As advocates, we fight to empower all people to organize for change in the criminal legal system. We engage in policy advocacy and public education to improve the laws and practices that govern the current system.
Executive
Josh Craddock
Vice President, Finance
Kelly Simon
Vice President of Development and Membership
Tammy W. Sun
Vice President, Legal Affairs
Steve Ralls
Vice President, Communications, Marketing & Branding
Legal Access to Justice Project
Leah M. Nicholls
Director, Access to Justice Project
Shelby Leighton
Staff Attorney, Access to Justice Project
Michael Skocpol
Senior Staff Attorney, Access to Justice Project
Jacqueline Arkush
2025-2026 Justice Catalyst Fellow
Debtors’ Prison Project
Leslie Bailey
Director, Debtors’ Prison Project
Brian Hardingham
Senior Attorney, Debtor’s Prison Project
Charles Moore
Staff Attorney, Debtors’ Prison Project
Alexandra Jordan
Senior Attorney, Debtors’ Prison Project
Jacquelyn Oesterblad
Staff Attorney, Debtors’ Prison Project
Caitlin Power
Research Specialist
Renee Hernandez Rodriguez
Summer Law Clerk, Debtors’ Prison Project
Mariam Elbakr
Skadden Fellow, Debtors’ Prison Project
Environmental Enforcement Project
Dan Snyder
Director, Environmental Enforcement Project
Jim Hecker
Senior Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project
Haley Nicholson
Staff Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project
Blythe Faris
Summer Law Clerk, Environmental Enforcement Project
Students’ Civil Rights Project
Adele P. Kimmel
Director, Students’ Civil Rights Project
Alexandra Brodsky
Litigation Director, Students’ Civil Rights Project
Tara Patel
Senior Staff Attorney, Students’ Civil Rights Project
Tavi Unger
Staff Attorney, Students’ Civil Rights Project
Sophie Lenihan
Public Service Venture Fund Fellow
Leila Nasrolahi
Legal Fellow
Legal Staff
Victoria W. Ni
Special Projects Advisor
Kathleen Morris
Legal Assistant/Operations Coordinator
Paula Athey
Legal Assistant
Hannah Rose
Litigation Paralegal
Communications, Marketing & Branding
Brianna Dimas
Managing Director of Communications
Toyo Ubaldo
Director of Digital Communications
DEVELOPMENT
Tonia Allison
Development Operations Manager
OPERATIONS
Brandon Reed
Assistant Controller
For the Common Good
For the Common Good
For the Common Good Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Ellen A. Presby
President
David F. Sugerman
President-Elect
Melissa S. Weiner
Treasurer
Janet R. Varnell
Immediate Past President
William Anderson
Executive Committee Member
Esther E. Berezofsky
Past President (2014-2015)
Blythe Chandler
Executive Committee Member
Linda Correia
Executive Committee Member
Robin L. Greenwald
Executive Committee Member
Amy E. Keller
Executive Committee Member
Rayna Kessler
Executive Committee Member
Seth R. Lesser
Executive Committee Member
Jason L. Lichtman
Executive Committee Member
Hadley Lundback
Executive Committee Member
Roger L. Mandel
Executive Committee Member
Sabita Soneji
Executive Committee Member
Alinor Sterling
Executive Committee Member
Tara Sutton
Past President (2017-2018)
Richard P. Traulsen
Executive Committee Member
2025–2026 Board of Directors
Jennie Lee Anderson
Board Member
Greg Asciolla
Board Member
Benjamin L. Bailey
Board Member
Leonard A. Bennett
Board Member
Raymond P. Boucher
Board Member
Mitchell Breit
Board Member
Russell W. Budd
Board Member
Elizabeth Chavez
Board Member
Joan B. Claybrook
Board Member
Gaetano (Guy) D’Andrea
Board Member
Diandra Fu Debrosse
Board Member
Deborah A. Elman
Board Member
Yvette Ferrer
Board Member
Myriam Gilles
Board Member
Kevin Hannon
Board Member
J.D. Hays, Jr.
Board Member
Steven Kazan
Board Member
Anne McGinness Kearse
Past President (2016–2017)
Andrew A. Lemmon
Board Member
Danielle Ward Mason
Board Member
Victoria S. Nugent
Board Member
Anna P. Prakash
Board Member
Karina Puttieva
Board Member
Ronald Rodriguez
Board Member
Norman E. Siegel
Board Member
Donald H. Slavik
Board Member
Todd A. Smith
Board Member
Gerson H. Smoger
Past President (2008-2009)
Preston Tisdale
Past President (2023-2024)
Joe Wardenski
Board Member
Tina Wolfson
Board Member
Chauniqua D. Young
Board Member
Emeritus Board
Daniel K. Bryson
Past President (2021-2022)
Eric L. Cramer
Past President (2020-2021)
Conal Doyle
Emeritus Board Member
Sanford P. Dumain
Emeritus Chair
Jeffrey D. Eisenberg
Emeritus Board Member
Ingrid M. Evans
Emeritus Board Member
Stephen J. Herman
Emeritus Board Member
Wayne Hogan
Emeritus Board Member
Neville Johnson
Emeritus Board Member
Frederick S. Longer
Emeritus Board Member
Paul Miller
Emeritus Board Member
Christopher T. Nace
Emeritus Board Member
Bill Rossbach
Emeritus Board Member
Frederick S. Schwartz
Emeritus Board Member
Hassan A. Zavareei
President-Elect
Past Presidents
George W. Shadoan
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1984-1985)
Joseph W. Cotchett
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1986-1987)
William A. Trine
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1988-1989)
Salvador A. Liccardo
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1989-1990)
Jeffrey P. Foote
The TLPJ Foundation Past President(1992–1993)
Mary A. Parker
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1994-1995)
Michael E. Withey
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1995–1996)
William E. Snead
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1996-1997)
Joseph A. Power, Jr.
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1998-1999)
Nicole Schultheis
Past President The TLPJ Foundation (1999-2000)
Peter Perlman
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2000-2001)
Susan Vogel Saladoff
The TLPJ Foundation Past President 2001-2002
Paul L. Stritmatter
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2002-2003)
J. Gary Gwilliam
2003-2004 (The TLPJ Foundation)
Jeffrey M. Goldberg
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2004-2005)
Thomas M. Dempsey
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2005-2006)
Alan R. Brayton
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2006-2007)
Sandra H. Robinson
Past President (2007-2008)
Mona Lisa Wallace
Past President (2009-2010)
Harry G. Deitzler
Past President (2010-2011)
Steven E. Fineman
Past President (2011-2012)
Theodore J. Leopold
Past President (2013-2014)
Brad J. Moore
Past President (2015-2016)
Michael L. Pitt
Past President (2018-2019)
Beth Terrell
Past President (2019-2020)
Thomas M. Sobol
Past President (2022-2023)
Past Presidents (In Memoriam)
J. D. Lee
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1981-1982)
Dean A. Robb
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1982-1983)
Daniel F. Sullivan
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1983-1984)
Robert E. Cartwright, Sr.
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1985-1986)
Ted M. Warshafsky
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1987-1988)
Leonard M. Ring
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1990-1991)
Anthony W. Cunningham
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1991-1992)
Eugene I. Pavalon
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1993-1994)
Frederick M. Baron
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1997-1998)
Jack Landskroner
Past President (2012-2013)
