Ebony Howard joins Wallace Center as Executive Director

The Wallace Center for Arts and Reconciliation welcomes social justice advocate, litigator, and nonprofit leader Ebony Howard as our incoming Executive Director, effective January 6, 2025.  Howard most recently served as Deputy Director for The Gault Center (formerly the National Juvenile Defender Center) in Washington, DC. Before that, she spent almost a decade in roles of increasing managerial and leadership responsibility at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in Montgomery, AL. As SPLC Associate Legal Director, Howard set the strategic direction for its 5 state offices in the deep South. She is a proud HBCU alum, earning her undergraduate degree from Howard University. She earned a law degree from Georgetown Law School.  We look forward to her leadership at this pivotal moment in our history. (See press release.)