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Board of Directors

Heather Butts, President

Ms. Butts holds a B.A. in African and American studies from Princeton University, a M.P.H. from Harvard University, a M.A. from Columbia University Teachers College and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law. Ms. Butts is a Regulatory Specialist for the Columbia University Medical Center. She sits on the Board of Directors for the Northside Center for Child Development and is the Chair of the Young Executive Board of iMentor, Inc. She is also a long time mentor of youth from underserved communities at Legal Outreach, Inc.

Maria G. Master, Treasurer

Dr. Master holds a B.A. in Political Science from Columbia University, a J.D. from Columbia Law School and an M.D. with Honors in Research from Cornell University. Dr. Master is a former Vice President and Corporate Counsel of Prudential Financial, Inc., and a former financial and economic analyst of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Dr. Master currently serves as a physician and works academically as a medical ethicist. She is also a long time mentor of underserved youth at Legal Outreach, Inc.

Deborah Branker, Secretary

Ms. Branker Harrod holds a B.A. in English from Swarthmore College, an M.S. in Adolescent Education from Bank Street College of Education, and a M.A. in African-American Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Branker Harrod is an experienced urban educator who has taught at a charter middle school in Jersey City, has worked for the Center for Talented Youth in Newark, and has woked on curriculum development and teacher training for Teach for America. She is currently a partner in an educational consulting organization. She consults on curriculum writing, professional development, and educational management. Ms. Branker Harrod is also a certified life coach and radio talk show host on the subject of parenting.

Craig Livermore, Executive Director

Mr. Livermore holds a B.A. from Franklin and Marshall College in Mathematics, a M.T.S. from Harvard, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He has worked in hospice care, where he developed management strategies for extending services to underserved areas of northern New Jersey, directed privacy regulatory compliance, and supervised customer service training and quality assurance. He has also worked for Legal Outreach where he developed, coordinated and taught law-related and other educational programs for underserved students in New York City. Mr. Livermore has also written briefs submitted to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of the Center for Law and Religious Freedom.

James O'Neal

Mr. O'Neal holds a B.A. from Emory University in Political Science and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. In 1982 Mr O'Neal received the Harvard Fellowship in Public Interest Law and in 1983 he co-founded Legal Outreach, a law-related educational organization serving underserved students in New York City. He became a Columbia Unversity Charles Revson Fellow in 1990 where he currently teaches. He is the Executive Director and a membor of the Board of Directors at Legal Outreach.