Our Board of Directors
Ashley Nissler - President
Before stepping into the role of Board President, Ashley Nissler served on the Orange County Bail/Bond Justice Project board and worked with the court observation team. As president, she has worked with the board to expand the organization's mission. She has a background in working with arts and social justice nonprofits , an MA in German Languages and Literatures, and an MFA in creative writing. She is also the co-editor of a translation imprint at Bull City Press.
Steve Drake - Vice President
Steve Drake resides in Chapel Hill, NC with his wife and three children. Steve is an attorney who works to protect families and their assets through Estate Planning, Wills and Powers of Attorney. He also works with non-profit organizations and small businesses. He works with clients throughout North Carolina and is also licensed in Illinois and District of Columbia.
He previously was a VP of an affordable housing developer in the Triangle. Steve currently serves as the Chairman of the Board for the Centre of Homeownership and Economic Development. He is also on the Board of the One Lost Ministry, Inc. Steve is a member of First Baptist Church of Chapel Hill and serves as a Deacon.
Lee Nackman - Treasurer
Lee Nackman is a husband, father, grandfather, and a retired research scientist and executive in the software industry. He’s a past co-president of Kehillah Synagogue, a past co-chair of the synagogue’s Social Action Committee, a past president of the Progressive Caucus of the NC Democratic Party, and was treasurer of the Durham-Orange chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and writes the Win-Win Democracy Substack.
Carlton Chambers - Secretary
Native of Hillsborough, NC.
Continued education at Durham Technical Community College, Hillsborough Campus.
Local Business owner, and servant to the community.
Lamar Proctor
Lamar Proctor has worked for more than 25 years as a litigator in the criminal justice system on both sides of the courtroom. Lamar began his legal career at the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office where he helped start the first misdemeanor drug treatment court in NYC. He also served as a prosecutor in the cutting edge community-based Red Hook Justice Center. After moving to NC in 2004, Lamar served as a prosecutor in Orange County for 13 years. Lamar then switched to defense, working for over five years at the NC Capital Defender's Office representing indigent clients charged with first degree murder. After a brief stint as a prosecutor in the Durham DA’s office, Lamar is now an assistant public defender in Alamance County.
Carol Miller
Miller has applied her international career focused on health and rights policies into support for social justice efforts locally. On the board of the Orange County Community Reconciliation Committee (OCCRC), an organization that, in coordination with the Equal Justice Initiative [EJI] of Montgomery, recognizes the victims of racial terror lynching between 1865-1950, Miller is a member of Binkley's Baptist Church Humanitarian Crisis Working Group. She has an MPH from the University of Michigan and BA in political science.