Dustin Chicurel-Bayard

Senior Communications Strategist, Campaigns

Dustin Chicurel-Bayard is the Senior Communications Strategist, Campaigns, for The Clean Slate Initiative. In this role, he leads the organization’s campaign communications and media relations, as well as supporting storytelling and narrative change efforts.

Before joining The Clean Slate Initiative, Dustin served as the Communications Director for the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, and the North Carolina Sierra Club, where he also served as the interim state director during a leadership transition. 

Having seen first-hand the consequences that having a record can have on families and loved ones, Dustin’s professional skills and expertise are fueled by a personal passion for ensuring everyone has a shot at redemption. While working at the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, Dustin saw the transformational impact that records relief can provide for working families. The organization’s Clean Slate clinics helped people navigate the petition-based expungement process. Dustin is proud to help advance efforts through The Clean Slate Initiative that ensures everyone has access to meaningful opportunities and the chance to build a better life.

Dustin earned a bachelor’s degree in Communications from Appalachian State University and an executive certificate in Environmental Communications from Duke University. 

Dustin lives in Chapel Hill, NC, with his wife Miriam and their 19-year-old cat Bug. When not working to make the country and his community a more fair and just place, you can find him tinkering in his woodworking shop, kayaking, and thinking of ways to help dismantle white supremacy.