Staff

Staff:
Micah Berman, J.D.
Director

Ilana M. Knopf, J.D.
Assistant Director

Kerry Malloy Snyder, J.D.
Senior Staff Attorney

Whitney S. Dodds, J.D.
Staff Attorney

Micah Berman, J.D.
Director
Micah Berman is the director of the Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy. He is also an associate professor at New England Law, where he teaches Health Law, Public Health Law, Torts, Products Liability, and Criminal Law. Prior to joining the New England faculty in 2008, he established and directed the Tobacco Public Policy Center at Capital University Law School, a legal resource center for tobacco control advocates in Ohio. He also served as a visiting professor and adjunct professor at Capital University Law School. His previous experience includes working as federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, as an associate at the law firm of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, and as the political director of a U.S. Senate campaign. Micah received a J.D. with distinction from Stanford Law School, where he was managing editor of the Stanford Law Review. He received a B.A., summa cum laude with highest honors in Public Policy, from Brandeis University. In 2008, the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) appointed Micah to the NIH Director’s Council of Public Representatives.

Ilana M. Knopf, J.D.
Assistant Director
Ilana M. Knopf  is the assistant director of the Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy.  Prior to joining the Center, she served as Counsel to the Tobacco Project of the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) in Washington, DC.  There, she assisted states interpret, implement and enforce the provisions of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreements.  Ilana has previously served as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice and in pro bono capacity as a voter protection attorney in Arkansas and counsel for Women Empowered Against Violence in Washington, DC.  She received a J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School, where she was managing editor of The Journal of Constitutional Law, a board member of the Guild Food Stamp Clinic and president of the Environmental Law Society.  In conjunction with a legislative clinic, she served as legislative aide to Pennsylvania state Senator Stewart Greenleaf, Chair of the Judiciary Committee.  Ilana received a B.A., magna cum laude from Boston University.

Kerry Malloy Snyder, J.D.
Senior Staff Attorney
Kerry Snyder is the senior staff attorney for the Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy. Prior to joining the Center, she served as an associate counsel with the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services where she provided legal advice and drafted legislation for the members of the New Jersey Legislature. Her previous experience includes working as an associate with the law firm of Sidney L. Gold & Associates, P.C., and as the legislative director and chief of staff in the office of Massachusetts State Senator Steven Tolman. Kerry received a J.D., cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School with a Certificate of Concentration in Health and Biomedical Law and was a founding member of the Journal of Health and Biomedical Law. She received a B.A. in Psychology from Boston University.

Whitney S. Dodds, J.D.
Staff Attorney
Whitney Dodds is the staff attorney for the Center for Public Health and Tobacco Policy. She is a 2011 graduate of New England Law | Boston where she was the Symposium Editor for the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law and was the recipient of the Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award. Whitney began working with the Center as a student at its inception in 2009. Whitney received a B.A. in History from the College of Wooster.