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
President and Director, Vera Institute of Justice
Art Acevedo
Interim Chief of Police, Aurora Police Department; Former Chief, Miami Police Department; Former Chief, Houston Police Department
Debo P. Adegbile
Partner & Anti-Discrimination Practice Chair, WilmerHale; Former Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Arif Alikhan
President, Chief Counsel, and Co-Founder, TacLogix Inc.
Deborah Archer
President, ACLU; Professor of Clinical Law and Co-Faculty Director, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law, NYU Law
Jennifer Carnig
Chief Advocacy Officer, Spitfire Strategies
Jane Castor
Mayor, Tampa, Fla.; Chief (ret.), Tampa Police Department
Jerry Clayton
Sheriff, Washtenaw County, Michigan
Scott Crouch
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Mark 43
Lawrence Epstein
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, UFC
Hal Hess
Co-Founder, Paradigm Infrastructure Limited
Fred Humphries
Corporate Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft
Matthew Johnson
Partner, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Former President, Los Angeles Police Commission
Dahlia Lithwick
Senior Legal Editor, Slate Magazine
Loretta Lynch
Partner, Paul Weiss and Former U.S. Attorney General
Marcellus McRae
Partner, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Sheena Meade
Chief Executive Officer, Clean Slate Initiative
Mecole Jordan-McBride
Senior Program Officer, Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation
Clark Neily
Senior Vice President for Legal Studies, Cato Institute
Kathleen O'Toole
Partner, 21CP Solutions; Chief (ret.), Seattle Police Department; Commissioner (ret.), Boston Police Department
Danielle Outlaw
Deputy Chief Security Officer, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
William Ruger
President, American Institute for Economic Research
Sam Sinyangwe
Creator, Police Scorecard; Co-Founder, Campaign Zero
Sean Smoot
Managing Principal Partner, 21CP Solutions; Director and Chief Counsel, Police Benevolent and
Protective Association of Illinois
J. Scott Thomson
President, Holtec Security International; Chief (ret.) Camden County Police Department
Michael D. Tubbs
Special Advisor to California Governor Gavin Newsom; former Mayor, Stockton, Calif.
Nina Vinik
Founder and Executive Director, Project Unloaded
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.
Ronald Davis
Vanita Gupta
Maya Harris
Cathy Lanier
Chris Magnus
Dana Remus
Ralph Clark