NYLC Leadership Team



Senior Scholar and Founder
Dr. James Kielsmeier
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Board of Directors
Amy Cohen
Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service, George Washington University
Anne Becker
General Counsel, Intermediate District 287
Kevin Days – Treasurer
Director of Community Relations, George Washington University
Katy Dolan
Student
Harvard University
Andrew Furco – Vice Chair
University of Minnesota
Greg Herder – Chair
Mounds View Public Schools
Antwayn Hunter
Intermediate District 287
Beza Gebremariam
Student
Duke University
Lakshmi Meenakshi Immaneni
Student
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amy Meuers
CEO
NYLC
Riley Quinlan
Student
University of Illinois Springfield
Ronnie Shaw
UPS Northern Plains District
Dr. Rob Shumer
University of Minnesota
Dr. Barbara Witteman
Concordia College
Shira Woolf-Cohen – Secretary
New Foundations Charter School
Laura Coates
NYLC Board Honorary Director
CNN Legal Analyst
Dr. James Kielsmeier
NYLC Board Honorary Director
Founder
Nontombi Naomi Tutu
NYLC Board Honorary Director
Race & Gender Justice Activist