Director of Victim Services
Marie leads HTI’s efforts to implement trauma-informed, survivor-centered approaches in our work with trafficking victims. She also serves as the primary liaison with leaders in the victim services and survivor leadership communities and ensures that HTI’s efforts are informed by best practices and insights of those with lived experience. Marie has twenty years of experience in advocating for victims of crime, training criminal justice professionals, and developing national and international victim assistance programs. Prior to joining HTI, Marie worked at ICF, where she facilitated the work of the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking and developed training related to trauma for U.S. government agencies engaged in anti-trafficking work. She led the development of the Department of Justice’s first grant program for human trafficking victim services. She was also the Section Chief of the Victim Assistance Program at the Department of Homeland Security, where she directed victim assistance operations and supervised programmatic areas in response to victims of child exploitation, human trafficking, white collar crime, and human rights abuse. Marie has a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. Click here to download a complete bio.
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