Board of Directors
Our Board comprises experts in data, technology, criminal justice, and policy. The Board is responsible for devising policies and procedures that support best practices for Measures for Justice.
Edwin G. Schallert
Debevoise & Plimpton Partner (IN MEMORIAM)
A note from CEO, Amy Bach
Our Board Chair, Edwin Schallert, passed away on December 7, 2021, after a three-year fight against ALS.
Ed was a leading litigation partner at Debevoise & Plimpton and had more accolades and honors than most. Prior to joining the firm he served as a Law Clerk to Associate Justice Thurgood Marshall, US Supreme Court, and to the Honorable J. Skelly Wright, US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
I first met Ed in his office at Debevoise almost ten years ago. His demeanor was low key, but as I showed him some early drafts of our data, his eyes lit up. He immediately understood the power of criminal justice data transparency. He said he would like to do whatever he could for us. And he joined our Board.
Over the next eight years Ed was often our first call. His equanimity and judgment were unparallelled. We could be transparent with Ed. After every meeting with him, every call, we always left with clearer thinking and the feeling that he had our backs. I have heard many clients and friends feel the same way. How privileged we were to be able to ask: What would Ed do?
Ed loved to run and even as he was experiencing early symptoms, a good run had him feeling optimistic about his chances. But when he was officially diagnosed, we immediately knew we wanted to begin honoring him. We named our conference room after him. We also established “Ed Talks,” designed to bring thought leaders together to discuss key topics in criminal justice. During our first Ed Talk, so many people expressed what we knew first hand: Ed was an amazing person all around. He was a mentor to so many.
We never doubted his dedication to our organization. He remained our Board chair until he died. He lost his ability to speak but he still typed in his thoughts and feelings, and he could be very funny, typing just a single word so we could understand him.
All of us at MFJ have been the recipients of his kindness and superb judgment. Ed, we pray you’re up in heaven having a good long run. Thank you for giving us your best. We are much better for having you in our lives. We miss you all the time. Ed Talks will continue.
Nikita Miller
SVP Head of Product Management | The Knot Worldwide
Nikita Miller serves as Senior Vice President, Head of Product Management at The Knot Worldwide. In this role, Nikita leads the global Product Management team, focusing on product strategy and growth, across all brands.
Nikita has spent her career in product management building great teams and creating products that users love. Most recently Nikita was VP of Product at Dooly and prior to that she led product teams at Trello and Atlassian for five years. Nikita’s experience ranges from early stage startups to multinational companies and from EdTech to Enterprise SaaS. Nikita is also an active startup advisor, angel investor and board member.
Nikita received her B.S. from Cornell University and her MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. She lives in upstate New York with her family.
Richard J. Morello
Family Reach Foundation and CND Life Sciences
Rick joined CND Life Sciences as CEO in early 2020 and brings 25 years of experience with health and life sciences companies, serving in senior executive roles globally for medical device, digital health, and diagnostics firms. Prior to joining CND as CEO, Rick was the Global President of Life Sciences at Aptus Health, a former subsidiary of Merck, Inc. (acquired by WebMD) and CEO of Plasma Surgical, an innovative medical device company with technology used in open and laparoscopic procedures around the world. Rick began his career in strategy consulting, rising to Partner at Mercer Management Consulting where he helped build the Health & Life Sciences Practice and managed large biopharma and diagnostics clients. A Kellogg MBA and graduate of the University of Virginia, Rick also founded and helped grow three nonprofit organizations that have raised nearly $100 million in the last decade to fulfill health and social impact missions including Family Reach Foundation, which was included in the Obama White House’s Cancer Moonshot in 2016.
Rick received a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Cindy D. Montgomery
Head of Data Strategy at Morgan Stanley Real Assets
Cindy Dishmey Montgomery is the Head of Data Strategy at Morgan Stanley Real Assets. She oversees their global data strategy which allows her to work with start-ups that have a big vision of disrupting their industry. Her unique acumen in technology, finance, leadership, and strategy, along with Her utilization of data and analytics, gives her clients a competitive advantage and data-driven solutions.
Named one of Crain’s Business 2021 Notable Women on Wall Street, she has 15 years of experience in data, finance, and global markets. She brings both a creative and responsible approach to data use delivering inventive and unprecedented solutions designed to positively impact the world and particularly communities of color.
Cindy earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from New York University and a master’s of science in business analytics from the New York University Stern School of Business.
Lenny Mendonca
Former Chief Economic and Business Advisor
Lenny Mendonca was the Chief Economic and Business Advisor to Governor Gavin Newsom of California and Chair of the California High Speed Rail Authority. He is a Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey & Company and a Lecturer on Inequality at the Stanford Business School.
He founded McKinsey’s U.S. state and local public sector consulting practice. He also oversaw their knowledge development, Chairing the McKinsey Global Institute and the Firm’s communications, including the McKinsey Quarterly. He served for a decade on the McKinsey Shareholder Council (its Board of Directors). He retired from McKinsey in 2014.
