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This is the Board of Directors page for the Brennan Center for Justice, a legal and policy organization focused on democracy and justice issues. It has minimal direct relevance to AI safety research.

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This page lists the Board of Directors of the Brennan Center for Justice, a nonpartisan law and policy institute affiliated with NYU School of Law. The board includes law professors, legal practitioners, corporate executives, and nonprofit leaders. The organization focuses on democracy, voting rights, and justice reform rather than AI safety.

Key Points

  • The Brennan Center for Justice is affiliated with NYU School of Law and governed by a diverse board of legal and policy experts.
  • Board members include NYU law professors, retired law firm partners, and corporate executives from companies like NBCUniversal and Verizon.
  • The organization's focus is on democracy, voting rights, and legal reform — not AI safety or technology policy specifically.
  • Michael Waldman serves as President of the Brennan Center for Justice.

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 Our Board of Directors brings together faculty of NYU School of Law and experts from the legal, nonprofit, and corporate sectors.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 CHAIRS

 

 
 Kimberley D. Harris 
Executive Vice President, General Counsel, NBCUniversal 

 

 
 Christine A. Varney 
Retired Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

 Leslie Bhutani 
Activist

 Maggie Blackhawk 
Professor, NYU School of Law

 Adam B. Cox 
Professor, NYU School of Law

 Les Fagen 
Retired Partner, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

 Sibyl Frankenburg 
Teacher/Educator

 Danielle C. Gray 
Executive Vice President, Global Public Policy, UnitedHealth Group

 Vanita Gupta 
Distinguished Scholar in Residence, NYU School of Law

 Helen Hershkoff 
Professor, NYU School of Law

 Thomas M. Jorde 
Professor Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law

 Peter Keisler 
Acting Attorney General, 2007. Assistant Attorney General, 2003–2007. Acting Associate Attorney General, 2002–2003.

 Steven Kersten 
President and CEO of WaterSaver Faucet Co.

 Daniel F. Kolb 
Senior Counsel, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

 Ruth Lazarus 

 Troy McKenzie 
Dean and Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

 Trevor Morrison 
Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law, Dean Emeritus, NYU School of Law and Chief Legal Officer and Senior Presidential Advisor on Institutional Policy at New York University

 Melissa Murray 
Professor, NYU School of Law

 Franz Paasche 
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Verizon

 Steven A. Reiss 
Retired Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

 Stephen Schulhofer 
Professor, NYU School of Law

 Emily Spitzer 
President, The Bernard and Anne Spitzer Charitable Trust

 David Sussman 
Media & Sports Lawyer and Executive

 Gerald Torres 
Professor of Environmental Justice, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

 Michael Waldman 
President, Brennan Center for Justice

 Adam Winkler 
Professor, UCLA School of Law

 Kenji Yoshino 
Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law, NYU School of Law

 EMERITUS

 Lawrence Pedowitz , Chair Emeritus 
Retired Partner, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz

 IN MEMORIAM

 Nancy Brennan , (1949–2022)
Consultant, Nonprofit Management and Fundraising

 Patricia Bauman 
President, Bauman Foundation

 Gail Furman , (1946–2019)
Psychologist

 
 
 

 

 

 

 
 

 
 
 
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