Seymour served as a member of the Council’s Task Force on Long Sentences.
Anne Seymour has 40 years of experience as a national advocate for crime victims and survivors. She is currently the Center’s Associate Academic Program Director. She began her career in 1984 as the Director of Public Affairs for the National Office of Mothers Against Drunk Driving and, from 1985 to 1993, as co-founder and Director of Communications and Resource Development of the National Victim Center (now National Center for Victims of Crime). Seymour has consulted with the U.S. Departments of Justice, Defense, State and Health & Human Services, the Peace Corps, and all 50 state governments to develop policies and protocols that improve the sensitive treatment of crime victims and survivors, and promote justice reforms that improve individual and public safety.
She has been involved in several mass crisis responses, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the Navy Yard mass shooting in September 2013, among others. She served as a Lead Consultant to help plan and implement OVC’s 2009 “Assisting Victims of Terrorism and Mass Violence” National Symposium. Seymour also helped develop a training curriculum in 2016 for the District of Columbia Advanced Victim Services Academy, “Responding to Victims of Terrorism and Mass Violence Crimes;” and helped Dr. Dean Kilpatrick document the mental health impact of Typhoon Xangsane on rural villages in Vietnam in 2006.
Seymour has received numerous honors for her efforts, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Congress Crime Survivors and Justice Caucus; two awards from U.S. Congress and the Department of Navy for her role in responding to the mass violence at the Navy Yard in September 2013; the 2007 U.S. Congressional Victims’ Rights Caucus Ed Stout Memorial Award for Outstanding Victim Advocacy; and the 1992 “Outstanding Services to Crime Victims” award from President Bush. She lives in Washington, DC where she enjoys gardening, long walks and cheering for her beloved Green Bay Packers.
