Tzedek DC is proud to announce the expansion of our Board of Directors through the addition of Anjali Phillips, who brings a remarkable combination of senior government, ethics, legal, and nonprofit leadership experience to our Board.
Anjali Phillips served until January 2025 as Deputy Counsel to Vice President Kamala Harris and led the ethics program for the Office of the Vice President. She previously served in the Biden administration as Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel on the White House Counsel’s Office’s Ethics and Compliance team.
Before working in government, Anjali served as the Senior Director for Development & Communications at the DC nonprofit Citybridge Education. Prior to that, Anjali was Senior Counsel at the American Bankers Association and, before that practiced law at two major law firms and served as a law clerk for a federal district court judge.
Anjali, who is a DC-area native and longtime DC resident, has previously served on the board of the Greater DC Diaper Bank, the Advisory Council for the DC Bar Foundation, and the Leadership Council for DC Greens.
In a joint statement, Tzedek DC’s Board Chair Rachel Kronowitz and Founding President and Director-Counsel Ariel Levinson-Waldman said, “We are honored to welcome Anjali to the Board. Anjali has a terrific combination of head, heart, and ethics, and will bring additional strength to Tzedek DC’s Board stewardship and strategy in a time when the organization’s work is needed more than ever.”
About Tzedek DC
Tzedek DC’s name is drawn from the ancient Jewish teaching “Tzedek, tzedek tirdof,” or “Justice, justice you shall pursue.” Headquartered at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, Tzedek DC’s mission is to safeguard the legal rights and financial health of DC residents with lower incomes facing the often-devastating consequences of debt collection and credit-related obstacles. This mission is carried out as anti-racism work in response to the massive wealth gaps tracking race in DC and nationwide. Tzedek DC seeks to serve and empower our client base, which is comprised of 90% Black people, 60% women, and 25% disabled community members. Our strategic approach combines three synergistic activities: (i) free direct services—legal representation and advice and financial counseling; (ii) working in coalition to make systemic change; and (iii) providing bilingual community legal education on debt collection, identity theft, and credit management.