Damon Hewitt
Executive Director, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Damon Hewitt, a long-time civil rights lawyer, social justice strategist, philanthropist, and coalition-builder, currently serves as the President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.Prior to joining the Lawyers’ Committee, Hewitt served as inaugural executive director of the Executives’ Alliance for Boys and Men of Color. He previously served as Senior Advisor at the Open Society Foundations where he coordinated funding efforts responding to the uprising in Ferguson, Missouri. Before entering philanthropy, Hewitt worked for over a decade as an attorney at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund where he led pioneering efforts addressing the School to Prison Pipeline and coordinated litigation and advocacy efforts following Hurricane Katrina.
Damon holds a B.A. in Political Science from Louisiana State University and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.