LDF

Leadership

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill

President and Director-Counsel

Janai Nelson

Janai Nelson

Associate Director-Counsel

Christine Gregory

Christine Gregory

Chief Operating Officer

Samuel Spital

Samuel Spital

Director of Litigation

Todd A. Cox

Todd A. Cox

Director of Policy

Kevin C. Thomson

Kevin C. Thomson

Chief Financial Officer

V. Renée Cutting

V. Renée Cutting

Chief Development Officer

Melanie R. Newman

Melanie R. Newman

Chief Communications Officer

LDF Staff

Litigation

Leah C. Aden

Deputy Director of Litigation

Raymond Audain

Senior Counsel

Alexis Hoag

Senior Counsel

Rachel M. Kleinman

Senior Counsel & Director of Professional Development

Jin Hee Lee

Senior Deputy Director of Litigation

Marne Lenox

Assistant Counsel

Monique Lin-Luse

Assistant Counsel

Natasha Merle

Senior Counsel

Deuel Ross

Assistant Counsel

Daniel Harawa

Assistant Counsel

Angel S. Harris

Assistant Counsel

Jennifer Holmes

Assistant Counsel

Chris Kemmitt

Senior Counsel & Director of Professional Development

Catherine Meza

Senior Counsel

Ajmel Quereshi

Senior Counsel

Michaele Turnage Young

Senior Counsel

Liliana Zaragoza

Assistant 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

Kerrel Murray

Appellate Litigation 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

Matt Bailey

Paralegal

Catherine Blalock

Paralegal

Joy Scott

Paralegal

Policy Staff

Todd A. Cox

Director of Policy

Monique L. Dixon

Deputy Policy Director and Senior Counsel

Nicole Dooley

Policy Counsel

Katurah Topps

Policy Counsel

Lisa Cylar Barrett

Senior Policy Counsel

Communications Staff

Melanie R. Newman

Chief Communications Officer

Natalia Garzon

Director of Media Relations

Phoebe Plagens

Senior Communications Associate

Marika Bailey

Digital Media & Graphic Arts Manager

Jim Santel

Staff Writer

April Avant

Digital Communications Strategist

Thurgood Marshall Institute

Marquis Jenkins

Community Organizer

Estherjoy Mungai

Community Organizer

Coty Montag

Project Manager, Thurgood Marshall Institute & Senior Counsel

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff

Senior Fellow

Richard Rothstein

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Cristian A. Farias

Writer-In-Residence

Dr. Megan Ming Francis

Fellow

Donna S. Gloeckner

Director of Archives and Records

Kayla Jenkins

Archives Associate

Will Searcy

Strategic Operations Associate

Lumumba Akinwole-Bandele

Senior Community Organizer

Development Staff

V. Renée Cutting

Chief Development Officer

Laura Fino

Director of Foundation Relations

Christopher Francis

Database Manager

Tawana Pyle

Database Coordinator

Samantha Watson

Director of Strategic Partnerships and Special Events

Maya Meredith

Direct Marketing Manager

D’Andre Phillips

Director of Individual Giving

Robert Ferguson

Development Strategist

Sherisse Quince

Development Associate

Cynthia Diaz-Nieves

Database Coordinator