Fordham Law alumna Jessica Rose ’01 has been named the new executive director of Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A. Rose will be the first woman to lead the Brooklyn-based nonprofit organization.
The Board of Directors of Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A (Brooklyn A) today announced that Jessica A. Rose will become Brooklyn A’s Executive Director later this summer, succeeding Martin S. Needelman upon his transition to Chief Counsel Emeritus and Paul J. Acinapura’s earlier retirement in 2017 from his role as Co-Executive Director with Mr. Needelman. Ms. Rose is currently the Director of the Community Economic Development (CED) Program at Brooklyn A, and has invested fifteen years in multiple roles at Brooklyn A.