Shell’s Travis Torrence ‘Brings His Authentic Self to the Table’

Travis Torrence learned about the power of the law while he was still in high school when his aunt, a small-town Louisiana school teacher-turned-political activist, sued her local government under the Voting Rights Act for its “at-large” election system.

“She won,” Torrence said. “That was the first time I noticed the law being used to effectuate societal change — change that for that community was historic. I remember thinking that the law was the key to justice, fairness, equity and equality. And if I wanted to be an agent- of-change, I had to understand the law and the policy issues that informed it.”