About
Board of Directors
Richard Balzer, Chair
Richard Balzer Associates, global organization and management consultants
Ann Beaudry
Vice President for Development, Schott Foundation for Public Education
Nancy Gertner
Federal Judge for the District Court of Massachusetts (ret.); Professor of Practice, Harvard Law
Jeffrey J. Pyle, Treasurer
Partner, Prince Lobel The LLP
Kay J. Kohl
Independent Scholar
Cantwell F. Muckenfuss III
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP; Adjunct Professor, Yale Law
John Shattuck
President and Rector, Central European University
Gina B. Womack, 2006 Petra Fellow
Founding Director, Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarcerated Children
Aaron Zimmerman, 2005 Petra Fellow
Founding Director, New York Writers Coalition
Awards Committee
Nahar Alam, Executive Director, Andolan Organizing South Asian Workers
Devin Burghart, Vice President, Institute for Research & Education on Human Rights
Caroline Dexter, Classics Department, Howard University
Nikki Lewis, Executive Director, D.C. Jobs with Justice
Lara Kohl, Pratt Institute
Sarah O’Sullivan
Willie Phillips
Judy Walter, School of Social Service, Catholic University