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Meet PRP’s board of directors

Our board of directors play a key role in guiding Public Rights Project’s mission and shaping our strategies for success. Each member is committed to the fight for civil rights and brings a wealth of expertise to our work.

Founding board members

Advisory Board

Lenore Anderson: Co-founder & President, Alliance for Safety & Justice;

Erin Bernstein: Founder, Bradley Bernstein Sands LLP

Kelly Dermody: Partner, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP

Karen Dunn: Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP; former Associate Counsel to President Obama

Bram Elias: Clinical Professor & Director of Immigration Practice, University of Iowa College of Law

Stella Burch Elias: Professor, University of Iowa College of Law

Danielle Gray: Executive Vice President and Global Chief Legal Officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.; former Assistant to President Obama & Cabinet Secretary

Dennis Herrera: General Manager, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission; former City Attorney, San Francisco

Travis LeBlanc: Partner, Cooley LLP; former Enforcement Chief, Federal Communications Commission

Christy Lopez: Professor, Georgetown Law; former Deputy Chief, U.S. DOJ Civil Rights Division

Kathleen Morris: Professor, Golden Gate University Law School; co-founder, San Francisco Affirmative Litigation Project at Yale Law School

Julian Mortenson: Professor, University of Michigan Law School

Melissa Murray: Professor Professor, New York University School of Law, Co-Host, Strict Scrutiny

Swati Mylavarapu: Founder, Incite.org; Co-Founder, The Arena

Genevieve Nadeau: Counsel, Protect Democracy

Joanna Pearl: Student Loan Justice Fellow, Student Borrower Protection Center; former Chief Operating Officer, Public Rights Project

Eli Savit: Prosecuting Attorney, Washtenaw County, Michigan

David Vladeck: Professor, Georgetown Law; former Director, Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection