Defending Our Children with Krista Williams and Team
- S2E184
- 1:00:03
- January 11th 2025
Carlile Transportation is a forward-thinking organization dedicated to creating a socially conscious workplace by educating its employees on the fight against human trafficking, particularly the exploitation of children. Through comprehensive training programs, partnerships with advocacy organizations, and community outreach initiatives, the company equips its workforce with knowledge and tools to recognize and combat trafficking within their communities.
This initiative fosters a deep sense of purpose among employees, connecting their daily work to a meaningful cause. By aligning corporate values with social responsibility, Carlile Transportation has seen increased employee engagement, improved productivity, and reduced turnover. The program also cultivates a supportive and collaborative culture, as employees unite around a shared mission, enhancing overall job satisfaction and minimizing human resource challenges.
With its innovative approach, Carlile Transportation not only drives its business forward but also serves as a model for how companies can inspire change and create lasting societal impact.
Meet Krista Williams: Krista is the President of Carlile Transportation, a leading Alaskan trucking and logistics company. Since joining Carile’s parent company, Saltchuk Resources, in 2018, Krista has led initiatives to drive operational excellence, cultural transformation, and business performance across multiple roles, including Director of Continuous Improvement, VP of Logistics, and Chief Operating Officer. Her leadership at Carlile has been instrumental in delivering both financial results and a renewed focus on team member engagement and customer service.
Prior to her time at Saltchuk, Krista held leadership positions at Toyota North America and Kaiser Permanente, where she honed her passion for empowering teams to deliver value and improve business outcomes.
Outside of work, Krista is actively involved with nonprofits supporting international relief and development, orphan care, and family preservation through entrepreneurship. She and her family live in the Seattle area and enjoy golfing, traveling, and playing endless rounds of board games on rainy Seattle weekends.
Defending Our Children
Defending Our Children is a show dedicated to stopping Child Trafficking. This show segues from Contraland, the documentary created by Veterans For Child Rescue founder, Craig “Sawman” Sawyer. Its sole purpose is to alert the populace of the human trafficking of children which is the single greatest threat to our way of life. It is an estimated $38-$50 billion industry, which is greater than the NBA, NFL, and MLB combined. Society believes that this industry is real however that it exists outside our borders. When in fact this problem is prevalent in every corner of the United States.
We need to challenge our educational system, our justice system, our local, state, and federal government. In recent times we have been taught to view that our greatest threat to society was terrorism, however Child Trafficking has a much more devastating impact because our children will be the future leaders of our way of life. We as a society have to do everything we can to protect our species starting with our children. This evil impacts every single person in the United States as well as worldwide.
Meet the Hosts
Craig grew up near Houston, Texas and got his tactical start in the U.S. Marine Corps. He quickly transitioned to the U.S. Navy to pursue high-level Special Operations as a U.S. Navy SEAL. He served in SEAL Team One, then went on to the Naval Special Warfare Development Group (DEVGRU), then in the Federal Air Marshal Service as an Agent and Supervisor. After 5 years in Federal Law Enforcement, Craig served in High-Threat Mobile Security contracting, Film & Television Tech Advising, and Personal Security Training for the public.
As a DEVGRU Operator, Craig gained critical combat experience in Desert Shield and Desert Storm resulting in decoration for “Heroic Service.”
Those operations included:
- The capturing of the very first prisoners of the war
- CSAR (Combat Search And Rescue) Operations
- Sniper Operations
- Reconnaissance Operations
- Counter-Mine Operations
- FAV (Fast Attack Vehicle) Operations
Throughout his career, Craig gained recognition for his mastery of multiple military and combat disciplines, such as weapons training and shooting, counter-terrorism, surveillance and counter-surveillance, climbing, criminal investigation, parachuting, and hand-to-hand combat.
FOUNDING A NONPROFIT: VETERANS FOR CHILD RESCUE
When a friend and intelligence community veteran told Craig about the severity of child trafficking in America, Craig knew he had to do something.Craig founded Veterans for Child Rescue (V4CR) in April of 2017 with the goals of exposing and eradicating child trafficking in the USA. He made plans to film a documentary that would expose the infrastructure and secrecy behind the industrial scale harm of child trafficking.
Forrest began his career in credit card acquiring in 1989. He was an original member of Retriever Payment Systems – which was a pioneer in the credit card acquiring industry. Forrest was also an original member of the ETA Technology committee where he received the “Committee of the Year” award in 2004.
In his 20+ years at Retriever Payment Systems/National Processing Company, Forrest wore many hats and played part in many versatile roles to help the company grow. He spent the first half of his time there in Operations, where he ran a call center for Technical Support, Merchant Services, and specialty groups for Banking and Major Merchants. For the second half of his time, Forrest spent his time in Business Development. He managed a team that was the liaison to the top 60 resellers. Forrest and his team would provide any services that were needed to bring in a client. This would include going on sales calls, finding products and dealing with underwriting guidelines.
Additionally, Forrest was tasked to go on sales calls for direct business, government, and bank clients. He negotiated contracts and worked with the legal department to resolve any contract issues on existing and future clients.
Additionally, Forrest acquired, managed, built pricing models, did financials, tax preparation, and operations consulting for “Stand Alone” emergency rooms.
Support Us
By donating to Veterans For Child Rescue, you're championing a nationwide effort to shield our children from harm. Every contribution you make not only reinforces our commitment but also fuels our unwavering mission to obliterate child trafficking within the USA. Stand with us; together, we can create a safer future for every child.
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