GWAC Past President Kirra Jarratt has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the DC Bar Foundation since 2014 and has over 20 years of service and investment within the District community. Kirra and her team work hand-in-hand with DC’s legal aid community to ensure that every individual, regardless of income, has access to justice. After graduating from Harvard College and the University of Michigan Law School, Kirra worked on the Hill as Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee and Legislative Director to Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. She then founded the law practice of Jarratt & Jarratt where she represented parties in the child welfare system. Afterward, she served as agency counsel within the District’s Office of the Attorney General for the Child and Family Services Agency and the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services. Jarrett received the 2014 Charlotte E. Ray award and was recognized by Washington Business Journal as one of their “Women Who Mean Business” honorees. Join us for a close dinner discussion to learn more about her career!