Colleen Cotter has been Executive Director of The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland since 2005. Legal Aid is a nonprofit law firm serving the needs of people with low income, securing safety, shelter and economic security. Colleen serves on the CSU|LAW Board of Visitors. She is Chair of the Saint Luke’s Foundation Board and President of United Way of Greater Cleveland Council of Agency Executives. Colleen is a member of Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association Board, United Way Board, the 50 Club of Cleveland, Cleveland Rape Crisis Center Sing Out! Chorale, Leadership Cleveland Class of 2011, and Adler Mission 2019. She previously served on the boards of Center for Community Solutions, National Legal Aid and Defender Association and on the Legal Services Corporation Advisory Committees on the Justice Gap, Data, and Pro Bono. Her 2007 speech “Justice and Healthy Communities” was published in Vital Speeches of the Day. Colleen was named a 2017 Crain’s Woman of Note and received the 2017 CMBA President’s Award. Colleen previously worked as a legal aid consultant, at Indiana Legal Services, and as a Skadden Fellow at Pine Tree Legal Assistance. She received her JD from Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, summa cum laude, and her BA from the University of Notre Dame cum laude.