Board of Directors

Marcia Johnson-Blanco is the Co-director of the Lawyers’ Committee’s Voting Rights Project.

Lisa Crooms is a law professor and academic dean at Howard Law School.  She teaches Constitutional Law, Gender and the Law, International Human Rights Law and Supreme Court Jurisprudence

Larry Cox has been working for peace, justice and human rights around the world for more than four decades.

Eric Tars serves as Senior Attorney at the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, focusing on its human rights, civil rights, and children's rights programs.

Monami Maulik was born in the refugee colonies of Kolkata, India and grew up in Bronx, New York. She has been an organizer in the fields of immigrant, racial justice, youth, and global justice for over 18 years.

Miguel E. Andrade was born in Buga, Colombia and immigrated to the U.S when he was 5 years old.

RJ Thompson, Esq. is a human rights lawyer, organizer and educator who currently works as the community educator of the Fair Courts Project at Lamda Legal.

Jenni Gainsborough was the Director of the Washington Office of Penal Reform International (PRI) from 2002 to 2008.