Board of Directors

Co-Chair
Meek Mill
Robert “Meek Mill” Williams is a Grammy-nominated recording artist, entrepreneur and criminal justice reform advocate that hails from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Co-Chair
Michael Rubin
Michael Rubin, serial Internet entrepreneur, philanthropist and social justice advocate, has built several successful multibillion-dollar e-commerce companies.

Founding Partner
Laura Arnold
Laura Arnold is the co‐founder and co‐chair of Arnold Ventures, a national philanthropy focused on maximizing opportunity and minimizing injustice through public policy change.

Board Member
Priscilla Chan
Dr. Priscilla Chan is co-founder and co-CEO of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As a pediatrician and teacher, Priscilla’s work with patients and students in communities across the Bay Area has informed her desire to make learning more personalized, find new paths to manage and cure disease, and expand opportunity for more people.

Founding Partner
Robert F. Smith
Social justice advocate and entrepreneur Robert F. Smith is the founding director and President of the charitable nonprofit Fund II Foundation and Founder, Chairman and CEO of Vista Equity Partners. He stepped up as a Reform Alliance Founding Partner because Smith is committed to equity and the reform of a biased criminal justice system.

Founding Partner
Robert Kraft
Robert Kraft is the founder, chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group, based in Foxborough, Mass. The Kraft Group is the holding company of the Kraft family’s many businesses, including the New England Patriots, New England Revolution, Boston Uprising, Gillette Stadium, Patriot Place, International Forest Products, Rand-Whitney Group, Rand-Whitney Containerboard and a portfolio of more than 100 private equity investments.

Founding Partner
Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter
Since 1996, 21-time GRAMMY award-winner, Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter has been a dominant force in popular culture. Among his vast entrepreneurial achievements, Mr. Carter has used the platform he has been afforded to speak on various issues, including criminal justice.

Founding Partner
Clara Wu Tsai
Clara Wu Tsai is a businesswoman, investor, and philanthropist with a lifelong interest in advancing knowledge, culture, and the arts for the benefit of society.

Founding Partner
Michael Novogratz
Michael Novogratz is the Founder and CEO of Galaxy Digital. He was formerly a Partner and President of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Prior to Fortress, Mr. Novogratz spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs, where he was elected Partner in 1998.
Executive Leadership Team

Chief Executive Officer
Robert Rooks
Robert Rooks is one of the premier criminal justice campaign operatives in the country. His work in the political and legislative arena over the past two decades has achieved landmark wins in criminal justice reform.

Chief Advocacy and Chief Operating Officer
Jessica Jackson
Jessica Jackson’s quest for justice began in a Georgia courtroom. The high-school dropout held her two-month-old daughter and watched helplessly as her husband was sentenced to six years in prison. In that moment, she decided to turn her shock into a crusade to change the justice system. As a single mother, she graduated college and law school. Today she is leading the bipartisan movement to end excessive incarceration.

Chief Financial Officer
Karen Caldwell
Karen Caldwell is the CFO of the Reform Alliance where she manages financial and administrative matters of the organization including financial and management reporting, accounting, procurement, payroll, treasury, investments, facilities management, IT, human resources, tax, risk management, compliance, financial planning, and analysis.

Chief Philanthropy Officer
Laurence Jahns
Laurence "Lars" Jahns is a social advocate, fundraising professional, and organizational developer who has dedicated his life to social change, equality, and justice.

Chief Marketing Officer
Kim Spitaleri
Kim brings over 20 years of diverse marketing expertise. Uniquely qualified to lead marketing transformation, she joins most recently from Estée Lauder Companies where she served as Vice President, Global Consumer Marketing, Ecommerce & Omnichannel at Tom Ford Beauty

General Counsel
Tamika Cummings
Tamika Cummings is the General Counsel of REFORM Alliance, managing the organization’s legal affairs and providing strategic counsel to senior leadership regarding compliance and regulatory matters, corporate governance, enterprise risk management, and general commercial transactions. Tamika has dedicated her career to collaborating with non-profits, global corporations, and entrepreneurs to advance innovative solutions to pressing social issues