Hayley Poxleitner serves as the director of communications and community outreach at the Great North Innocence Project (GNIP). In this role, she leads media strategy and engagement and also serves as GNIP's freed client liaison. Before joining GNIP, she worked in philanthropy at the Women's Foundation of Minnesota and conducted policy research as a fellow with Refugees International and the International Rescue Committee. Hayley holds a master's degree in human rights from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor's degree in comparative cultures and politics and French from Michigan State University.