
Darryl Burton, President

Founders
Lamonte McIntyre, Vice President
Administration
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Valerie Burton, Program Director
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Lexandria Green, Admin Asst.
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Eric Steinheider, CPA
Board of Directors
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Maren Chaloupka, Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney
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James Cousins, Attorney, Centurion Inc.
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Thomas Davenport, Jr., Professor, Attorney, Trial Lawyer
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Michael S. Glazier, Attorney, NCAA
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Milton Grimes, Nationally-acclaimed Civil Rights Attorney
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Krista Klaus, Director of Global Corporate Communications, Garmin
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John Lauro, Trial Attorney, Lauro Law Firm FL & NY
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Nikki Newton, UMB Bank
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Sean O'Brien, Professor UMKC School of Law
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Edward Robertson III, Attorney, Civil Litigation
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Cynthia Short, Trial Attorney, Mitigation Specialist, Sentencing Advocate
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Douglas B. Westerhaus, Attorney
Research Team
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Linda Briscoe, Lead Case Developer
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Lauren Butler, Case Developer
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Dale Jacobs, Case Developer
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John Lentell, Case Developer
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Jane Long, Case Developer
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Joyce McCollum, Case Developer
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Dennis Morgan, Case Developer
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Susan Morgan. Case Developer
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Carolyn Rapp, Case Developer
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Edward Robertson, Attorney at Law
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Renee Steele, Case Intake
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Bill Wolff, Legal Director
Letters of Hope Team
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Joyce Buxton
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Karen Coin
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Jo Hendrix
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Ruth Higginbotham
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Lindi Lambert
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Susan Welch
Regional Volunteers
(Exoneree Services)
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JoDenise Bradley, St. Louis
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Victoria Carthen, St. Louis
Volunteer Staff
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Laurie Ellison, Gala Volunteer Coordinator
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Telisa Hassen, Gala Graphic Artist
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Yasmin Herdoiza, Social Media
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Karen Lazowski, Gala Volunteer Support
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Jillian McAllister, UMKC Student Intern
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John Meyer, CPA, Treasurer
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Sue Polistina-Wright, Auction Support
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Rachel Safarin, Social Media
- Lisa Shunk, Gala Registration
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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