Advisory Board

Since its formation in 2018, the Policing Project’s Advisory Board has gathered experienced leaders from key policy, advocacy, and public service organizations to guide and advance our mission. We are deeply grateful for their service and support.

Nicholas Turner, Chair

Executive Vice President for Programs, Ford Foundation; Fmr. President and Director, Vera Institute of Justice

Art Acevedo

Fmr. Chief of Police, Austin, Houston, Miami, Aurora

Debo P. Adegbile

Partner & Anti-Discrimination Practice Chair, WilmerHale; Former Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

Deborah Archer

President, ACLU; Associate Dean for Experiential Education and Clinical Programs, the Margaret B. Hoppin Professor of Law, and Faculty Director of the Community Equity Initiative at NYU Law

Jennifer Carnig

President, Spitfire Strategies

Jane Castor

Mayor, Tampa, FL; Fmr. Chief, Tampa Police Department

Melanca Clark

Fmr. President & CEO, Hudson-Webber Foundation; Fmr. Chief of Staff, U.S. DOJ COPS Office

Jerry Clayton

Sheriff (Ret.), Washtenaw County, Michigan

John Drake

Chief of Police, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department; Secretary, Board of Directors, PERF

Loretta Lynch

Partner, Paul Weiss and Former U.S. Attorney General

Renee Hall

National 2nd VP, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE); Fmr. Chief of Police, Dallas Police Department

Chris Harris

Associate Director of Advocacy, Texas Civil Rights Project

Hal Hess

Co-Founder, Paradigm Infrastructure Limited

Fred Humphries

Corporate Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft

Jeremiah Mosteller

Policy Director, Americans for Prosperity

Matthew Johnson

Partner, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Former President, Los Angeles Police Commission

Mecole Jordan-McBride

Senior Program Officer, Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation

Gary Lauder

Managing Director, Lauder Partners LLC

Ivy Lee

Director, Mayor's Office for Victims' Rights, San Francisco

Vikrant Reddy

Senior Research Fellow, Stand Together Trust

Marcellus McRae

Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Sheena Meade

CEO, Clean Slate Initiative

Sylvia Moir

Undersheriff, Marin County Sheriff's Office

Marc Morial

President, National Urban League; Fmr. Mayor, New Orleans

Sean Smoot

Managing Principal Partner, 21CP Solutions; Director and Chief Counsel, Police Benevolent and Protective Association of Illinois

Clark Neily

Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute

Alondra Nelson

Harold F. Linder Professor, Institute for Advanced Study; Sr. Advisor on Civil Rights and Technology, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Brian O'Hara

Fmr. Chief, Minneapolis Police Department; Fmr. Deputy Mayor, Newark, NJ

Kathleen O'Toole

Partner, 21CP Solutions; Chief (ret.), Seattle Police Department; Commissioner (ret.), Boston Police Department

Sam Sinyangwe

Creator, Police Scorecard; Co-Founder, Campaign Zero

Alumni

The Policing Project extends our gratitude to our Advisory Board alumni whose experience and guidance helped to advance our mission in the formative years of our organization.