“Every team’s going to win 54 games, every team’s going to lose 54. It’s what you do with the other 54 that counts.”
When the Game Is on the Line, It's Time for New Strategies
At The Other 54 Strategies, we believe today’s most pressing global challenges demand innovative thinking and collaborative solutions. By reframing the dialogue and fostering inclusivity, we aim to drive meaningful systems change and secure a sustainable future for all.
Our expertise in migration law and policy—intertwined with human rights, economic resilience, and national security—has given us a front-row seat to the breakdowns in policymaking at both the national and local levels. With a proven track record of coalition-building and bridging divides, we bring compassionate, pragmatic strategies to the table. Our mission is to tackle global security challenges, foster collaboration, and create lasting impact on a global scale.
Bio
Camille Mackler is a thought leader, strategist, and legal expert on how global issues intersect with local concerns. With a focus on migration, national security, foreign policy, and human rights, Ms. Mackler has written and spoken extensively on some of the world's most pressing issues.
On the national stage, she has put her words into action by being on the frontline of many migration crises over the last two decades. A few examples include the legal response to the Muslim Travel Ban, working to reunite asylum-seeking parents with their parents during family separation policies, advocating for - and ultimately helping coordinate - the evacuation of Afghan allies after the Taliban takeover, and most recently addressing the increase of newly arrived immigrants to New York City from the US-Mexico border. Throughout this work, Ms. Mackler has emphasized cultivating and strengthening women's leadership and promoting diverse and inclusive efforts that ensure voices in the conversation are representative of those who live with the consequences of policymakers' choices.
Ms. Mackler has also engaged in improving immigrant rights at the local level on a number of different fronts. She helped draft and get introduced the first-in-the-nation state-based right to counsel law for immigrants facing deportation, currently pending in the State legislature. Through her efforts New York City and New York State have increased investments in immigration legal services from a combined $10 million in 2013 to well over $100 million today. More recently she has worked with various stakeholders and partners to push for a robust and meaningful implementation of the LA Declaration of 2022 and co-led a session on this topic at the inaugural Cities Summit of the Americas in April, 2023.
She is the founder and owner of The Other 54 Strategies, a strategy and advisory service that addresses today’s most pressing global challenges and reframes the dialogue to allow for meaningful systems change. She is also the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Immigrant ARC, a non-profit dedicated to improving immigrant New Yorkers' access to counsel and access to justice, and a Visiting Senior Fellow on Immigration with the Truman Center for National Policy. She is a member of the Truman National Security Project, a 2024 Fellow with the 92Y's Women inPower Fellowship, was named a 2024 Trailblazer in Law by City & State magazine, and has won numerous awards and recognitions for her work.
Ms. Mackler is a frequent lecturer on topics of immigration law and policy and has authored numerous reports, OpEds, and articles on federal immigration policy. She has testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the New York State legislature, and the New York City Council on issues affecting immigrants, and has argued cases before US Federal Courts of Appeals and US Immigration Courts. She is a graduate of Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service and New York Law School.