Meryl Schwartz

Deputy Executive Director

Meryl Schwartz joined the Innocence Project in 2012 as Deputy Executive Director. Prior to joining the Innocence Project, Meryl was the Portfolio Manager at the Blue Ridge Foundation New York, an independent non-profit consultant; the Director of Strategic Planning at the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services and the Director of Planning at the Vera Institute of Justice. Meryl began her career as a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society and the HIV Law Project at South Brooklyn Legal Services. She holds a BA from SUNY Binghamton and a JD from CUNY Law School at Queens College.

Meryl Schwartz

Deputy Executive Director