Robin Starr
Robin Robertson Starr has been the executive director and CEO of the Richmond SPCA since June 1997 and a member of its board of directors since 1994.
Prior to becoming the executive director, Robin was a practicing attorney. She was in-house counsel and corporate secretary for the A. H. Robins Company and, subsequently, a partner in the Business Section of the law firm of Williams Mullen Clark & Dobbins. While practicing law, Robin specialized in corporate mergers and acquisitions.
Robin is a graduate of the Norfolk Academy and holds a bachelor of science degree from Wake Forest University and a juris doctor degree from the University of Richmond. She was a member of the McNeil Law Society, an honorary scholastic society, in law school. Robin also was manuscripts editor of the University of Richmond Law Review.
In addition to her work at the Richmond SPCA, Robin is a member of the board of directors and serves on the executive committee of the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies. Robin is a member of the Virginia State Bar and the Society of Animal Welfare Administrators. She serves on the board of trustees of the Richmond Ballet, of which she is past president and chairman, and she was recently appointed to the board of trustees of the Virginia Museum of Natural History by Governor Warner.
Robin is married to Edward H. Starr, Jr., who is the chairman of the Insurance and Tort Law Section of the law firm of Troutman Sanders, which is based in Atlanta and Richmond. Their family includes their eight-year-old daughter, Tyler, as well as their four dogs, two cats and one guinea pig.
