As NACDL’s Chief Operating Officer, Steven Logan leads the operations, technology, and organizational systems that support NACDL’s staff and advance its mission. He works closely with the Executive Director to translate organizational priorities into practical tools, processes, and services. His responsibilities include enterprise technology, data, digital platforms, cybersecurity, procurement, and facilities. Since becoming COO in 2022, Steven has focused on strengthening NACDL’s systems, helping staff make effective use of technology and data, and advancing the association’s adoption of AI and emerging technologies.
Steven has participated in some of NACDL’s most significant pro bono initiatives. As Assistant Project Manager for Clemency Project 2014, he developed the Applicant Tracking System to manage volunteer and applicant information and helped establish protocols with federal agencies for the secure transmission of that data. The system subsequently supported Return to Freedom initiatives and other NACDL projects.
From 2017 to 2022, he supported the NACDL/FAMM State Clemency Project, helping recruit, train, and support volunteer attorneys and firms that reviewed cases and submitted petitions for executive clemency. In 2020, he contributed to the launch of Return to Freedom and the Federal COVID-19 and D.C. Compassionate Release Projects, and in 2021 he helped create NACDL’s Cannabis Justice Initiative.
Steven joined NACDL in 2010 and has helped guide the association’s use of technology, including developing and launching its current website. Before NACDL, he managed technology for K–12 schools in Washington, D.C., and Georgia.
