Jeri Powell currently serves as a State Liaison on the VoteShield team, where she is focused on developing partnerships with state and local election officials. Prior to taking on this role, Jeri was appointed an Adjunct Research Scholar at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs where she created the Pathways to Politics: Women Taking the Lead program at the Picker Center for Executive Education. In addition to serving for nearly a decade in senior positions in government, political campaigns and nonprofit advocacy in support of education equity, she spent several years practicing international corporate law in Paris and New York. Jeri received her JD from Columbia Law School.