Colorado Freedom Fund Staff.
FOUNDER | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Elisabeth Epps is an abolitionist, legislator, and Executive Director of Colorado Freedom Fund (CFF). A graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, Elisabeth began her career in Colorado as a Deputy State Public Defender in 2011. Her work has always focused on achieving justice in the criminal legal system, and on helping folks be healthy, safe, and free. She founded CFF in 2018 to further advance those goals. Always active in electoral politics, it was a natural progression for Elisabeth’s advocacy to evolve from working with legislators, to becoming one.
Elisabeth was the first abolitionist and democratic socialist elected to the Colorado General Assembly, where she represents Denver (Colorado’s 6th District) in the State House of Representatives from 2022-2024. At the Capitol, Rep. Epps helped sponsor CFF's priority bills [2023, 2024] as she continues to champion liberty for all Coloradans. She is a parent to a wonderful son and adores him even more than her lifelong ever-expanding LEGO collection. | CFF does not endorse political candidates. For more info on Elisabeth in her official capacity as a state legislator, see ElisabethEpps.com and Rep. Epps @ Colorado General Assembly.
Elisabeth Epps
POLICY DIRECTOR
Rebecca Wallace has led CFF's policy team since 2021, first as Senior Policy Counsel and now as Policy Director. Since graduating from the University of Michigan School of Law, Rebecca has dedicated her career to advancing equity, access, and justice for those most harmed by carceral systems, always with care to center directly impacted people and clear the way for them to lead. She came to CFF after 11 years as a civil rights litigator and policy advocate with the ACLU of Colorado, where in addition to her dual roles as Senior Staff Attorney and Senior Policy Counsel, she helped train organizers and attorneys who were lucky enough to benefit from her mentorship (including future CFF colleague Elisabeth Epps). For over a decade, Rebecca has successfully championed liberatory, data-driven, and most often bipartisan policy at the Colorado State Capitol where she brings her deep expertise on pretrial justice and engages in principled collaborative advocacy. She is a mom of two fantastic boys, an avid white water rafter, wrangler of a hilariously named pup, and a lover of all things nature.
Rebecca Wallace
POLICY COUNSEL
Dana Steiner is an abolitionist attorney born and raised in the suburbs of Houston. They graduated from Colorado School of Mines in 2017 and from University of Colorado Law School in 2020. They worked for Triangle Project in Cape Town and the Maya Leaders' Alliance in Southern Belize before graduating from law school. Ultimately, their experiences as a survivor led them to abolition. They joined CFF in summer of 2021 as a Fellow and began as Policy Counsel in 2022. Dana is working to enact liberatory pre-trial policy and enforce current laws to help CFF reach its ultimate goals. Dana lives with their partner in Denver and enjoys spending time outdoors with family and painting abstract portraits.