President, has been a staff attorney in the Criminal Appeals Bureau of The Legal Aid Society for 25 years where she has argued hundreds of case in New York’s state and federal courts.  For the past 20 years, she has also worked on rule of law development in post conflict countries, focusing on access to quality criminal defense services for the poor.  Born in New York and raised in France, Natalie graduated from the Université d’Aix-Marseille and Fordham University School of Law. She founded Legal Aid Rwanda in 1996, and its successor organization, The International Legal Foundation in 2001.  She was the executive director of the ILF until 2012 and now serves on its board of directors.  Natalie was a member of the World Economic Forum, Global Agenda Council on Rule of Law between 2011 and 2013. Before joining The Legal Aid Society, she clerked for the Honorable Thomas C. Platt in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and worked at the law firm of Sherman & Sterling in New York, Paris, and Los Angeles.