K Figure of NXIVM

Keith Raniere held singular authority as Vanguard.

Participants called Raniere Vanguard and treated him as the source of NXIVM's central ideas. Nancy Salzman, called Prefect, taught and administered the curriculum, while annual Vanguard Week gatherings celebrated Raniere's birthday and leadership.

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Names & titlesKeith Raniere; Vanguard

DomainNXIVM doctrine, curriculum, rank, and organizational direction

RelationsCo-founder with Nancy Salzman, known as Prefect

Depicted asPresented by NXIVM as an unusually gifted ethicist and teacher

StandingThe movement's highest visible authority

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Founder titles reinforced the hierarchy around the curriculum. Raniere’s annual birthday gathering was called Vanguard Week. His public authority must be distinguished from knowledge of DOS, which was concealed from many students.

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Independent reporting for public founder titles and hierarchy; federal complaint corroborates the Vanguard Week gathering.

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