Leadership and Staff

For over two decades, Chris Mumma has served as the Center’s Executive Director. Instrumental in fighting for criminal justice reform in North Carolina, Chris has spearheaded legislation on eyewitness identification, the recording of interrogations, preservation of biological evidence, enhanced support for exonerees, and the establishment of the only Innocence Inquiry Commission in the United States. She is the Center’s lead litigator and dedicates her passion for justice to representing those fighting for their freedom, policy reform focused on increasing the reliability of convictions, and contributing her expertise to others across the country in investigation and reform. Before law school, Chris had a nine-year career in corporate finance. After law school, she clerked for North Carolina Chief Justice I. Beverly Lake, Jr. where their common interest in increasing public confidence in the courts led to critical criminal justice reforms. 

North Carolina Exoneree
Exonerated in 2007

Assistant Clinical Professor, Director, Blanchard Community Law Clinic
Campbell Law School
Former NC House Representative

Former Chief Assistant District Attorney
General Counsel, LabCorp

South Carolina Staff Attorney

Investigator

Case Analyst