Justice Connection is led by former DOJ officials who current employees know & trust
Justice Connection is led by Stacey Young, an 18-year DOJ veteran who worked at the Department until January 24, 2025. She served as a Senior Attorney in the Civil Division and later in the Civil Rights Division, working under four presidential administrations and seven Attorneys General.
Stacey founded the DOJ Gender Equality Network in 2016 and served as its president. After intimidation from the current administration, she shut down the organization on the day she left the Department. She and DOJ GEN advocated for policies and practices that made the Department—and the entire federal government—a safer, healthier, and fairer place to work. She will continue this work with Justice Connection.
Justice Connection Advisory Committee
Greg Brower was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada. He also served in various other roles at the Department, including Assistant Director for Congressional Affairs and Deputy General Counsel of the FBI, and Legislative Counsel in the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys.
Oneshia Herring served nearly a decade in the Department—as a Senior Counsel and Senior Trial Attorney in the Civil Rights Division, and later as Deputy Director in the Office of Justice Programs’ Office of Civil Rights. She also served as Chair of the DOJ Association of Black Attorneys (DOJABA).
Dana Leigh Marks served as an Immigration Judge at DOJ from 1987 to 2021.
Regina Lombardo served as the Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives from 2019 to 2021. She had a 30-year career at ATF.
Andrew Mergen served as an attorney for 33 years in the Appellate Section of DOJ’s Environment & Natural Resources Division, which he led at the end of his government career.
Jennifer Ricketts served for almost 35 years as an attorney in the Civil Division’s Federal Programs Branch, the majority as its Director.
Jocelyn Samuels was appointed by President Obama to serve in DOJ’s Civil Rights Division in 2009, which she led as Acting Assistant Attorney General from 2013 to 2014. In 2020, President Trump appointed Samuels to a Democratic seat as a Commissioner on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. She served until January 25, 2025, when Trump fired her and EEOC Chair Charlotte Burrows before the expiration of their terms, leaving the Commission without a quorum.
Rupa Bhattacharyya spent 20 years in DOJ’s Civil Division—including as the Special Master for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, the director of the Civil Division’s Office of Constitutional and Specialized Tort Litigation Section, and an attorney in the Federal Programs Branch.
Fiscal sponsor
Justice Connection is honored to have the Government Accountability Project (GAP) as its fiscal sponsor. GAP is a national, nonpartisan organization that promotes government and corporate accountability by protecting whistleblowers and ensuring their disclosures make a difference. GAP has represented federal government employees for over 45 years (DOJ GEN board members among them), and helped draft, pass, and implement most of the U.S. whistleblower protection laws that exist today.