Leaders Council
The 成人抖阴鈥檚 Leaders Council will help raise public awareness across the country on the crisis in civil legal aid and the importance of providing equal access to our justice system to low-income Americans.
Leaders Council Members
Hank Aaron (In Memoriam)
Former Professional Baseball Player
Billye Aaron
Co-founder, Hank Aaron Chasing the Dream Foundation
Television Host, Today in Georgia & Billye
Chris Abbinante
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Kate Adams
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Apple, Inc.
Mark Angelson
Chair, Institute of International Education
Donald Ayer
Retired Partner, Jones Day
Jon Ballis
Chairman, Kirkland & Ellis
Omid G. Ba帽uelos
Corporate Counsel, Litigation & Regulation, Amazon
Roy Barnes
Former Governor of Georgia
Founding Partner, Barnes Law Group
Helaine Barnett
Chair, New York State Permanent Commission on Access to Justice
Former President, 成人抖阴
Robert 鈥淏ob鈥 Bauer
Professor of Practice and Distinguished Scholar in Residence,
and Co-Director of the Legislative and Regulatory Practice Clinic
Ralph Baxter
Advisor, Writer & Speaker for the Legal Profession
Former Chairman, Orrick
Craig T. Beazer
General Counsel, Lincoln Financial
Peter J. Beshar
General Counsel, Department of the Air Force
Charles Besser
CEO and Founder, Intersport
Kate Boege
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary,
Wintrust Financial Corporation
Adam Bonin
Founder and Principal, The Law Office of Adam Bonin
Alfreda Bradley-Coar
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Obama Foundation
Joshua Branson
Partner, Kellogg, Hansen, Todd, Figel & Frederick, PLLC
Aaron Brooks
General Counsel 鈥 Corporate Governance, Bank OZK
Susan Brooks
Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, IN-05
Paulette Brown
Founder and Principal, MindSetPower LLC
Debra Cafaro
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Ventas, Inc.
Steven Calabresi
Professor, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Mary Ellen Callahan
Assistant Secretary of the CWMD Office, DHS
Matthew J. Calvert
Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Chris Campbell
Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Franchise Policy Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc.
Peter Carter
Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer, Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Mark Chandler
Former Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.
Rebecca Chavez
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, ChargePoint
Evan R. Chesler
Chairman and Presiding Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Todd Clarke
General Counsel, Southeast Toyota
Patrick Croke
Co-Founder & Partner, Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres
Steven Croley
Chief Policy Officer, Ford Motor Company
The Honorable Charles S. Crompton
Judge, San Francisco Superior Court, Department 19
James "Jim" Crown (In Memoriam)
President, Henry Crown & Co.
Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Managing Partner, Aspen Skiing Company
Paul T. Dacier
General Counsel, Indigo Agriculture
Tye Darland
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Georgia Pacific LLC
Brackett Denniston
Senior Counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP
Matthew Diller
Dean, Fordham University School of Law
Alex Dimitrief
Partner, Zeughaser Group
Deneen Donnely
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Consolidated Edison Company of New York
Bob Dole (In Memoriam)
Special Counsel, Alston & Bird LLP
Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
Matt Dornauer
Chief Legal Officer, HEINEKEN USA
Derek Douglas
Former Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, IonQ Inc.
Doug Eakeley
Professor of Corporate and Business Law, Rutgers Law School
Former Board Chair
Sonja Ebron
Co-Founder & CEO, Courtroom5
Thomas Ehrlich
Adjunct Professor, Stanford Law School
Matt Ellis
Chief Counsel, Ag and Energy Solutions, Koch Companies Public Sector, LLC
David Freeman Engstrom
LSVF Professor of Law, Stanford Law School
Co-Director, Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession
Deborah Enix-Ross
Former President, American Bar Association
Shawn Fagan
Chief Legal Officer, Citadel
D. Cameron Findlay
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary. Archer Daniels Midland, Co.
David Fine
Deputy General Counsel, Litigation
KPMG LLP
Ivan Fong
General Counsel & Secretary, Medtronic
Former Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, 3M Company
Former General Counsel, United States Department of Homeland Security
Alex Forger
Special Counsel, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP
Former President, 成人抖阴
Lisa Foster
Former Director, Department of Justice, Office of Access to Justice
Nabil Foster
Shareholder and Leader of IL Office, Baron & Newburger, P.C.
Kenneth Frazier (Co-Chair)
Chairman of Health Assurance Initiatives, General Catalyst
Former Executive Chairman and CEO, Merck & Co.
April Frazier Camara, Esq.
President & CEO, National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
Eric Friedman
Executive Partner, Skadden
Stacey Friedman
General Counsel & Executive Vice President, J.P. Morgan Chase
Timothy D. Friedman
Trustee, Reynolds Family Foundation
Principal, Heracles LLC
Kathryn Fritz
Managing Partner, Fenwick & West LLP
Elisa Garcia
Chief Legal Officer, Macy's Inc.
