Making the world a better place, one mile at a time…
Nonprofit Leadership
Lauren Trantham is the Founder + Executive Director of Ride My Road, an Anti-Human Trafficking Organization. Ride My Road has raised over $400k for survivor-led initiatives and programs and hosts annual anti-trafficking conferences in Oregon and Alaska. In 2019, Ride My Road also launched an online school called Disruptors University for community members to get educated about the realities of Human Trafficking in the United States
Lauren also serves as Director of Communications at Epik Project, an Anti-Human Trafficking organization with a focus on reducing the demand for the illicit commercial sex industry. Epik Project has thirteen years as a leader in the Demand Reduction space and Lauren is proud to be part of such an innovative endeavor. In her capacity as a Director at Epik, Lauren also produces The Masculine Wilderness Podcast and co-hosts Shop Talk Podcast; Under The Hood of the Anti-Trafficking Movement.
Survivor Portraiture
Since founding Ride My Road in 2016, Lauren has ridden her motorcycle tens of thousands of miles across the United States meeting and photographing American survivors of human trafficking.
Lauren has had the honor of working with hundreds of survivors and is endlessly inspired by survivor leadership.
Education & Conferences
The Southern Oregon Human Trafficking Disruptors Summit is held in Ashland Oregon and is a community event raising awareness on the realities of human trafficking in the United States. Did you know that less than 5% of victims of trafficking are kidnapped? Instead, they are more likely to be recruited into trafficking by a family member or loved one. When communities can understand this distinction, they are better equipped to combat this horrific issue.
Ride My Road partners with dozens of local agencies to host this ground-breaking summit, including The Department of Justice, local law enforcement and trafficking coalitions as well as speakers and survivor leaders from across the nation.
Next Disruptors Summit: May 8-10th, 2025 Learn More HERE.
The Alaska Data Summit is held in Anchorage in partnership with Prevention Now, Data For Indigenous Justice, and Signify Consulting. The Data Summit serves as a meeting place for local stakeholders and agencies to come together for collaboration on solutions and data collection around the topics of trafficking, exploitation, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives.
Next Alaska Data Summit: 2026