Robin Thompson, J.D.

Program Director

Robin Hassler Thompson is the Program Director for the Center's Victims of Human Trafficking Project. An attorney by training, she has over two decades of experience in public policy work and has focused this work on issues related to violence against women. She has served as the Executive Director of the Florida Governor's Task Force on Domestic & Sexual Violence, and now consults with a wide range of clients including universities, state and national public policy and human rights advocacy groups, and international law firms.

On the topic of human trafficking, Robin has lectured extensively on the topic and written for both national and international publications. She served on the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s Trafficking Advisory Committee, and co-chaired the American Bar Association’s Commission on Domestic Violence Trafficking Committee. She graduated from Florida State University College of Law in Tallahassee, Florida in 1984. She is a lawyer and member in good standing of the Florida Bar.

In addition to her law degree, she holds an M.A. from Florida State University and a B.A. from American University in Washington, D.C. where she graduated summa cum laude.