Annie Hightower

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Annie Hightower is a dedicated public servant who has spent her entire career in the public and non-profit sectors working to increase access to education. She currently serves as the Director of Institutional Compliance and Ethics at Boise State University and is the managing member of Hightower Consulting, LLC, which provides technical assistance and training for K-12 schools on compliance with Title IX. Prior to her time at Boise State, Annie worked at the Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence as a staff attorney, and later as the organization's Director of Law & Policy. While at the Idaho Coalition, she set and managed the organization's annual policy agenda, provided civil legal services for survivors of sexual violence ages 11-24 throughout the state, and worked closely with the Idaho Coordinated Response to Sexual & Domestic Violence which seeks to reduce bias in the criminal justice system and enhance responses to sexual and domestic violence. 

Annie was a contributing editor for Title IX Today and served as an editorial board member for The Journal of Campus Title IX Compliance and Best Practices. In 2017, she co-authored a chapter in the book, Preventing Sexual Violence on Campus. 

Annie graduated from Boise State University with a BS in Political Science in 2003, and then from Gonzaga University School of Law with a JD in 2007.