Noah Atchison

Raised in Minneapolis, Noah has spent the majority of his career in public service working to end mass incarceration and reduce the harm caused by the criminal legal system. After completing his B.A. in Economics at Reed College, Noah worked in the Markets Group at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York before pivoting to criminal legal reform. He worked at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law on a multi‐year research project measuring the impact of fines and fees associated with criminal cases on local government budgets. He then spent several years at the Crime and Justice Institute working on policy implementation at the state and local level with a focus on bail reform. Last summer, Noah interned at the New York City Department of Investigation, a law enforcement body with jurisdiction over New York City agencies. His work focused on measuring bias in the NYPD’s response to public protests and on detecting campaign finance violations. In his free time, he walks around Red Hook, Brooklyn and watches professional wrestling.