Our Team

Anika Gray

Director

Anika has been at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law since June 2023. She has a rich array of gender, diversity and inclusion experiences spanning the public and private sectors in the U.S. and the Caribbean. She was the Gender and Inclusion Specialist for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) where she advised and supported regional Chief Justices as well as the President of the CCJ to develop gender-responsive programs and policies for the judiciary, including the development of specialised sexual offences courts and gender sensitivity training and protocol for judges. She has also worked for the World Bank Group in Washington DC, advising private sector clients on the business case for investing in gender and with the UN, developing programs to improve women’s economic empowerment and prevent and respond to gender-based violence.

Anika began her legal career with Aids-Free World, where she carried out strategic litigation focusing on dismantling homophobic laws impacting on LGBTQ+ rights in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. For example, she produced part of the legal submission for Caleb Orozco v Belize (the first case from the English-Speaking Caribbean to challenge the constitutionality of a sodomy law) and was counsel in the first Jamaican case (Tomlinson v TVJ and CVM) to bring a constitutional claim against Jamaica’s three television stations, which had refused to air an ad promoting tolerance towards LGBTQI+ people. In her role as Caribbean Advocacy Advisor for Outright International, she also worked on improving the policy and legislative environment for LGBTQ+ people. Additionally, she worked with the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) in Jamaica providing legal opinions on whether members of the police should face criminal sanctions for extra-judicial actions perpetrated against civilians.

Anika earned a Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) from the University of West Indies, a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Oxford, and a Master of Law ( LL.M) from Harvard Law School. She is also a 2014 Chevening Scholar.

Isabella Wynne-Markham

Program Assistant

Isabella has been at Northwestern since October of 2023. She graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in May of 2023 with a degree in Environmental Analysis and Art History. Before coming to Northwestern, Isabella worked at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In college, she worked as a Study Abroad Peer Advisor, an Undergraduate Assistant for the Washington University Department of Art History and Archaeology, and as a Student Consultant for the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at the Washington University School of Law. She is passionate about women’s rights, reproductive justice, sustainability, and environmental justice.

GEI Advisory Council

Nancy Gerrie

Retired Partner and Co-Chair, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation Practice, Winston & Strawn

Prior to her retirement in 2022, Nancy counseled clients on a variety of retirement plan and other employee benefit plan matters, including the design, amendment, administration and termination of pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) plans, and served as Co-Chair of the practice group at Winston & Strawn. Prior to joining Winston, Nancy was the managing partner of the McDermott Will & Emery Chicago office, and a founding member of the Chicago Women Managing Partner Roundtable. Nancy was recognized as a leader in the field of employee benefits and executive compensation by The Legal 500 United States and one of the "Best Lawyers in America" for 2013 - 2022. Nancy received the 2022 Lifetime Achievement award in Employee Benefits from the Plan Sponsor Council of America. Nancy is a strong advocate for advancing women in professional and business fields, and enjoys mentoring, training, retaining and encouraging women to excel in their chosen professions. Nancy is a member of the Law Board of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and serves on the Advisory Council on the school’s Gender Equity Initiative. Nancy is also on the board of the Chicago Bar Foundation, serving as its Treasurer, and is a Trustee of The Adler Planetarium in Chicago, serving on the Executive Committee of the Adler Board.

Christine Evans

Founder and Principal Director, Shared Roots Mediation L3C

Christine Evans is the founder and principal director of Shared Roots Mediation L3C. Christine is passionate about fostering positive connections and resolving conflicts through restorative and transformative justice approaches, with a particular focus on addressing sexual harm. With over two decades’ experience as a human rights attorney in Chicago and internationally, she draws from her knowledge of the criminal legal system, victims' and gender rights, and issues related to sexual harm to create processes for survivors seeking accountability and justice outside traditional legal systems.

Beyond her restorative justice work, Christine also teaches gender rights as an adjunct professor at Northwestern and serves as the president and chief funding officer of the Evans Family Foundation, supporting Chicagoland non-profits.

Christine holds a bachelor's degree from Boston University, a JD and LLM in International Human Rights from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, and a graduate certification in Restorative Justice from Eastern Mennonite University.