Natalie Rea

• Founder and Executive Director
  International Legal Foundation

Graduate, Université d'Aix-Marseille and Fordham University School of Law. Criminal defence lawyer with expertise in establishing public defender systems in post-conflict settings. Former Clerk, US District Court, Eastern District, NY; positions with Shearman & Sterling, law firm. Founder and former Executive Director, International Legal Foundation (ILF); founded ILF's predecessor, Legal Aid Rwanda; currently with the Criminal Appeals Bureau of the Legal Aid Society, NY City, representing indigent defendants at the appellate level. Member, Association of Legal Aid Attorneys. Interests: tennis, reading, jogging.