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Board of Directors

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Diane Williams,
Chair
President Emeritus
Safer Foundation
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Timothy Head,
Vice-Chair
Executive Director
Faith & Freedom Coalition
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Roy L. Austin, Jr.
Vice President of Civil Rights
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Adam Gelb
President and CEO
Council on Criminal Justice
Rea Holmes
Rea Holmes
Director and Senior Counsel
Pew Charitable Trusts
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Michael Jacobson,
Treasurer
Executive Director
CUNY Institute for State and Local Governance
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Justin Keener,
Issues Committee Chair
Partner
Granite Public Affairs
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Gil Kerlikowske
Professor
Northeastern University
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Mona Mahoney,
Secretary
General Counsel
M&T Realty Capital Corporation
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Gerald Malloy
State Senator
South Carolina
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Laurie Robinson
Professor
George Mason University
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Nicole Surber
Vice President
Major & Principal Gifts,
Environmental Defense Fund
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Jeremy Travis
Senior Fellow
Columbia University Justice Lab
Jo-Ann Wallace
Jo-Ann Wallace,
Membership Committee Chair
President, CEO and Board Chairperson
National Legal Aid and Defenders Association Insurance Program
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Kathi Westcott
Senior Counsel
The Pew Charitable Trusts
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Daniel F. Wilhelm,
Governance Chair
President
The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Past Directors

Flozell Daniels
Flozell Daniels
President and CEO
Foundation for Louisiana
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Marissa Dodson
In Memoriam
Public Policy Director
Southern Center For Human Rights
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Jim Seward
Director
Veterans Justice Commission


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Donald Stern
Of Counsel, Yurko, Salvesen & Remz
Managing Director, Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors

Board of Trustees

Co-chaired by Sally Yates and Mark Holden, the Board of Trustees includes a diverse range of influential and innovative leaders representing a broad spectrum of professions, disciplines, and political perspectives. Trustees help shape the Council's policy and research agenda and also select Council members, serve on Task Forces, and provide guidance on how the Council can best serve the criminal justice field.

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Mark Holden
Co-Chair
Senior Vice President (ret.)
Koch Industries, Inc.
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Sally Yates
Co-Chair
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General
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Jeff Brandes
Florida State Senator
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Jerry Brown
Former Governor of California
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Tani Cantil-Sakauye
President and CEO
Public Policy Institute of California
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Peter Chiarelli
Former Vice Chief of Staff
U.S. Army
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James Forman, Jr.
Professor
Yale Law School
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Ed Gonzalez
Sheriff
Harris County (Texas)
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Alan Leshner
Chief Executive Officer (Emeritus)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Cynthia Lum
Professor and Director
Center for Evidence-Based Crime Policy, George Mason University
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DeRay Mckesson
Co-Founder
Campaign Zero
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Janelle Melohn
Director, OVC VOCA Center
National Criminal Justice Association
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Melissa Nelson
State's Attorney
Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit
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Michael Nutter
Former Mayor, Philadelphia
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Colette Peters
Director
Federal Bureau of Prisons
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Charles Ramsey
Former Chicago, D.C., and Philadelphia Police Leader
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Louis Reed
Social Impact Leader
Founder, M|365
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Virginia Sloan
Founder and President Emeritus
The Constitution Project
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Ja'Ron Smith
Partner
CGCN
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Donald Stern
Of Counsel, Yurko, Salvesen & Remz
Managing Director, Corporate Monitoring at Affiliated Monitors
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Nicholas Turner
President and Director
Vera Institute of Justice
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Paula Wolff
Policy Advisor
Illinois Justice Project

Past Trustees

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Matt Bevin
Former Governor of Kentucky
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Jennifer Doleac
Director
Justice Tech Lab at Texas A&M University
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Sherrilyn Ifill
President and Director-Counsel
NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund
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Van Jones
Co-Chair
REFORM Action Fund
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Mike Lee
U.S. Senator, Utah