Sessions
Idaho Transit on the Lookout to Fight Human Trafficking
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Thu
Annie Sovcik is the Director of Busing on the Lookout (BOTL), a program of Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT). As BOTL director, Annie is responsible for leading TAT’s efforts to educate, equip, empower, and mobilize members of the bus industry in the United States and Canada to combat human trafficking. Annie came to TAT in 2018 with over 12 years of experience as a human rights lawyer, working on anti-human trafficking, anti-torture, and refugee protection policies at a national and international level. Prior to joining TAT, Annie was the director of the Washington D.C. office of the Center for Victims of Torture. She has also worked as a lawyer with Human Rights First and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and as a consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. She is a graduate of the University of New Mexico School of Law and received her B.A. in International Studies from the University of Denver.