Jo-Ann Wallace

President, CEO and Board Chair, NLADA Mutual Insurance Co., RRG

Jo-Ann Wallace is the President, CEO and Board Chair of NLADA Mutual Insurance Co., RRG, an insurance and risk management firm dedicated exclusively to the unique needs of the equal justice community and an advocate for justice and equity within the insurance industry. 

Jo-Ann is the immediate past President and CEO of the National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA), where she spent more than 20 years in leadership roles at the organization. She has received many honors for her advocacy including recognition from the Obama Administration as a White House “Champion of Change for Innovative Equal Justice Leadership” and by the Woman’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia as the 2023 Woman Lawyer of the Year.