Stacey Slater is the President and Founder of Pro Bono Strategies, a consulting firm that helps law firms and in-house legal departments to develop their pro bono programs in a cost-effective way. She previously spent 24 years at the law firm Nixon Peabody LLP, where she was a litigation partner and then firm-wide Pro Bono Partner. Stacey serves on the national board of Family Promise (a national non-profit that helps homeless families), where she co-chairs the Governance Committee, and is a longstanding Member of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Ohr Shalom-Summit JCC, where she serves as Membership Chair and Social Action Co-Chair. Stacey also sits on the board of Eleven+, a non-profit that provides valuable paid internships to underserved students, and on the board of Volunteer Lawyers for Justice.
Finally, Stacey handles her own pro bono matters, most recently helping victims of sex trafficking and low-income tenants. Stacey is a former member of Association of Pro Bono Counsel, the Leadership Committee of the Charity Corps, and New York City Bar Association Pro Bono Committee.
Stacey joined the board because she is very supportive of Unchained’s mission to end child and forced marriage and shocked at how many states still allow it. She’s also impressed by the advocacy work Fraidy and her team have done to date, helping to end child and forced marriage in several states so far.