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The Brennan Center for Justice is led by President Michael Waldman and is staffed by lawyers, researchers, and advocates for democracy.

Executive Leadership

Michael Waldman
President and CEO Office of the President
Melissa Estok
Executive Director Office of the President
John Anthony Butler
Chief Operating Officer Finance & Operations
Jeanine Chirlin
Chief of Staff Office of the President
Jaemin Kim
Vice President Development
John F. Kowal
Vice President, Program Initiatives
Chisun Lee
Deputy Executive Director
Elisa Miller
General Counsel Finance & Operations
Lawrence Norden
Senior Director Elections & Government
Wendy R. Weiser
Vice President Democracy
Pinky Weitzman
Vice President Communications

Leadership

Alicia Bannon
Director, Judiciary Program Democracy
Kareem Crayton
Senior Director, Voting Rights and Representation Democracy
Antonio Dell’Agli
IT Director Finance & Operations
John Donahue
Managing Director Development
Lauren-Brooke Eisen
Senior Director Justice
Barton Gellman
Senior Advisor
Elizabeth Goitein
Senior Director Liberty & National Security
Allison Hertz
Director of Finance Finance & Operations
Paulette Hodge
Director, Direct Response & Donor Services Development
Elizabeth Howard
Deputy Director Elections & Government
Sean Morales-Doyle
Director, Voting Rights Democracy
Mireya Navarro
Editor-in-chief, Brennan en español Communications
Brian Palmer
Director, Editorial and Events Communications
Faiza Patel
Senior Director Liberty & National Security
Gowri Ramachandran
Deputy Director Elections & Government
Alexandra Ringe
Director, Media and Strategic Engagement Communications
Miriam Rosenbaum
Director, Democracy Futures Project
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr.
Chief Counsel Office of the President
Evan Stepper
Digital Director Communications
Katherine Storch
Director, Institutional Relations Development
Ram Subramanian
Managing Director Justice
Lisa Vosper
Director, Multimedia & Design Communications
Rachel Levinson-Waldman
Managing Director Liberty & National Security
Alden Wallace
Director, Creative/Design Communications
Daniel I. Weiner
Director Elections & Government
Thomas Wolf
Director of Democracy Initiatives Democracy

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