Helping free the innocent and providing care when they come home

​Administration

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• ​Valerie Burton, Program Director

• Lexandria Green, Admin Asst.

• Eric Steinheider, CPA

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Board of Directors

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• Maren Chaloupka, Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney 

• James Cousins, Attorney, Centurion Inc.

• Thomas Davenport, Jr., Professor, Attorney, Trial Lawyer

• Michael S. Glazier, Attorney, NCAA

• Milton Grimes, Nationally-acclaimed Civil Rights Attorney

• Krista Klaus, Director of Global Corporate Communications, Garmin

• John Lauro, Trial Attorney, Lauro Law Firm FL & NY

• Nikki Newton, UMB Bank

• Sean O'Brien, Professor UMKC School of Law

• Edward Robertson III, Attorney, Civil Litigation

• Cynthia Short, Trial Attorney, Mitigation Specialist, Sentencing Advocate

• Douglas B. Westerhaus, Attorney

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Research Team
 

• Linda Briscoe, Lead Case Developer

• Lauren Butler, Case Developer

• Dale Jacobs, Case Developer

• John Lentell, Case Developer

• Jane Long, Case Developer

• Joyce McCollum, Case Developer

• Dennis Morgan, Case Developer

• Susan Morgan. Case Developer

• Carolyn Rapp, Case Developer

• Edward Robertson, Attorney at Law

• Renee Steele, Case Intake 

• Bill Wolff, Legal Director

 

Letters of Hope Team

 

• Joyce Buxton

• Karen Coin

• Jo Hendrix

• Ruth Higginbotham

• Lindi Lambert

• Susan Welch

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Regional Volunteers

(Exoneree Services)

 

• JoDenise Bradley, St. Louis

• Victoria Carthen, St. Louis

 

Volunteer Staff

 

• Laurie Ellison, Gala Volunteer Coordinator

• Telisa Hassen, Gala Graphic Artist

• Yasmin Herdoiza, Social Media 

• Karen Lazowski, Gala Volunteer Support

• Jillian McAllister, UMKC Student Intern

• John Meyer, CPA, Treasurer

• Sue Polistina-Wright, Auction Support

• Rachel Safarin, Social Media

• Lisa Shunk,  Gala Registration 

• Lisa Smith, Website Administrator