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Darryl Burton, President

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Founders

Lamonte McIntyre, Vice President

Administration

  • ​Valerie Burton, Program Director

  • Lexandria Green, Admin Asst.

  • Eric Steinheider, CPA

Board of Directors

  • 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

Research Team
 

  • Linda Briscoe, Lead Case Developer

  • Lauren ButlerCase 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

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

LEGAL TEAM

Kent E. Gipson – Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Milton C. Grimes – Vice President, Trial Lawyers College
Jennifer Hernandez – Associate Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Christopher C. Iliff – Attorney
Kevin Moriarty – Judge Turned Mediator, Moriarty Mediation
Sean O’Brien – Professor, UMKC School of Law
Paul Oller – Criminal Defense Attorney, Oller Law Firm
 John Petersen – Shareholder, Polsinelli Law Firm
Taylor L. Rickard – Associate Attorney, Law Office of Kent Gipson, LLC
Cynthia Short – CLS Mitigation and Consulting Services

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