The New York Civil Liberties Union is run by a board of thirty nine directors and a statewide staff.
NYCLU Officers
Robin Willner - President
New York, NY
Nonprofit Executive, NYS P-TECH Leadership Council
Robin Willner is Director of the NYS P-TECH Leadership Council, representing the Executive Chamber, NY State Education Department, State University of NY, Business Council and IBM International Foundation, scaling the innovative P-TECH 9-14 college and career ready school design. Approximately 12,000 students throughout New York State will be prepared to secure a high school diploma, a 2-year college degree and the workplace learning necessary for success in 21st century careers. Ms. Willner is coordinating the implementation and continuous improvement of the model in almost 40 partnerships across the state in a range of industries and STEM careers.
Ms. Willner had a distinguished career as Vice President, Global Community Initiatives for the IBM Corporation. As an executive in corporate citizenship, she managed all of IBM’s school partnerships and programs in 80 countries, with a focus on early literacy and STEM. She oversaw a range of global philanthropic and leadership development programs, including international corporate volunteer initiatives (Corporate Service Corps) and online mentoring programs for students, entrepreneurs and returning veterans. She also managed IBM’s humanitarian response to disasters. Ms. Willner joined IBM following her term as chief policy advisor to NYC Chancellor Joseph A Fernandez, to design and implement Reinventing Education, a unique philanthropic initiative in K-12 school reform. This $100 million global program grew to include 25 grant partnerships with school districts and states throughout the United States plus projects in twelve other countries, each focusing on a collaborative effort to develop new applications of technology to overcome common barriers to school improvement and increase student achievement.
In addition to the NYCLU, Robin was founding chair and continues to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Planned Parenthood of NYC Political Committee and she served for more than a decade on the Board of Planned Parenthood of NYC. Ms. Willner has also served on numerous national boards and councils to consider a range of education policy issues.
Wendy Stryker - Vice President
New York, NY
Attorney, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
Ronald J. Tabak - Secretary
New York, NY
Attorney, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
Geneviève Wachtell - Treasurer
New York, NY
General Counsel, AltSchool
Michael J. Hall – Equity & Inclusion Officer
Milton, NY
Associate Professor of Psychology & Department Chair of Behavioral Sciences, Dutchess Community College
Board of Directors
Tahanie Aboushi
New York, NY
Partner, The Aboushi Law Firm, PLLC
Claudia Angelos (Co-General Counsel to the NYCLU)
New York, NY
Clinical Professor of Law, New York University
Eva-Maria Anthony
New York, NY
Senior Fiduciary Specialist, BNY Mellon NA
John D. Cirrin
Albany, NY
Public Information Officer, Albany Public Library (Retired)
Rebekah Cook-Mack
New York, NY
Associate, Levy Ratner, PC
Douglas Cuthbertson
New York, NY
Attorney, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP
Julie B. Ehrlich
New York, NY
Assistant Dean for Strategic Initiatives & Chief of Staff; Executive Director, Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network, NYU School of Law
Brooke Ellison, PhD
Stony Brook, NY
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
Kevin Finnegan
New York, NY
Attorney
Tracy Givens Hunter
Newburgh, NY
Directory Navigator Program/Public Policy and Education Fund of NY
Kelly Haley
Brooklyn, NY
Executive Director, East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc.
Mary Hedahl
New York, NY
Development Consultant
Jonathan Horn
New York, NY
Attorney, Law Office of Jonathan F. Horn
Mondaire Jones
New Rochelle, NY
Attorney, Westchester County Law Department
Amin Kassam
New York, NY
Chief of Staff & Senior Counsel, Bloomberg L.P.
Anne F. Keenan
Brooklyn, NY
Head of Strategy, Purpose
Justin Krebs
Brooklyn, NY
Founder, Living Liberally and Campaign Director, MoveOn.org
Mayur Lakhani
New York, NY
Partner & Portfolio Manager, Tricadia Capital Management
Edwin J. Lopez-Soto
Rochester, NY
Attorney, Faculty at Cornell University ILR School
Jonathan Manes
Buffalo, NY
Assistant Clinical Professor, University at Buffalo School of Law, State University of New York
Terry McGovern, J.D.
New York, NY
Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Professor and Chair, Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Carlin Meyer
Palenville, NY
Professor Emeritus & Arbitrator, New York Law School
Elizabeth Nicolas
Rochester, NY
Workers’ Rights Attorney, Empire Justice Center
Arjun Patel
New York, NY
Partner, PwC Advisory
Arlene R. Popkin
Elmsford, NY
Civil libertarian and attorney (Retired)
Bruce Popper
Rochester, NY
Vice President, 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
Insha Rahman
New York, NY
Senior Planner, Vera Institute of Justice
Daniel Stewart
Brooklyn, NY
Associate Legal Officer, United Nations HQ
Nabiha Syed
Brooklyn, NY
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, BuzzFeed; Visiting Fellow, Yale Law School
Olivier Sylvain
New York, NY
Professor, Fordham Law School
M.D. (Lita) Taracido
Tuckahoe, NY
Attorney, Retired
Maria Valentin
White Plains, NY
Attorney; Teacher, Scarsdale High School
Paul Washington
Brooklyn, NY
Past President, Vulcan Society/FDNY
Ellen Yaroshefsky
New York, NY
Freedman Institute, Maurice A Deane School of Law, Hofstra University