Robin Ashton

Ashton earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor from the William & Mary Law School.^[2]

Before joining the CIA, Ashton worked in the Office of Professional Responsibility^[2][3] in the Department of Justice where she served as director from January 2011 to September 2018. She also worked as the principal deputy director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys.^[2]

In 2001, Ashton was identified by The New York Times as having been denied a promotion due to a political dispute. Monica Goodling, White House liaison of the Department of Justice, was reported as having denied Ashton's promotion.^[4] Ashton appeared alongside James Comey, then Deputy Attorney General, to testify at a Congressional inquiry into Goodling's behavior.

During her DOJ career, Ashton was awarded the Attorney General's Claudia Flynn Award for Professional Responsibility, the Attorney General's Award for Outstanding Leadership in Management, the United States Attorney's Award for Meritorious Service, and the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys Director's Award for Excellence in Management, among other awards.^[2]

Between September 2018 and June 2021 Ashton was the principal deputy inspector general of the Intelligence Community, based in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.^[5]

Ashton was nominated to serve as inspector general of the Central Intelligence Agency by President Joe Biden,^[2] and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 24, 2021, by voice vote.^[6] She retired at the end of 2024.^[7]