LDF

Leadership

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill

President and Director-Counsel

Janai Nelson

Janai Nelson

Associate Director-Counsel

Samuel Spital

Samuel Spital

Director of Litigation

Lisa Cylar Barrett

Lisa Cylar Barrett

Director of Policy

Janell Byrd-Chichester

Janell Byrd-Chichester

Director of the Thurgood Marshall Institute

V. Renée Cutting

V. Renée Cutting

Chief Development Officer

Christine Gregory

Christine Gregory

Chief Operating Officer

Kevin C. Thomson

Kevin C. Thomson

Chief Financial Officer

Jyarland Daniels

Jyarland Daniels

Interim Chief Communications Officer

Jin Hee Lee

Jin Hee Lee

Senior Deputy Director of Litigation

Leah C. Aden

Leah C. Aden

Deputy Director of Litigation

Monique L. Dixon

Monique L. Dixon

Director of State Advocacy and Deputy Policy Director

Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele

Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele

Director of Community Organizing

LDF Staff

Litigation

Samuel Spital

Director of Litigation

Ajmel Quereshi

Senior Counsel

Alexis Hoag

Senior Counsel

Catherine Meza

Senior Counsel

Chris Kemmitt

Senior Counsel & Director of Professional Development

Daniel Harawa

Of Counsel

Deuel Ross

Senior Counsel

Jennifer Holmes

Assistant Counsel

Jin Hee Lee

Senior Deputy Director of Litigation

Leah C. Aden

Deputy Director of Litigation

Liliana Zaragoza

Assistant Counsel

Marne Lenox

Assistant Counsel

Michaele Turnage Young

Senior Counsel

Monique Lin-Luse

Assistant Counsel

Natasha Merle

Senior Counsel

Rachel M. Kleinman

Senior Counsel & Director of Professional Development

Raymond Audain

Senior Counsel

Fellows

John Cusick

Equal Justice Works Fellow

Kristen Johnson

LDF/Fried Frank Fellow

Earl Kirkland

John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow

Cara McClellan

Skadden Fellow

Sparky Abraham

Economic Justice Fellow

Aaron Sussman

Law and Policy Fellow

Zachery Morris

LDF/Fried Frank Fellow

Louis Fisher

Harvard Law Review Public Interest Fellow

Patricia Okonta

Skadden Fellow

Steven Lance

Yale Law School Public Interest Fellow

Paralegals

Catherine Blalock

Paralegal

Matt Bailey

Paralegal

Policy Staff

Lisa Cylar Barrett

Director of Policy

Katurah Topps

Policy Counsel

Monique L. Dixon

Director of State Advocacy and Deputy Policy Director

Nicole Dooley

Senior Policy Counsel

Rashida Ogletree-George

Managing Director of the Policing Reform Campaign

Zahra Mion

Policy and Research Associate

Communications Staff

Jyarland Daniels

Interim Chief Communications Officer

Phoebe Plagens

Director of Media Relations

April Avant

Senior Digital Communications Manager

Ella Wiley

Communications Assistant

Keecee DeVenny

Digital Media Associate

Thurgood Marshall Institute

Janell Byrd-Chichester

Director of the Thurgood Marshall Institute

Ashton Wingate

Digital Archivist

Coty Montag

Project Manager, Thurgood Marshall Institute & Senior Counsel

Donna S. Gloeckner

Director of Archives and Records

Dr. Algernon Austin

Senior Researcher

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff

Senior Fellow

Kayla Jenkins

Archives Associate

Richard Rothstein

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Will Searcy

Research and Operations Associate

Development Staff

V. Renée Cutting

Chief Development Officer

Christopher Francis

Database Manager

Cynthia Diaz-Nieves

Database Coordinator

Laura Fino

Senior Director of Institutional Giving

Samantha Watson

Director of Strategic Partnerships and Special Events

Sherisse Quince

Development Associate

Nia Winslow

Stewardship and Events Manager

Organizing

Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele

Director of Community Organizing

Marquis Jenkins

Senior Community Organizer

Estherjoy Mungai

Community Organizer

Ralikh Hayes

Community Organizer