East Bay Leadership Series | Sherrilyn Ifill

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Join the East Bay Leadership Council for a conversation with Sherrilyn Ifill, the second woman to ever lead the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Ifill led the Legal Defense Fund from 2013-2022, providing transformational leadership during one of the most consequential and intense moments in our nation's history.

She began her career as a Fellow at the American Civil Liberties Union, before joining the staff of the LDF as an Assistant Counsel in 1988, where she litigated voting rights cases for five years. In 2013, Ifill was invited back to the Legal Defense Fund – this time to lead the organization as its 7th Director-Counsel. In that role, Ifill increased the visibility and engagement of the organization in litigating cutting-edge and urgent civil rights issues and elevating the organization's decades-long leadership fighting voter suppression, inequality in education, and racial discrimination in the criminal justice system.

At critical moments during national political and civil rights crises, Ifill's voice and vision have powerfully influenced our national dialogue. Ifill is a frequent public commentator on racial justice issues,  and a trusted advisor to civic and community leaders, national civil rights colleagues, and business leaders.

Q&A Moderator
Horace Green
Partner, Brothers Smith LLP
EBLC Executive Committee