Board of Directors

• Barbara Schatz (Chair)

  Clinical Professor of Law, Columbia University

  Barbara Schatz joined the Columbia Law School faculty in 1985. She served as director of clinical education from 1996 to 2001. She previously served as executive director of the Council of New York Law Associates (now the Lawyers Alliance for New York), where she administered a public-interest [...] Read more

• Łukasz Bojarski

  Co-Founder and member of Managing Board, INPRIS

  Łukasz Bojarski is co-founder and member of the management board of INPRIS, a legal think tank. He is also member of the National Council of the Judiciary of Poland, appointed by the president of Poland in September 2010. He was previously affiliated with the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights [...] Read more

• Antonia Grumbach

  Of Counsel, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York Office

  Antonia Grumbach is of counsel at Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, where she practiced law for more than 30 years. She currently focuses her practice in the area of tax-exempt organizations, handling corporate, tax, and other related work for private foundations and [...] Read more

• Krassimir Kanev

  Chairperson and Director, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC)

  Dr. Krassimir Kanev has been the chair and director of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (BHC), the largest Bulgarian human rights advocacy NGO, since 1994. He teaches courses in human rights at the Sofia University and for human rights professionals and activists internationally for the Boston- [...] Read more

• Kimberly Reed (Treasurer)

  President, Reed International Law & Consulting, Washington, DC and Moscow

  Kimberly Reed has more than 20 years of experience in international law, policy, and development.  Her practice centers on complex international corporate transactions, mergers and acquisitions, project finance/ infrastructure transactions, private equity investments in Russia and the [...] Read more

• Jonathan Small

  Senior Consultant, Government Relations, Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York

  Jon Small was president and executive director from 2000-2005 of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, Inc. (NPCC), an umbrella organization with approximately 1,600 nonprofit organizations as its members serving the nonprofit sector in the New York metropolitan area. He is currently [...] Read more

• Suzanne Turner (Secretary)

  Partner, Dechert, Washington, DC Office

  Suzanne E. Turner is a partner and chair of Dechert's firm-wide pro bono practice. Her practice involves a wide range of human and civil rights litigation. Turner also has more than 17 years of experience as a litigator, concentrating primarily in employment and labor law. Throughout her career [...] Read more

• Robert Vanni

  Attorney, Vice President and General Counsel Emeritus, The New York Public Library

  Robert Vanni is general counsel emeritus and former vice president, general counsel and secretary of The New York Public Library. A former corporate associate with the law firm of Shearman & Sterling, Vanni also served as first general counsel of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs [...] Read more

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