Roderic V.O. Boggs
Executive Director
Rod_Boggs@washlaw.org            

Rod Boggs is the Washington Lawyers' Committee's Executive Director, a position he has held since 1971. As director, he has guided the Committee for virtually its entire life, developing and expanding its work to cover the wide range of civil rights matters for which it is well known. His prior work experience includes service as a staff attorney at the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and an assignment with the Ford Foundation in the Government of Tanzania's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Development Planning. In 1969 and 1970, he served as the District Representative for Congressman Allard K. Lowenstein of New York. Mr. Boggs is a graduate of the Columbia University Law School and Colgate University. He also holds an M.Sc. Degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics. 





Da'aga Hill Bowman
Director of Foundation Outreach and Public Information  
Daaga_Bowman@washlaw.org

Ms. Bowman, a lawyer with experience in publishing, fundraising, and higher education administration, joined the Committee after working as a Legal Editor in individual employment rights for the Labor Relations Reporter at The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., in Washington, D.C. She has also worked as a fundraising consultant for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., and as Director of Affirmative Action Programs at Harvard University. Ms. Bowman is a graduate of Dartmouth College, University of Virginia Law School, and Harvard Graduate School of Education.