Institute for Justice
The IJ Team
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Scott G. Bullock
President and General Counsel
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Dana Berliner
Senior Vice President and Litigation Director
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Bert Gall
Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney
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Daniel Knepper
Managing Vice President/CFO
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Deborah Simpson
Chief Operating Officer
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William H. Mellor
Chairman and Founding General Counsel
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John E. Kramer
Vice President for Communications
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Beth Stevens
Vice President for Development
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Melanie Hildreth
Vice President for External Relations
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Dan Alban
Senior Attorney
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Paul Avelar
Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Arizona Office
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Michael Bindas
Senior Attorney
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Robert Frommer
Senior Attorney
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Wesley Hottot
Senior Attorney
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Rob Johnson
Senior Attorney
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William R. Maurer
Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Washington Office
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Lee McGrath
Senior Legislative Counsel and Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Minnesota Office
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Robert McNamara
Senior Attorney
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Arif Panju
Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Texas Office
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Justin Pearson
Managing Attorney of the Institute for Justice Florida Office
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Jeff Rowes
Senior Attorney
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Paul Sherman
Senior Attorney
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Erica Smith
Senior Attorney
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William Aronin
Attorney
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Ari Bargil
Attorney
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Anya Bidwell
Attorney
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Caroline Grace Brothers
Constitutional Law Fellow
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Jaimie Cavanaugh
Attorney
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Keith Diggs
Attorney
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Ben Field
Attorney
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Renée Flaherty
Attorney
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Meagan Forbes
Legislative Counsel
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Jessica Gandy
Legislative Counsel
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Joe Gay
Attorney
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Sam Gedge
Attorney
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Alexa Gervasi
Attorney
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Michael Greenberg
Law & Liberty Fellow
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Adam Griffin
Constitutional Law Fellow
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David Hodges
Educational Choice Attorney
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Joshua House
Attorney
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Patrick Jaicomo
Attorney
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James T. Knight II
Law & Liberty Fellow
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Evan Lisull
Proofreader & Cite Checker
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Marie Miller
Attorney
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Keith Neely
Attorney
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Robert Peccola
Attorney
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Jeffrey Redfern
Attorney
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Suranjan Sen
Law & Liberty Fellow
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Diana Simpson
Attorney
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Jaba Tsitsuashvili
Attorney
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Andrew Ward
Attorney
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Kirby Thomas West
Attorney
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Joshua Windham
Attorney
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John Wrench
Constitutional Law Fellow
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Gretchen Embrey
Senior Paralegal
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Emily Gammon
Paralegal
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Kyndra Griffin
Paralegal
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Claire Purple
Paralegal
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Molly Karten
Office Manager and Paralegal (TX and AZ Office)
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Hilary Loya
Paralegal and Office Manager (WA Office)
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Kendall Morton
Paralegal and Special Projects Manager (TX Office)
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Casey Nasca
Paralegal and Office Manager (MN Office)
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Diana Olazabal
Paralegal
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Rebekah Ramirez
Paralegal and Office Manager (FL Office)
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John E. Kramer
Vice President for Communications
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J. Justin Wilson
Senior Director of Communications
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Don Wilson
Senior Creative Director
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Andrew Wimer
Director of Media Relations
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Conor Beck
Communications Project Manager
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Adam Gray
Motion Graphics Designer
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Daryl James
Writer
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Marianne March
Digital Marketing and Communications Strategist
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Laura Maurice
Assistant Director of Design
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Mark Meranta
Assistant Director of Video Production
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Erin Nogle
Graphic Designer
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Matt Powers
Reporting and Communications Manager
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Nick Sibilla
Writer & Legislative Analyst
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Joshua Swain
Associate Producer
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Nathalie Walker
Junior Graphic Designer
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Christina Walsh
Senior Director of Activism and Coalitions
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Jordan Banegas
Activism Manager
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Rebekah Bydlak
Activism Manager
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Chad Reese
Assistant Director of Activism
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Melanie Benit
Activism Manager
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Rachelle Engen
Educational Choice Legislative Assistant
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Hakela Felton
Activism Assistant
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Ellen Hamlett
Activism Coordinator
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Andrew Meleta
Activism Associate
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Alex Montgomery
City Policy Associate
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Dick M. Carpenter II, Ph.D.
Senior Director of Strategic Research
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Lisa Knepper
Senior Director of Strategic Research
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Michael Bednarczuk, Ph.D.
Senior Research Analyst
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Tony Laudadio
Research Assistant
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Jennifer McDonald
Senior Research Analyst
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Alec Mena
Research Assistant
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Mindy Menjou
Research Publications Manager
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Zachary Popovich
Research Assistant
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Kathy Sanchez
Researcher
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Elyse Smith Pohl
Legal Research and Policy Attorney
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Kyle Sweetland
Researcher
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Catherine Copeland Gryczan
IJ Clinic Assistant Director
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Beth Kregor
IJ Clinic Director
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Noah Bazis
Policy Fellow
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Erik Castelan
Office and Community Relations Manager
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Anthony Sanders
Director of the Center for Judicial Engagement
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John Ross
Editor and Producer, Short Circuit
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Adam Shelton
Judicial Engagement Fellow
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Beth Stevens
Vice President for Development
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Melanie Hildreth
Vice President for External Relations
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Megan Cook Jaye
Donor Relations Manager
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Janell Cutrer
Membership Manager
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Kim Norberg
External Relations Manager
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Lisa Bergstrom
Donor Communications Associate
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Taylor Burrows
Donor Relations Assistant
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Robert Cook
Development Assistant
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Nick Haydon
Development Writer
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Kenzie Jaicomo
Donor Relations Coordinator
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Anne Komer
Membership Assistant
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Owen Mason
Membership Assistant
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Jordan Shaffer
Development Researcher
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Lyndsay Von Ehrenhelm
Development Administrative Assistant
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Matt Corbett
Senior Director of Information Technology
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Abby Halzel
Director of Recruiting
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Lorena Lopez
Controller
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Meghan O’Hair
Senior Director of Administration
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Calvin Bates
Assistant Director of IT
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Mirela Brown
Salesforce Administrator
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Kelly Broome
HR Manager
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Rachel Hannabass Metz
Associate Project Manager and Event Planner
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Leah Harrison
Business Services Coordinator
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Megan Hauck
Legal Administrative Assistant
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Adam Linthicum
Forfeiture Intake Coordinator and Public Records Coordinator
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Melissa LoPresti
Assistant Director of Litigation Operations
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Savannah Rupp
HR and Recruiting Coordinator
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Jestina Sesay
Accounting Assistant
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Cara Shaffer
Finance Manager
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Jennifer Smith
Accounting Manager
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JoJo Tompkins
Office Assistant
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Kat Trujillo
Student Programs Coordinator and Legal Recruiter
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Andy Yu
Systems Coordinator