Herbert Garten
Former Chairman, Fedder and Garten
Former Board Member, 成人抖阴
Bryant Garth
Interim Director, American Bar Foundation
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor,
Director, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University
Brandon George
Director of Consulting, Ascencion Recovery Services
Eduardo Gonzalez
Program Officer for Civil Justice, American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Danielle Gray
Executive Vice President & Global Chief Legal Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
John Grisham
Author
Eric Grossman
Chief Legal Officer, Morgan Stanley
Horacio Gutierrez
Senior Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, The Walt Disney Company
Tiffany Hall
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, North America, MasterCard
David Halverson
Commanding General, U.S. Army
Jim Harbaugh
Head Football Coach, University of Michigan
Michael J. Harrington
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Eli Lilly
Kimberley Harris
General Counsel, NBC Universal
Brett Hart
President, United Airlines
Ronan Harty
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Amanda Hector
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, D1 Capital Partners
Eric Holder
Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
Former United States Attorney General
Jonathan Holloway
President, & University Professor, Rutgers University
Sven Erik Holmes
Former Vice Chairman, Legal, Risk, and Regulatory and Former Chief Legal Officer, KPMG LLP
Former Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma
Michael Holston
Senior Vice President, General Counsel, General Electric
Ted Howard
Pro Bono Partner, Wiley Rein
Former Chair, ABA Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defense
William Hubbard
Dean, University of South Carolina School of Law
Past President, American Bar Association
Joey Jackson
Founder, Joey Jackson Law LLC
Earl Johnson
Scholar in Residence, Western Center on Law & Poverty
Former Associate Justice, California Court of Appeals
William Johnston
Partner, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP
Brad Karp
Chairman, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Board Chair, Legal Action Center
Neal Katyal
Supreme Court Lawyer & Partner, Hogan Lovells
Former Deputy Solicitor General of the United States
Peter Keisler
Former Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Jim Kelly
Legal Director, Hoerbiger
Christopher Kennedy
Chairman, Joseph P. Kennedy Enterprises, Inc.
Joe Kennedy
Former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, MA-04
John Kiernan
Retired Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP
Jenny Kim
Partner, The Gober Group
Linda Klein
Managing Shareholder, Baker Donelson
Past President, American Bar Association
Harry Korrell
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
Margaret Kuzma
Staff Attorney, Veterans Legal Clinic
Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School
David A. Lash
Managing Counsel for Pro Bono and Public Interest Service, O鈥橫elveny & Myers
David Layfer
Section Head/Commercial Legal, AbbVie
Richard Lee
CEO & Co-Founder, New Era ADR
Steven Lepper
Former President & CEO, Association of Military Banks America
David Levi
Professor of Law and Judicial Studies, Duke University School of Law
Jon Levin
President, GCM Grosvenor
Susan C. Levy
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Northern Trust Corporation
Richard Lewis
President, New York State Bar Association
Jonathan Lippman
Of Counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP
Former Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Marty Lipton
Founding Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz LLP
Andrew Lloyd
Co-Founder, SafeInHome
The Honorable Lora Livingston
Presiding Judge, 261st Civil District Court of Texas
Michael Lufrano
Vice President, Community Affairs & Chief Legal Officer
Chicago Cubs
M. Elizabeth Magill
Former President, University of Pennsylvania
Former Provost, University of Virginia
Former Dean, Stanford Law School
Rob Malionek
Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
John Manning
Dean, Harvard Law School
Craig Martin
Chairman, Midwest, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Judy Perry Martinez
Of Counsel, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn
Immediate Past President, American Bar Association
Wally Martinez
Managing Partner, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
J. Kevin McCarthy
Senior Executive Vice President and General Counsel, BNY Mellon
Madeleine M. McDonough
Chair, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Harriet Miers (Co-Chair)
Partner, Locke Lord LLP
Former White House Counsel
Tom Miles
Dean, University of Chicago Law School
Robert Millen
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Pizza Hut
Alex Miller
Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Product and Operations, Visa Inc.
Lee Miller
Board Member &Co-Head of Management and Investment Committees
Operating Partner, Abundant Venture Partners
E. Leo Milonas
Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Martha Minow
Board Chair, MacArthur Foundation
300th Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University
Newt N. Minow (In Memoriam)
Senior Counsel, Sidley Austin
Honorary Consul General of Singapore
Former Chairman, Federal Communications Commission
Trevor Morrison
Dean, New York University School of Law
Margaret Morrow
Former President & CEO, Public Counsel
Stephen Moss
Retired Partner, Holland & Knight LLP
Mark Murphy
President & CEO, Green Bay Packers
Patrick Murphy
Former Under Secretary of the United States Army
Former U.S. Congressman (PA-8)
Timothy Murphy
Chief Administrative Officer, MasterCard
Stephen Neal
Chairman Emeritus, Cooley LLP
Rodney Nagel
Senior Vice President of Human Resource Operations, Tyson Foods
William Neukom
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, World Justice Project
Past President, American Bar Association
Former Attorney, Microsoft
Sateesh Nori
Clinical Adjunct Professor, New York University Law School
Yvette Ostolaza
Chair, Management Committee, Sidley Austin LLP
Timothy Palmer
Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, Charlesbank Capital Partners
Roderick Palmore
Senior Counsel, Dentons LLP
Lucian Pera
Partner, Adams and Reese LLP
Carter Phillips
Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
Justin D. Pitt
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Community Health Systems
Richard Pogue
Retired Senior Advisor, Jones Day
Robert Post
Professor & Former Dean, Yale Law School
Roberta Ramo
President Emeritus, American Law Institute
Past President, American Bar Association
Shareholder, Modrall Sperling
Harry Reasoner
Partner, Vinson & Elkins LLP
Patricia Lee Refo
Immediate Past President, American Bar Association
Partner, Snell & Wilmer
Rena Reiss
Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Marriott International
Darren Reisberg
President, Hartwick College
Annita M. Riddick
President & Owner, AMR Solutions Firm LLC
Brad Robertson
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Tonya Robinson
Vice Chair & General Counsel, Legal, Regulatory and Compliance, KPMG LLP
John W. Rogers
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer, Ariel Investments
Rod Rosenstein
Partner, King & Spalding LLP
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General
David Rubenstein
Co-Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer, The Carlyle Group
Kathryn H. Ruemmler
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, and General Counsel, Goldman Sachs
Former White House Counsel
William Russell, Jr.
Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Frank Ryan
Global Co-Chair, Global Co-CEO, Americas Chair, DLA Piper
Sharon R. Ryan
Former Senior Vice President and General Counsel, The International Paper Company
Rana Salti
Chief Executive Officer, Kinship Trust Company
Michael Schmidtberger
Chair of Executive Committee, Chicago, Sidley Austin LLP
Amy Schulman
Venture Partner, Polaris Partners
John F. Schultz
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Lisa Schwab
Senior Corporate Counsel, Liberty Mutual
Laureen Seeger
Chief Legal Officer, American Express
Bud Selig
Commissioner Emeritus, Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball
James R. Silkenat
Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors at the World Justice Project, World Justice Project
Samuel K. Skinner
Of Counsel; Chair, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Shelly Skinner
Former Special Ethics Counsel, National Labor Relations Board
Michael Skoglund
Group Lead Lawyer 鈥 Cargill Salt, Cargill
Daniel Slifkin
Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Cliff Sloan
Retired Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Visiting Scholar, Georgetown University Law Center
Brad Smith
Vice Chair and President, Microsoft Corporation
Debra Smith
General Counsel, Madison Commercial Real Estate Services
Claire Solot
Managing Director, Bigglesworth Family Foundation
Co-Founder, Legal Services Funder Network
Kristen Sonday
Founder, Paladin
Arne Sorenson (In Memoriam)
Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Marriott International
Thomas Souleles
Co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners
Roanne Sragow-Licht
Former First Justice, Cambridge District Court of Massachusetts
Deirdre Stanley
Executive Vice President and General Counsel, the Est茅e Lauder Companies Inc.
Laura Stein
EVP, General Counsel, Corporate & Legal Affairs, Mondel膿z International
Frank Strickland
Board Committee Member, 成人抖阴
Deanell Tacha
Board Member, Equal Justice Works
Former Dean, Pepperdine School of Law
Jason Tashea
Founding Director, Judicial Innovation Fellowship, Georgetown University Law Center Consultant, The World Bank
Annie Terry
Managing Director, General Counsel, & Chief Compliance Officer, Madison Dearborn Partners
Board Member, Legal Aid Chicago
Marc Theriault
Deputy Circuit Executive, Office of the Circuit Executive, Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard "Dick" Thornburgh (In Memoriam)
Former Of Counsel, K&L Gates LLP
United States Attorney General, 1988-1991
William Treanor
Dean; Executive Vice President, Georgetown University Law School
Joel Unruch
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, Accenture
Palmer Gene Vance II
Member, Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC
Donald B. Verrilli
Partner, Munger, Tolles & Olson (Founder, Washington, DC Office)
Former Solicitor General
Robert Vischer
Dean, University of St. Thomas School of Law
Darren Walker
President, Ford Foundation
Jo-Ann Wallace
Immediate Past President, National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA)
Ed Walters
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Fastcase, Inc.
Daniel E. Wathen
Of Counsel, Pierce Atwood LLP
Former Chief Justice, Maine Supreme Court
Ronald Weich
Dean, University of Baltimore School of Law
H. Thomas 鈥淭ommy鈥 Wells, Jr. (In Memoriam)
Shareholder, Maynard Cooper & Gale
Past President, American Bar Association
Mark West
Dean and Nippon Life Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School
Verna Williams
CEO, Equal Justice Works
Joseph W. Winkels
Attorney, Carlson, Caspers, Vandenburgh, Lindquist & Schuman, P.A.
William "Rocky" Wirtz (In Memoriam)
Principal Owner, Chairman, Chicago Blackhawks
Teresa Wynn Roseborough
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, The Home Depot, Inc.
Former United States Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Salle Yoo
Former Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary, IonQ Inc.
Andrew Young
Founder and Chair, Andrew J. Young Foundation
Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations
David Zapolsky
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Amazon
David Zimmer
Partner, Goodwin Procter LLP