JusticeMakers Panel of Judges 2011

Luis Velasco
Board of Directors
International Bridges to Justice

Mr. Velasco is an advisor to various organizations primarily focused on economic and social development. He provides advice on strategy and financial matters for NGOs. In addition to being a Board member at International Bridges to Justice, he currently sits on boards such as the World Education and Development Fund (New York-based foundation focused on Latin America’s education sector), Promotora Social Mexico (Mexico-based foundation focused on providing capital to projects targeted to the bottom of the socio-economic pyramid in the Health, Education and Economic Development sectors), and Banco Compartamos (Mexico’s largest Micro-Finance Bank), amongst others. Before returning to Mexico, Mr. Velasco lived for 15 years in France and the United States. He spent 11 years in New York, with a brief stay in Hong Kong, working in Investment Banking for J.P. Morgan and The Goldman Sachs Group. He has a Masters degree in Business Administration from Harvard University and a Civil Engineering degree from Universidad Anahuac. He is fluent in English and Spanish, and conversant in French.

Kellie Krake
Training Director
International Bridges to Justice

Kellie Krake directs the creation, development and implementation of IBJ’s training programs. She joined IBJ in October 2010 after decades in service to indigent defendants. As a career public defense attorney, Kellie fulfilled many roles: Staff Attorney; Manager; Trainer; Director of Training and Development; and General Counsel. Kellie has been on faculty at various advocacy and management programs for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, National Legal Aid and Defender Association, University of Wisconsin Law School, the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office and Justice Without Borders. She trained professionals in criminal justice systems and governments on negotiation skills and strategies, advocacy skills, and leadership and management skills. She authored various articles related to legal practice areas and organizational governance issues. She is an adjunct professor of law at the University of Wisconsin Law School. Her outreach efforts with national, state and local legal associations work to build justice system partnerships and networks. Kellie is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.

Raquel Aldana
Professor of Law
University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law

Professor Raquel Aldana is a prolific scholar who is an internationally recognized expert on matters of immigration law and human rights in the Americas. She is the founder and director of the Pacific McGeorge Inter-American Program, an innovative project committed to educating bilingual and bicultural lawyers who wish to pursue a domestic or transnational career with a focus on Latinos or U.S.-Latin American relations. Professor Aldana is the co-president of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT).

Julie Anne Davies
Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
Professor of Law
University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law

Professor Julie Davies is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. A torts and civil rights scholar, her most recent torts scholarship focuses on comparative torts issues. Her civil rights scholarship has focused on the legal obstacles to private and government enforcement of civil rights legislation and suggests ways to surmount these problems. She is the co-author of Global Issues in Tort Law, which has been adopted in numerous other law schools. In addition, her scholarship has been published in many prominent law reviews. She is an elected member of the American Law Institute and is very active in a number of civic organizations.