Lesley Kirby

Lesley Kirby is Reporters Committee's chief of staff. In this role, Lesley serves as a strategic partner to the president, Steering Committee, and Executive Team; drives organizational priorities; aligns cross-functional teams; strengthens operational effectiveness; and ensures that Reporters Committee’s mission and strategic goals translate into action and impact.

Lesley has extensive experience partnering with executive leadership at legal services nonprofits in developing long-term strategy and building out operational and risk-management infrastructures. Most recently, she served as director of the executive office at Kids in Need of Defense — a nonprofit that provides pro bono legal and psychosocial services to unaccompanied and separated children — and, prior to that, as operations manager at Human Rights First. She also has paralegal experience in nonprofit and corporate law settings.

Lesley received a dual B.A. in Foreign Affairs and Spanish from the University of Virginia.