Kelly Berkell
Executive Director, Center on American Law and Extremism
2023, 2024
Kelly Berkell, J.D., is the Executive Director of the Center on American Law and Extremism (CALE), a New York-based nonprofit organization. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Center on Terrorism, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and an adjunct professor in John Jay’s Criminal Justice Masters Program. She has developed guidance on legal and compliance considerations for practitioners working to prevent targeted violence, and her research on the intersection of the U.S. criminal justice system with the prevention of extremist violence has been published in various outlets, including the Harvard National Security Journal and Journal for Deradicalization.
The Summit was more than empty words – it made clear that a solution-driven approach is the only way to fight hate. That’s why the working group activities, which are results driven are going to be critical in defeating violent extremism. The Summit brought together the best minds in government, private sector, academia, and civil society. Being surrounded by these experts sparked new ideas – some of which I’ve already implemented or have written about.
