gideon’s promise board of directors
Board of Directors
Our board members are fiduciaries of Gideon’s Promise, who steer the organization towards a sustainable future by adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies, as well as ensuring Gideon’s Promise has adequate resources to advance its mission.
Mark J. Rochon, Chairman
Member
Miller & Chevalier Chartered
Washington, D.C.
Sam Starks, Vice Chairman
Senior Attorney
The Cochran Firm Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Rochelle Yankwitt, Treasurer
Retired – Director of Client Service
Tortoise Investment Management
New York, NY
Clinton Browning, Secretary
Partner & Head
DREAMSCAPE
Berkeley, CA
Ilham Askia
President & Chief Executive Officer
East Lake Foundation
Atlanta, GA
C. Dawn Deaner
Executive Director and Founder, Choosing Justice Initiative
Former Metro-Nashville Public Defender
Nashville, TN
Marc Johnson
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Meta
Menlo Park, CA
Mina Malik
Senior Partner
The Cochran Firm New York
New York, NY
Serena Nunn
Attorney
Criminal Justice Reformer
Atlanta, GA
Naveen Ramachandrappa
Partner
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP
Atlanta, GA
JaKathryn Ross
Senior Director, Community Affairs
Georgia Pacific
Atlanta, GA
David E. Patton
Executive Director
Federal Defenders of New York
New York, NY
Jonathan Rapping
Co-Founder
Gideon’s Promise
Atlanta, GA
Alejo Rodriguez Jr.
Adjunct Professor
Columbia Law School
Brooklyn, NY
Virginia Sloan
President-Emeritus and Founder
The Constitution Project
Washington, D.C.
Paul Song
Co-Founder/CEO
FuseBio Therapeutics
Los Angeles, CA
Jon M. Talotta
Partner
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Washington, D.C.
gideon’s promise advisory board
Advisory Board
Emmet Bondurant
Partner
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore, LLP
Atlanta, GA
Blair G. Brown
Partner
Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP
Washington, DC
Charles E. Clayman
Partner
Clayman Rosenburg Kirshner & Linder LLP
New York, NY
Lara Druyan
Managing Director
Silicon Valley Data Capital
San Francisco, CA
George H. Kendall
Director, Public Service Initiative
Squire Patton Boggs
New York, NY
W. Gary Kohlman
Sr. Counsel for Litigation
Office of the Attorney General
Washington D.C.
Ray Marshall
Rapoport Chair in Economics & Public Affairs
University of Texas – Austin
Former United States Secretary of Labor
Austin, TX
Michele Roberts
Former Executive Director
National Basketball Players Association
New York, NY
Claudia Saari
Circuit Public Defender
Stone Mountain Circuit Public Defender Office
Stone Mountain, GA
Mark Stephens
Attorney
The Law Office of Mark E. Stephens
Knoxville, TN
Sheel Tyle
Founder & CEO
Amplo
Spring, TX
† Ian Yankwitt
Founder
Tortoise Investment Management
New York, NY
† Deceased
Protecting This Promise
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