DC Bar Foundation
J. Daryl Byler currently serves as the Director of Development and Communications at the DC Bar Foundation, overseeing private fundraising initiatives and communications strategies since May 2019. Previous roles include Executive Director at the Center for Justice & Peacebuilding, where leadership spanned from July 2013 to May 2019, and Representative for Mennonite Central Committee, managing programs across multiple Middle Eastern countries from August 2007 to June 2013. J. Daryl also led public policy advocacy as Director at the Mennonite Central Committee Washington Office for thirteen years, served as Pastor at Jubilee Mennonite Church for six years, and practiced law as Staff Attorney at East Mississippi Legal Services. A financial consultant and grantswriter at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, J. Daryl holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia School of Law, a Master of Arts in Christian Ministries from Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management as well as Theology from Eastern Mennonite University.
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DC Bar Foundation
The DC Bar Foundation is the leading funder of civil legal aid in the District of Columbia. We are committed to the vision that residents of the District have equal access to justice, regardless of income. Our mission is to fund, support, and improve legal representation of people who are financially disenfranchised or who are otherwise underserved in the District of Columbia. The Bar Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, was established in 1977 to provide a vehicle for lawyers and law firms to contribute to legal services organizations in the District of Columbia. In 1985, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals established the District’s IOLTA program, which the Foundation administers. In 2006, the Council of the District of Columbia appropriated funds for civil legal services grants and a poverty lawyer loan repayment assistance program, designating the DC Bar Foundation as administrator. The Bar Foundation awards grants to the District’s legal services organizations that provide free civil legal services to District residents with low incomes or who are otherwise underserved. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded more than $80 million in grants. To learn more about the Foundation's strategic vision, visit https://www.dcbarfoundation.org/strategic-vision