The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development offers programs, events, scholarship and a vibrant,
ongoing dialogue on racial, social and economic justice. Anchoring
and overseeing our offerings is a Steering Committee comprised of
foremost professionals and thought leaders in the field.
Honorary Chair
Tracey L. Brown
Partner
The Cochran Firm
Members
Leonard M. Baynes
Director, The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development
Professor of Law
St. John’s School of Law
Cindy Y. ChenDelano
Associate
Milbank
Donald L. Clarke
State Government Relations Manager – Northeast
Exxon Mobile Corporation
Robert Colan
Vice President and Associate General Counsel
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
R. Joseph Coryat
Principal
R Joseph Coryat Law Office
Hon. Lewis L. Douglas
Justice (ret.)
New York State Supreme Court
Darryl W. Gibbs
Vice President and Counsel
AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company
Robert Gruszecki
Associate
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Kristen Guiseppi-Ferguson
Administrative Assistant
The Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil Rights and Economic
Development
St. John’s School of law
Beatrice A. Hamza Bassey
Partner
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Cynara Hermes
Associate Professor of Law
New York Law School
Dora Jimenez
Associate
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
Kaleef Richard Johnson
Citi Community Capital
Municipal Securities Division
Citigroup Inc.
The Late Hon. Theodore T. Jones
Justice
New York State Court of Appeals
Gerald L. Karikari
Law Offices of Gerald Karikari
Scott Kessler
Bureau Chief
Domestic Violence Bureau
Queens County District Attorney’s Office
Joseph Lee
Associate
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
Elizabeth D. Moore
Vice President and General Counsel
Con Edison
Monica Moran
RHB 2005 Alumna
George Washington University School of Law Graduate
Janai S. Nelson
Associate Professor of Law
Associate Director, Ronald H. Brown Center for Civil
Rights and Economic Development
St. John’s School of Law
Lance Ogiste
Counsel to Kings County District Attorney
Kings County District Attorney’s Office
Michelle R. Pinzon
Associate
Moomjian, Waite, Wactlar & Coleman, LLP
Jonelle A. Procope
President and CEO
Apollo Theater Foundation
Dave N. Rao
Associate
Shearman & Sterling LLP
The Late Hon. Philip D. Roache
Professor (ret.)
St. John’s School of Law
Hon. Patricia P. Satterfield
Justice
Queens County Supreme Court
Camille Varlack
Principal Court Attorney
Bronx County Hall of Justice
John Viggiano
Counsel
PIMCO Mutual Fund Co.
Janice Villiers
Associate Professor of Law
St. John’s School of Law
M. Quentin B.L. Williams
Chairman and CEO
The Butler Lappert Williams Firm PC
To learn more about The RHB Center and the work of our Steering
Committee, please
contact us.