Celeste Fitzgerald, of Clearwater, Florida, has been an active volunteer for Ohioans To Stop Executions and Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. She formally joined the board in 2020. In 2019 she retired as the Director of Development for Equal Justice USA, where she also served as a member of the senior leadership team. At EJUSA Celeste contributed to a period of significant growth for the organization, both financially and programmatically. Celeste was the Director of New Jerseyans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NJADP), from its founding in 1999 until 2007. In that role she led campaigns that resulted in passage of New Jersey’s historic death penalty moratorium (2005) and abolition (2007) bills. Under Fitzgerald’s leadership, NJADP also successfully challenged New Jersey’s regulations for lethal injection, which resulted in a 2004 court decision that halted executions in New Jersey. Fitzgerald has received many state and national awards for her work on the death penalty, including the 2006 National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Abolitionist of the Year award.