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Board of Directors

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Founders

Darryl Burton, President

Lamonte McIntyre, Vice President

 

​Valerie Burton, Progam Director

Lexandria Green, Admin Asst.

Eric Steinheider, CPA

Maren Chaloupka, Civil Rights & Criminal Attorney 

James Cousins, Attorney, Centurion Inc.

Professor, Attorney Thomas Davenport, Jr. Trial Lawyer

Attorney Michael S. Glazier, 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

Research Team

Linda Briscoe, Lead Case Developer

Bill Wolff, Legal Director

Dale Jacobs
Jane Long
Dennis Morgan
Susan Morgan
Joyce McCollum

Carolyn Rapp

Renee Steele

Attorney at Law Edward Robertson

Letters of Hope Team
Ruth Higginbotham
Susan Welch
Lindi Lambert
Karen Coin
Jo Hendrix

Joyce Buxton

 

Regional Volunteers

(Exoneree Services)

JoDenise Bradley, St. Louis

Victoria Carthen, St. Louis

Volunteer Staff

John Meyer, Treasurer

Laurie Ellison, Marketing & Communications

Yasmin Herdoiza, Social Media 

Rachel Safarin, Social Media

Lisa Shunk, Editor

Sue Polistina-Wright, Auction Support

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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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