Shawna Bray is CEO’s new General Counsel. She is an experienced litigator, having been an associate at Arnold & Porter in Washington D.C., and Richard, Layton & Finger in Wilmington, DE. She was also counsel at Stein Mitchell Beato & Missner LLP in Washington.
She has also most recently been a consultant for the Federalist Society’s Freedom of Thought Project and has worked on a number of CEO projects, including drafting an amicus brief in Coalition for TJ v. Fairfax County School Board.
Ms. Bray is a graduate of the University of Iowa and Northwestern Law School.
Samantha Crane is CEO’s 2025–2026 Visiting Legal Fellow and previously was a fellow in CEO’s 2023 Civil Rights Fellowship class. During law school, Samantha served as President of her school’s Federalist Society chapter and interned for Justice Brian Hagedorn of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
She was also an Associate Articles Editor for the Wisconsin International Law Journal. Prior to law school, Samantha worked at StandWithUs, an Israel education organization, where she supported efforts to teach students about Israel and anti-Semitism.
Ms. Crane earned a dual degree in journalism and political science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and is a 2025 graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School and civil litigator in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
