About me
Kirra Jarratt is the CEO of the DC Bar Foundation, the District's leading funder of civil legal aid with a commitment to transforming the District's legal aid network so that all residents have a fair and equal legal experience. She has served in this capacity since 2014. Under her leadership, the Foundation has spearheaded the development of DC's first coordinated intake and referral system, with the goal of making it easier for DC residents to navigate the 50+ legal aid organizations offering services. This initiative included conducting a comprehensive landscape analysis, publishing a concept paper, and implementing an extensive community feedback process to ensure transparent, community-centered design. The system launched its pilot phase in June 2024, with full implementation planned for Fall 2025.
Before joining the Foundation in 2014, Ms. Jarratt worked on the Hill, co-founded a law practice, served as agency counsel within the Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia, and lobbied on behalf of the American Bar Association.
Ms. Jarratt is an active volunteer as well. She is a past president of "GWAC" (an affiliate chapter of the National Bar Association), a past President of the Women's Bar Association Foundation, and a former board member of the DC Bar Board of Governors, the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, and the Washington Improv Theater. She is a member of Leadership Greater Washington, and the Washington Business Journal recognized her as one of their Women Who Mean Business in 2019.
Ms. Jarratt received her BA from Harvard, her JD from the University of Michigan, and her Executive MBA from MIT. She is a member of the DC, Virginia, and Pennsylvania Bars. She lives in Washington, DC.
