Vera Institute of Justice

Chloe Aquart is the director of Vera’s Restoring Promise initiative, where she guides the development and management of all operations and administrative systems. She previously served as deputy initiative director.

Before joining Vera in 2022, Chloe was the director of people-centered practices at the Center for Court Innovation (CCI), where she led a broad range of local and national initiatives, including projects aimed at reforming prosecution, increasing community-based organizational capacity to mitigate and prevent gun violence, expanding the use of alternative to incarceration and diversion programs, and steering procedural justice initiatives. Beyond the United States, Chloe managed CCI’s international development portfolio, providing training and technical assistance to global criminal justice stakeholders in more than 16 countries.

Chloe holds a BS in accounting from Hunter College, City University of New York, an MA in urban affairs from Queens College, and a JD from New York Law School.