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Board of Directors

Co-Chairs

Tom A. Bernstein
Chelsea Piers Management, Inc.
William D. Zabel
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Vice-Chair

Michael K. Rozen
TRGP Capital Management, LLP

Secretary

Roberta “Robbie” Karp
Karp Randel LLC

Treasurer

Lynda Clarizio
U.S. Media at Nielson
J. Adam Abram
James River Group, Inc.
Antony “Tony” Blinken
Former Deputy Secretary of State
Elizabeth Bowyer
Goldman Sachs
Donald Francis Donovan
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Matthew S. Dontzin
Dontzin Nagy & Fleissig LLP
Leslie Gimbel
Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation
R. Scott Greathead
Eversheds Sutherland LLP
Myrna K. Greenberg
City Lights Youth Theatre
Lewis B. Kaden
Citigroup, Inc. (Ret.)
Kerry Kennedy
RFK Human Rights
Robert A. Mandell
Former Ambassador to Luxembourg; Greater Properties, Inc. (Ret.)
David P. Matthews
The Matthews Law Firm
Alexi Meyers
Sanctuary for Families
Alberto Mora
Carr Center for Human Rights, Harvard; Mars, Inc. (Ret.)
Matthew Olsen
IronNet Cybersecurity
Mona Sutphen
Macro Advisory Partners
Lev A. Sviridov
Hunter College - CUNY

Emeritus Board

Jo Backer Laird
Michael Davis
Dan Doctoroff
Mitchell F. Dolin
Kenneth Feinberg
Gail Furman
John Hutson
Phil Lacovara
Barbara A. Schatz
James R. Silkenat
Rose Styron
James W. Ziglar

Board of Advocates

James J. Benjamin Jr.
New York, NY
Eric Biel
Washington, D.C.
Binta Niambi Brown
New York, NY
Stuart M. Cobert
Scarsdale, NY
Cathleen Collins
New York, NY/Los Angeles, CA
Alan R. Crain, Jr.
Houston, TX
James R. Dugan II
New Orleans, LA
Viv Eisenberg
New York, NY
Melissa B. Francis
New York, NY
Terry Friedman
Los Angeles, CA
Jennifer S. Geetter
Washington, D.C.
Rear Admiral Donald Guter
USN (Ret.), Houston, TX
Marcy Harris
New York, NY
Daniel J. Jones
Washington, DC
Marc Lawrence-Apfelbaum
New York, NY
Joseph D. Lee
Los Angeles, CA
James Leitner
Wyckoff, NJ
Peggy Matthews
Houston, TX
Allen Matusow
Houston, TX
Marcellus McRae
Los Angeles, CA
Gordon Quan
Houston, TX
Shefali Razdan Duggal
San Francisco, CA
David Rudenstine
New York, NY/Los Angeles, CA
Allison Saxe
New York, NY
Abigail Scheuer
New York, NY
Steven H. Schulman
Washington, D.C.
Greg Segal
New York, NY
Robert D. Sloan
New Orleans, LA
Mary Ann Stein
Washington, D.C.
Liza M. Velazquez
New York, NY
Samuel M. Witten
Washington, D.C.
James D. Zirin
New York, NY

Our Impact

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Human Rights First is a premier institution devoted to the noblest of all causes.

” — Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
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