Public Justice takes on systemic threats to justice through high-impact litigation, strategic communications, and partnerships. Our staff and board work to advance civil rights, protect the environment, defend access to justice, end the criminalization of poverty, and hold powerful institutions accountable.
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 of External Affairs
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, Debtors’ 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
Environmental Enforcement Project
Dan Snyder
Director, Environmental Enforcement Project
Jim Hecker
Senior Attorney, Environmental Enforcement Project
Haley Nicholson
Staff Attorney, 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
Sophie Lenihan
Legal Fellow, Students’ Civil Rights Project
Leila Nasrolahi
Legal Fellow, Legal Fellow, Students’ Civil Rights Project
Legal Staff
Victoria W. Ni
Special Projects Advisor
Kathleen Morris
Legal Assistant/Operations Coordinator
Paula Athey
Legal Assistant
Hannah Rose
Litigation Paralegal
Communications & External Affairs
Adriana Rivera Rodríguez
Social Media & Digital Content Associate
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
David F. Sugerman
President
Beth Terrell
President-Elect
Melissa S. Weiner
Vice President
Ellen A. Presby
Immediate Past President
William Anderson
Executive Committee Member
Raymond P. Boucher
Executive Committee Member
Deborah A. Elman
Executive Committee Member
Andrea Gold
Executive Committee Member
Robin L. Greenwald
Executive Committee Member
Rayna Kessler
Executive Committee Member
Seth R. Lesser
Executive Committee Member
Hadley Lundback
Executive Committee Member
Anna P. Prakash
Executive Committee Member
Norman E. Siegel
Executive Committee Member
Alinor Sterling
Executive Committee Member
Richard P. Traulsen
Executive Committee Member
Eric L. Cramer
Past President (2020–2021)
Sandra H. Robinson
Past President (2007-2008)
2026–2027 Board of Directors
Jennie Lee Anderson
Board Member
Greg Asciolla
Board Member
Leonard A. Bennett
Board Member
Mitchell Breit
Board Member
Russell W. Budd
Board Member
Blythe Chandler
Board Member
Elizabeth Chavez
Board Member
Joan B. Claybrook
Board Member
Linda Correia
Board Member
Sara O. Couch
Board Member
Gaetano (Guy) D’Andrea
Board Member
Diandra Fu Debrosse
Board Member
Yvette Ferrer
Board Member
Myriam Gilles
Board Member
Elizabeth Graham
Board Member
Kevin Hannon
Board Member
Steven Kazan
Board Member
Andrew A. Lemmon
Board Member
Jason L. Lichtman
Board Member
Jonathan Marshall
Board Member
Danielle Ward Mason
Board Member
Karina Puttieva
Board Member
Ronald Rodriguez
Board Member
Kristen G. Simplicio
Board Member
Todd A. Smith
Board Member
Sabita Soneji
Board Member
Joe Wardenski
Board Member
Matt Wessler
Board Member
Chauniqua D. Young
Board Member
Emeritus Board
Sanford P. Dumain
Emeritus Board Chair
Benjamin L. Bailey
Emeritus Board Member
Daniel K. Bryson
Past President (2021–2022)
Conal Doyle
Emeritus Board Member
Jeffrey D. Eisenberg
Emeritus Board Member
Ingrid M. Evans
Emeritus Board Member
J.D. Hays, Jr.
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
Roger L. Mandel
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
Donald H. Slavik
Emeritus Board Member
Hassan A. Zavareei
Emeritus Board Member
Past Presidents
Janet R. Varnell
Past President (2024–2025)
Preston Tisdale
Past President (2023–2024)
Thomas M. Sobol
Past President (2022–2023)
Michael L. Pitt
Past President (2018–2019)
Tara Sutton
Past President (2017–2018)
Anne McGinness Kearse
Past President (2016–2017)
Brad J. Moore
Past President (2015–2016)
Esther E. Berezofsky
Past President (2014–2015)
Theodore J. Leopold
Past President (2013–2014)
Steven E. Fineman
Past President (2011–2012)
Harry G. Deitzler
Past President (2010–2011)
Mona Lisa Wallace
Past President (2009–2010)
Gerson H. Smoger
Past President (2008–2009)
Alan R. Brayton
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2006–2007)
Thomas M. Dempsey
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2005–2006)
Jeffrey M. Goldberg
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2004–2005)
J. Gary Gwilliam
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2003–2004)
Paul L. Stritmatter
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2002–2003)
Susan Vogel Saladoff
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2001–2002)
Peter Perlman
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (2000–2001)
Nicole Schultheis
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1999–2000)
Joseph A. Power, Jr.
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1998–1999)
William E. Snead
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1996–1997)
Michael E. Withey
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1995–1996)
Mary A. Parker
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1994–1995)
Jeffrey P. Foote
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1992–1993)
Salvador A. Liccardo
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1989–1990)
William A. Trine
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1988–1989)
Joseph W. Cotchett
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1986–1987)
George W. Shadoan
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1984–1985)
Past Presidents (In Memoriam)
Jack Landskroner
Past President (2012–2013)
Frederick M. Baron
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1997–1998)
Eugene I. Pavalon
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1993–1994)
Anthony W. Cunningham
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1991–1992)
Leonard M. Ring
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1990–1991)
Ted M. Warshafsky
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1987–1988)
Robert E. Cartwright, Sr.
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1985–1986)
Daniel F. Sullivan
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1983–1984)
Dean A. Robb
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1982–1983)
J. D. Lee
The TLPJ Foundation Past President (1981–1982)
