Eve Runyon, Esq.
President and Chief Executive Officer, Pro Bono Institute
erunyon@probonoinst.org
Eve Runyon is the president and CEO of Pro Bono Institute. Runyon first joined PBI in 2005 to lead Corporate Pro Bono (CPBO). Under Runyon’s leadership, CPBO designed and implemented innovative initiatives to expand the commitment to pro bono across in-house law departments to include, among other things, the Corporate Pro Bono Challenge® initiative and support for broader multijurisdictional practice pro bono rules applicable to in-house pro bono. In connection with multijurisdictional practice, Runyon served on the Advisory Committee on Pro Bono Service by In-House Counsel in New York State and has spoken on the topic at numerous access to justice summits as well as before the Conference of Chief Justices and the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Runyon has traveled throughout the U.S. discussing strategies for initiating and sustaining in-house pro bono and improving access to justice.
Before joining CPBO, Runyon worked for more than five years as a lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom in Washington, D.C., where she represented major U.S. electric, gas, and pipeline companies in matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and federal and state courts. While at Skadden, she participated in the Skadden Loaned Associate program, a seven-month externship program with Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia. At Legal Aid, she served as lead counsel in child custody, child support, domestic violence, landlord tenant, housing, and public benefits cases.
Runyon graduated from the University of Virginia and Yale Law School.
Alyssa Saunders
Director, Corporate Pro Bono
asaunders@probonoinst.org
Alyssa Saunders is the Director of Corporate Pro Bono. Before joining CPBO, Saunders worked for Cooley† where she served on the Pro Bono Committee in the Washington, D.C. office and coordinated that office’s pro bono summer associate research program. As a law firm associate, Alyssa worked on a diverse array of pro bono matters, including affirmative and defensive asylum cases, social security disability appeals, litigating civil rights cases in federal district court, and representing tenants in eviction proceedings. At Cooley, Alyssa also counseled and litigated on behalf of clients in the higher education and media and telecommunications industries. Previously, Alyssa clerked for Judge Michael Baylson of the United States District Court for the Easter District of Pennsylvania. Prior to clerking, Alyssa was an associate at Dechert†. Alyssa graduated from Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
Erin Palmer
Associate Director, Corporate Pro Bono
epalmer@probonoinst.org
Erin Palmer joined PBI in 2024 as the Associate Director of the Corporate Pro Bono project. Previously, Erin served as an ethics lawyer for the federal Judiciary, where she specialized in workplace accountability. She has also worked as a litigation associate at Clifford Chance US LLP, where she focused heavily on pro bono matters including winning asylum for an individual fleeing state violence due to their political beliefs, representing a child with disabilities at a local school to ensure they received needed educational supports, and filing briefs with the United States Supreme Court on the science regarding youth brain development to end the use of life without parole sentences for youth offenders, as well as served as Supervising Attorney of a human rights litigation clinic at American University Washington College of Law and a law clerk at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Erin invests heavily in local community and public service. She is currently an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, a non-partisan, volunteer neighborhood-level elected official. Erin graduated from the University of Pennsylvania where she majored in Politics, Philosophy & Economics and Spanish (with distinction) and from American University Washington College of Law (JD), cum laude, and American University School of International Service (MA), with a specialization in international peace and conflict resolution.
Genevieve Timm
Project Assistant, Corporate Pro Bono
gtimm@probonoinst.org
Genevieve Timm joined PBI in 2023. Prior to joining PBI, she was a litigation paralegal at a Florida firm. In 2022, Genevieve graduated from the University of Central Florida with a dual bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies and Political Science. While at UCF, Genevieve interned with nonprofit organization, Change Everything, Inc., and successfully led a collective effort that reduced chronic homelessness in Orlando by 60 percent. Additionally, during her time at UCF, she worked as an outreach organizer for the action fund For Our Future and planned community-based events as president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), collegiate chapter. Upon graduating, Genevieve transitioned to the Orlando NOW chapter as the social media coordinator.