He is the Chair of Fidelity Charitable and New America. He was the Chair of Children Now, co-Chair of California Forward, and co-founder and Chair of Fusecorps. He was the Vice-Chair of Common Cause. He is the Chair Emeritus of the Bay Area Council and their Economic Institute, and was vice-chair of the Stanford GSB Advisory Council. He was a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development. He has served on the boards of Western Governors University, UC Merced, The Educational Results Partnership, The College Futures Foundation, California Competes, The Opportunity Institute, Commonwealth Club, National Association of NonPartisan Reformers, Measures for Justice, and The Guardian.org. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He served on the Board of Trustees for Junior Statesmen of America, and the Advisory Boards of Y Analytics, QB3, the Haas Center at Stanford, Third Sector Capital, The CA Community College Chancellor’s Office, Measures for Justice, and the Public Policy Institute of California.
He received his MBA and certificate in public management from Stanford. He holds an AB, magna cum laude, in economics from Harvard.
He lives on the Half Moon Bay coast with his wife, Christine. They raised their two daughters, Allie and Rebecca, there and are the founders and owners of the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company and The Inn at Mavericks. He is also the Founding Chair of the Coastside News Group (Half Moon Bay Review and Pacifica Tribune).
Jim Kohlenberger
President of JK Strategies
Jim Kohlenberger is President of JK Strategies, an innovation focused public policy practice. He previously served as a Senior Domestic Policy Advisor in the Clinton White House, and as Chief of Staff of the Office of Science and Technology in the Obama White House where, among other things, he helped develop a national innovative strategy and launch government-wide open data initiatives.
Justin Erlich
Former Special Assistant Attorney General, California Department of Justice
Justin is the Global Head of Issue Policy & Partnerships at TikTok on the Trust & Safety team. He leads several teams that develop global policy frameworks and engages with civil society, researchers, and communities. He also regularly teaches courses on Disruptive Technology & Regulation at the UC Berkeley Law School.
Prior to joining TikTok, Justin worked in the urban mobility tech sector at Uber as Global Head of Policy for Autonomous Vehicles & Urban Aviation and as the VP of Strategy, Policy & Legal at Voyage. He served as the Principal Tech Advisor for the former California Attorney General and current Vice President Kamala Harris, overseeing the Department’s work on privacy, data, tech platforms, and the regulation of emerging technologies. He has also worked at McKinsey & Co. as a strategy consultant and clerked on the 11th Circuit of the Federal Judiciary. He holds a J.D. from NYU School of Law and a B.A. from Harvard College.
Rosemary Barkett
Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
Judge Barkett brings her 45 years of experience with the criminal justice system to Measures for Justice’s work. In 1979, she was appointed a Florida state circuit court judge, and in 1985 she was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court—the first woman to serve in this position. From 1994 to 2013, Judge Barkett sat on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. She currently serves on the Iran – United States Claims Tribunal. Judge Barkett has been inducted into the Florida Women’s Hall of Fame. She has also received the Judicial Achievement Award, The Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award, and the Latin Business and Professional Women Lifetime Achievement Award.
In addition, every year two awards are given out in her honor: The Rosemary Barkett Outstanding Achievement Award by the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, and The Rosemary Barkett Award to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to equal justice under law.
Ayanna Clunis
Head of Operation | TPG Global, LLC
Ayanna Clunis is a Partner and Head of Operations at TPG based in Fort Worth, Texas.
Prior to joining TPG, Ayanna was with J.P. Morgan where she most recently served as a Managing Director and Head of Markets Operations Transformation and Securities Operations within the Corporate and Investment Banking Division. She brings more than 20 years of experience in financial services, including at Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Citi, where she led complex organizational change and implemented innovative technical solutions to enable efficiency and scale. Ayanna earned her MBA from Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University. She currently serves on the Board of First Candle and Duke University Alumni Council and is Board Chair of Measures for Justice.
Amy Bach
Chief Executive Officer
Amy Bach has been the Chief Executive Officer of Measures for Justice since 2011. She founded the organization as a follow-up to her acclaimed book, Ordinary Injustice: How America Holds Court, which won the 2010 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. In June 2011, Echoing Green, a premier seed investor for social entrepreneurs, selected Amy as a Fellow out of 3,000 candidates worldwide to support the launch of Measures for Justice. Following that, she was named a Draper Richards Kaplan Social Entrepreneur. For her work on Ordinary Injustice, Amy received a Soros Media Fellowship, a special J. Anthony Lukas citation, and a Radcliffe Fellowship at Harvard University. Amy was a Knight Foundation Journalism Fellow at Yale Law School and is a graduate of Stanford Law School. In 2012, she taught Criminal Law during the spring semester at the University of Buffalo Law School as a Visiting Professor. In 2019, she won the Academy of Criminal Justice Science’s Leadership and Innovation Award and the Charles Bronfman Prize. Amy lives in Rochester, NY, where the organization is based.