Staff

Leadership

Michael Waldman
Executive Director

John Anthony Butler
Chief Operating Officer 

John F. Kowal
Vice President for Programs

Nicole Austin-Hillery
Director and Counsel, Washington, DC Office

Elizabeth Goitein
Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Program

Faiza Patel
Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Program

Jeanine Plant-Chirlin
Director, Communications & Strategy

Frederick A.O. ('Fritz') Schwarz, Jr.
Chief Counsel

Vivien Watts
Director of Development

Wendy R. Weiser
Director, Democracy Program

Office of the Executive Director

Pichaya Poy Winichakul
Special Assistant to the Executive Director

Kelly Williams
Corporate General Counsel

Fellows

Bart Gellman
Fellow 

Eric Lane
Senior Fellow

Sidney S. Rosdeitcher
Senior Policy Advisor

Monica Youn
Brennan Center Constitutional Fellow

Democracy Program

Lawrence Norden
Deputy Director

Keesha Gaskins
Senior Counsel

Jonathan Brater
Counsel

Elisabeth Genn
Counsel

Diana Kasdan
Counsel 

Mimi Marziani
Counsel

Mark Ladov
Counsel

Myrna Pérez
Senior Counsel

Nicolas Riley
Counsel/Fellow 

Lee Rowland
Counsel

Adam Skaggs
Senior Counsel

Jonathan Backer
Research Associate

Maria da Silva
Research Associate

Tamara Joachim
Research Associate

Lianna Reagan
Research Associate 

John Travis
Research Associate

Jafreen M. Uddin
Executive Assistant to the Democracy Program 

Justice Program

Thomas Giovanni
Counsel and Director, COD Network

Mark Ladov
Counsel

Roopal Patel
Counsel/Katz Fellow 

Nabanita Pal
Research Associate

Meghna Philip
Research Associate 

Liberty and National Security Program

Rachel Levinson-Waldman
Counsel

Michael Price
Counsel 

R. Kyle Alagood
Research Associate

Washington, DC Office

Molly Alarcon
Policy Associate 

Pro Bono Counsel

David Earley

Communications & Strategy

Kimberly Lubrano
Assistant 

Jim Lyons
Chief Digital Strategist 

Erik Opsal
Coordinator

Desiree Ramos Reiner
Deputy Director

Development

Anna Coe
Development Coordinator

Molly Galvin
Manager of Major Gifts  

Jaemin Kim
Grants Manager

Charles X. Ombwa
Development Associate

Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Director of Foundation Relations

Finance & Operations

Antonio Dell'Agli
Information Technology Director

Timothy P. Domini
Controller

Emily Harris
Executive Assistant to the Vice President for Programs

Ok-Ja (Jade) Lim
Accountant

Jung Hee Sung
Assistant 

Erica Weinstein
Operations Director