The Council
The Council
Co-Chaired by Judge Douglas S. Lavine and Attorney Amy Lin Meyerson, the council is housed within the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney.
Members
- Co-chair: Douglas S. Lavine, Judge Trial Referee
- Co-chair: Amy Lin Meyerson, Esq., Past President, Connecticut Bar Association
- Corrie Betts, NAACP
- Michael Bloom, Jewish Federation Association of Connecticut
- Jason O. Chang, Asian American Studies Institute, UConn
- John Doyle, New Haven State's Attorney
- Rabbi Michael Farbman, Temple Emanuel of Greater New Haven
- Andrew A. Feinstein, Feinstein Education Law Group, LLC
- Brian Foley, Tolland Town Manager
- Steven D. Ginsburg, August Strategic Communications
- Erene Hammond, UnitedHealth Group
- Steven Hernández, ConnCAN
- Rathanak M. Keo, #IAmNotAVirus
- Tamara K. Lanier, NAACP, Connecticut Racial Profiling Project, ACLU Connecticut
- Diana R. Lombardi
- Duane J. Lovello, Deputy Director of Public Safety, Yale University
- Gary M. MacNamara, Public Safety & Government Affairs, Sacred Heart University
- Robin P. McHaelen
- John P. Merz, Advancing Connecticut Together
- Aida Mansoor, Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
- Fernando J. Muñiz, Community Solutions, Inc.
- MD Masudur Rahman, Marjars Sourcing, Inc.
- Precious Price, Middletown Racial Justice Coalition
- Sharad A. Samy, The Commonfund for Nonprofit Organizations
- Jonathan S. Slifka, Connecticut Department of Aging and Disability Services
- Stacey G. Sobel, Regional Director, ADL Connecticut
- Richard A. Wilson, UConn School of Law
Statutory Appointees (Ex-officio members, or their designees)
- Patrick Griffin, Chief State’s Attorney
- Verinda Birdsong (Chief Public Defender designee)
- Seth Hershman (Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection designee)
- Sergeant Luke LaRue (Connecticut Hate Crimes Investigative Unit)
- Hon. Cecil J. Thomas (Connecticut Bar Association designee)
- Makana Ellis (George W. Crawford Black Bar Association designee)
- Riju Das (South Asian Bar Association of Connecticut designee)
- Michelle Querijero (Connecticut Asian Pacific American Bar Association designee)
- Leonard Rodriguez (Connecticut Hispanic Bar Association designee)
- Christopher D. Ferace (Connecticut Police Chiefs Association designee)
As required under state statutes, ten officials serve as ex-officio members and the governor is responsible for appointing the remainder of the members, as well as selecting two of them to serve as co-chairpersons.
