Virginians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Board of Directors
Members & Terms of Service
Kristina Leslie
Board President
Annandale, VA
Federal Public Defender. Extensive
experience in capital murder trials.
Paul O’Shea
Board Vice-President
Fairfax, VA
Retired communications professional who
worked for corporations, public relations
firms and financial services organizations.
Adam Northup
Board Treasurer
Richmond, VA
Financial Strategist for Virginia
Community Capital. Former CFO for
Capital One’s Commercial Real Estate
business and Commercial Operations.
Carissa Phillips
Board Secretary
Charlottesville, VA
Communications software manager who
helps businesses and nonprofits reach their
audience.
Jayne Barnard
Williamsburg, VA
Emeritus Professor of Law at William &
Mary. Nationally recognized expert in
corporations, corporate governance, and
securities regulation law.
Chris Braunlich
Alexandria, VA
President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute
for Public Policy. Former President of the
Virginia State Board of Education and
served as an elected member of the Fairfax
County School Board for eight years.
Nicholas Cote
Alexandria, VA
Activist for a free, prosperous, and
inclusive society. Director of Donor
Communications for the National Right to
Work Legal Defense Foundation.
Theresa Dunleavy
Norfolk, VA
Retired reference librarian.
Virginia Podboy
Richmond, VA
Attorney in private practice. Former
lobbyist for the Virginia Catholic
Conference.
Nancy Ritter
Manakin Sabot, VA
Community volunteer.
Todd C. Peppers
Salem, VA
Professor of Public Affairs at Roanoke
College. Visiting law professor at the
Washington and Lee School of Law.
Published extensively on the death penalty.
Jean Segner
Richmond, VA
Marketing and growth strategist, helping
businesses and non-profits deepen
relationships with their most important
constituents and stakeholders.
Gerald Zerkin
Richmond, VA
Criminal attorney in private practice.
Extensive experience in capital murder
cases.
Staff
Michael Stone
Executive Director
Richmond, VA
Former Field Organizer for the National
Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty who
worked with abolition organizations in
Virginia, Missouri, South Dakota, and
Pennsylvania. Also worked for 25 years in
social ministry for the Catholic Diocese of
Richmond.
Dale Brumfield
Field Director
Doswell, VA
Educator and author of eight books
including The Virginia State
Penitentiary: A Notorious History
(2017). Has published numerous articles
on death penalty abolition since 2010 for
Style Weekly, the Richmond Times-
Dispatch, North of the James magazine,
Richmond Magazine, the Rappahannock
Review and the website Bearingdrift.com.
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