenbark is the Director for CyberTipline, in the Exploited Children Division (ECD) at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), where she has worked for over 14 years. Kathryn is responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of NCMEC’s CyberTipline, the reporting mechanism within the U.S. for suspected online child sexual exploitation, with a concentration on its response to reports received from members of the public. In addition, she manages NCMEC’s programs to notify companies of hosted CSAM material, to reduce revictimization of survivors. Kathryn helped spearhead NCMEC’s efforts to improve resources for reporting people and survivors of child sexual abuse material and continues that work today by liaising with law enforcement, victim service providers, and child serving professionals.
At the Summit
The effort to eradicate hate requires the active participation of every component of our society, to include governments, the private sector, communities of faith and indeed every aspect of civil society. There is no more urgent task in front of us. The organizers of the Eradicate Hate Global Summit are doing the United States and the world an enormous service by tackling hatred and extremism with a focus on honest dialogue and conversation, genuine learning and practical solutions. This will not happen overnight, but the Pittsburgh community’s leadership in this effort is genuinely inspiring and motivating.
