Will Searcy is the Research and Operations Associate for the Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF. Prior to joining LDF, he served in a variety of roles at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, including Program Manager, Interim Director of the Black Talent Initiative, and Public Policy Fellow focused on criminal justice reform. A native of Atlanta, GA, Will is a graduate of Yale University where he earned a B.A. with distinction in Political Science and was a Rhodes Scholarship and Marshall Scholarship Finalist.