Ryan P. Haygood is president and CEO of the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice. He leads the institute’s work to expand and strengthen democracy, reform the criminal justice system, and close New Jersey’s racial wealth gap.
Previously, Haygood served as deputy director of litigation at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc., where he litigated some of the most important civil rights cases of our time.
He received a law degree from the University of Colorado Law School and graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in American history and political science from Colorado College, where he was nominated for a Rhodes Scholarship and earned academic and athletic All-American and hall of fame honors as a football player.
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