Emerging Leaders Council
The Legal Services Corporation’s Emerging Leaders Council will bring together some of the country’s rising leaders to help increase public awareness of the crisis in civil legal aid and the importance of providing equal access to justice to all low-income Americans.
Emerging Leaders Council Co-Chairs
Remarks from Ransom Wydner at LSC's 50th Celebration
LSC’s Emerging Leaders Council Co-Chair Ransom Wydner took the stage at LSC's 50th anniversary gala to share his personal story of a childhood impacted by evictions and persistent housing insecurity. He was just two years old when his family was first evicted for nonpayment.
Discover the Blog: Justice Rising
Justice Rising is a publication of the LSC's Emerging Leaders Council. Read it for their insights on closing the justice gap and the latest developments in access-to-justice efforts.
Emerging Leaders Council Members
Sara Agate
Founder, 1871
Berto Aguayo
Associate, K&L Gates
Zain Al-Khalil
Immigration Attorney, Indo-American Center
Liani Balasuriya
Counsel to the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Commerce
Cayley Balser
Professor of Practice, Service Impact Area Lead at Innovation for Justice University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law
Jessica Bednarz
Director of Legal Services, Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System,
University of Denver
Sarah Bennett Bures
Pro Bono Director & Counsel, Troutman Pepper
Amanda Brown
Executive Director, Lagniappe Law Lab
Andrew D. Brown
Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
Amy Chapple
Senior Counsel, Gilead Sciences
Megan Connelly
Director, Utah State Bar
Tucker Cottingham
General Manager, Clio
Hayley Cousin
Executive Director, Community Justice Advocates of Utah
Mark Doerr
Partner, Patrick Doerr PLLC
Andrea Donahue
Program Director, Office of Legal Services Innovation, Utah State Bar
Mauricio Duarte
COO, A2J Tech
Brett Felter
Assistant Attorney General, Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Sam Flynn
Co-Founder, Josef
Andres Fonseca
Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
Kaitlyn Fydenkevez
Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP
Ruby Garrett
Associate, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
David Gray
Director of Business, LawDroid
Chase Hertel
Director of Consumer & Counsel, SimpleCitizen
Johnathan Hill (Co-Chair)
Program Manager & Social Impact & Community Engagement Lead, Relativity
Eliza Hong (Co-Chair)
Associate Attorney, Corporate Department, Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP
Kelsea A. Jeon
J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School
Shiva Kooragayala
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Courts
Allison Luzwick
Litigation Associate, Holland & Knight LLP
Dana Marquez Richardson
Senior Staff Attorney, OneJustice
Josh Meltzer
Managing Counsel, Education Affairs and Governance, University of California
Mitch Mitchell
Trust Advisor, Regions Bank
Dorna Moini
CEO & Founder, Gavel
Matthew Monahan
Assistant Federal Defender at Federal Community Defender Eastern District of Michigan
Neil Pai
General Counsel, Founders Fund
Christian Palacios
Associate, Duane Morris LLP
Adrián Palma
Director of Innovation, Practising Law Institute
Toby Pechner
Director of Family Worship & Songleading, Congregation Rodef Sholom
Cassie Powell
Director, Access to Justice Clinic
University of Richmond
Verenice Ramirez
UX Designer, Georgetown University Law Center
Peter Riley
Chief of Staff, Alta Futures
Luke Ruse
General Counsel, Ontra
Roya Samarghandi
Chief Advocacy & Innovation Officer, Chicago Bar Foundation
Jaclyn Sattler
Senior Manager, Strategy & Business Operations, Relativity
Soha Saiyed
Partner, Reece Saiyed Parry-Johnson, LLP
Armin Salek
Executive Director, Youth Justice Alliance
Julia Schutt
Researcher & Project Manager, A2J Tech
Russell Shankland
Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Andrew Shulman
AI for Justice Innovation Lead & Program Manager, Thomson Reuters
Shelly Skinner
Clarion AI Partners, Director of AI Governance and Strategy
Kaitlyn Slack
Senior Business Development Consultant, Palo Alto Networks - Unit 42
Sainabou Sonko
Senior Counsel, Tyson Foods
Aidan Sova
Regional Product Lead, Google
Joanne Sprague
Director, Everlaw for Good
Grace Stewart
Attorney, Quarles & Brady LLP
Olivia Sullivan
Managing Associate, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff LLP
Millie Tadewaldt
Founder & CEO, Brilliant
Garrett Thomas
Founder & Managing Attorney, The Law Office of Garrett Thomas
Jayant (Jay) Trewn
Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP
Rachel Waddey
Counsel, Capital Markets & Finance, Carvana
Ransom Wydner (Co-Chair)
Vice President, Pro Bono and Social Impact, SixFifty
Brian Xu
J.D. Candidate, Stanford Law School
M.P.P Candidate, Harvard Kennedy School