Laurie Burghart Levitt is a multidisciplinary civil and human rights advocate, trauma-informed strategist, and award-winning creative with over 25 years of experience across environmental science, education, public policy, product innovation, and survivor advocacy. A mother of five, including children with special needs, Laurie is a nationally recognized voice in trauma-informed reform and has silently collaborated with members of law enforcement and the intelligence community on social justice and national security matters.
Laurie’s career began in environmental science, where she served as a FEMA-certified HazMat responder, site remediation liaison, and Phase I/II ESA analyst. She later led global design and importing operations, developing private-label goods for major U.S. retailers while managing vendor relationships with partners in Mainland China and Israel. She also founded multiple businesses including Soben Studios, Levitt Creative Group, nugeni and Wear Art Thou. Her artistic career spans children’s book authorship, celebrity photography, couture design, stage performance, and over 150 registered copyrights.
Her survivor-led advocacy took center stage following a landmark 2021 UN Human Rights complaint addressing family court violence, coercive control, and systemic bias. She was instrumental in the passage of Kayden’s Law and Erin’s Law, presented at the United Nations, and helped grow the National Safe Parents Organization to over 100,000 members in under a year.
Laurie is also the lead advocate behind Dave and Zane’s Law, an emerging national reform initiative honoring Detective David (Illinois) and Officer Zane (Arizona). The bill advances trauma-informed policing, officer wellness, and family-violence prevention by bridging survivor insight with evidence-based public-safety practices.
Laurie is the founder of RIP: Racism in Policing, a trauma-informed outreach campaign, and continues to champion policy change in areas of tech-enabled trafficking, behavioral health corruption, judicial misconduct, and special education reform. Despite enduring severe retaliation for her work, she remains a fierce and articulate voice for healing, equity, and institutional accountability.
Her work has appeared in People Magazine, Huffington Post, Better Homes & Gardens, Men’s Fitness, and more. She has received numerous accolades including the Global Innovation Award, Nickelodeon Parent’s Choice Award, and multiple national imaging honors. She believes that systemic change begins with honest storytelling, and that justice for all must include the smallest among us. She also advocates for national adoption of Erin’s Law, which mandates child sexual abuse prevention education in schools, and contributes to legislation on coercive control—recognizing psychological and non-physical abuse within domestic violence statutes.