Kierith Jones
WRRAP Board Member
Kierith Jones leads the process standards program at Criterion Institute, a global nonprofit think tank to support gender equality and address power dynamics in innovative finance. In addition, she provides strategic and operational guidance to entrepreneurs, social enterprises and non-governmental organizations. She also advises individual investors seeking a better understanding of financial markets and looking to transition to values aligned investing across asset classes.
Kierith is a veteran human rights attorney and community organizer with decades of experience leading LGBTQ+, reproductive rights, environmental justice, voting rights and election protection initiatives for major organizations including: OFA, Greenpeace, ACLU, Lambda Legal, Empire State Pride Agenda, Center for Reproductive Rights, Brennan Center for Justice and Human Rights Watch.
Kierith serves as a Pro Bono Arbitrator for the San Francisco Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Women’s Reproductive Rights Assistance Project (WRRAP), the largest independent abortion fund in the United States. Formerly, Kierith Jones was a member of the Board of Directors of The Empire State Pride Agenda.
Kierith is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, L’Université Paris, La Sorbonne and New York University School of Law. She is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.