TEAM
As Program Manager, Mike Coszalter helps oversee administrative responsibilities for GIP and works to ensure an efficient, organized office environment. He also supports other staff members with client intake, volunteer and intern coordination, operations, and communications.
As Operations Director, Matt Holbrook manages the organization’s finances, operations, IT and human resources, and provides administrative supervision and support for interns.
As Intake Manager, Raylynn Hughes is responsible for assessing and responding to inmate and other requests for GIP’s assistance, and managing cases through our intake screening process.
As Alabama Fellow, Meagan Hurley works to provide access to justice for Alabama’s imprisoned innocent by investigating and evaluating claims of wrongful conviction, and then pairing compelling cases with pro bono attorneys licensed to practice in Alabama.
As a Staff Attorney, Adam McClay investigates and litigates claims of actual innocence on behalf of wrongfully convicted individuals in Georgia, and has the opportunity to work with GIP's interns and volunteers.
As Operations Coordinator, Christian Stegall oversees the standardization of intake-related and donor data in GIP’s databases. Christian works with the Operations Director to ensure GIP’s internal office systems work properly.
As Managing Attorney, Jennifer Whitfield represents individual GIP clients in every stage of their search for post-conviction relief. Jennifer is responsible for investigating innocence claims, petitioning Courts for DNA testing where appropriate, and pursuing every legal and extrajudicial remedy available for the wrongfully convicted.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CURRENT
Kenny Baer - Board Chair
Walter Jospin - Former Board Chair
Jake Arbes
David Balser
Jeff Brickman
Karl Douglass
Jimmie Gardner
Sarah Gerwig-Moore
Anna Halsey
Richard Mitchell
Molly Parmer
Page Pate
David Sarnat
Julie Seaman
Robert Sheft
Wendy Shoob
Garret Van de Grift
Amy Weil
EMERITUS
Emmet J. Bondurant
James C. Bonner, Jr.
Bobby Lee Cook
Charles K. Edmondson, Jr.
September Guy, Co-Founder
Jill G. Polster, Co-Founder
Greg Hampikian, Ph.D.
John R. Martin