The ACLU of Alaska and the ACLU of Alaska Foundation are non-partisan organizations dedicated to advancing the cause of civil liberties in Alaska. The former fulfills its mission through legislative advocacy, coalition building, and grassroots advocacy. The latter pursues the same mission through public education and legal action.

Adopted by the Board of Directors on November 20, 2000.

Officers and Directors:

SUSAN WINGROVE, Anchorage
PRESIDENT
 
RICH CURTNER, Chugiak
VICE PRESIDENT
 
LLOYD EGGAN, Anchorage
TREASURER
 
MICHAEL KING, Anchorage
SECRETARY
 
WILLIE ANDERSON, Juneau
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER
 
KIRSTEN BEY, Nome
DONNA GOLDSMITH, Anchorage
PAUL GRANT, Juneau
SCOTT HENDERSON, Anchorage
KATIE HURLEY, Wasilla
MARJORIE KAISER, Anchorage
KAY MARTIN, Anchorage
CONNIE OZER, Anchorage
GALEN PAINE, Sitka
STEPHANIE PAWLOWSKI, Anchorage
JUNE PINNELL-STEPHENS, Fairbanks
TONY STRONG, Juneau
EMMA HILL, Student Advisor, Anchorage
ZACH FICK, Student Advisor, Anchorage

Staff:

Amy Coffman is the Director of LGBT Advocacy. She has previously worked as a union organizer for the Alaska Public Employees Association and has spent the last decade working on political campaigns, including Ethan Berkowitz's Gubernatorial race where she served as Field Director. Her interest in politics also took her to Juneau for seven years as staff to former state Representatives. Amy's interest in public policy and human rights has kept her busy with years of volunteer work for groups such as Amnesty International, anti-death penalty groups, and PROMO, Missouri's leading statewide LGBT advocacy organization. She is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks where she earned a B.A. in Linguistics.

Joshua Decker is a staff attorney for the ACLU of Alaska. He spent four years at the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, where he represented rural, low-income and elderly individuals in a wide variety of civil cases, and one year as an associate in the New York City office of Clifford Chance US LLP. He earned his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was the executive editor of the Chicago Journal of International Law and an avid participant in the civil rights and police accountability clinic, and his bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago, from which he graduated with honors in political science.

Johnathan Jones is the Equality Project Manager. Johnathan has worked in the Alaskan Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community for the past 7 years. Johnathan was the co-chair of the Alaska Pride Fest, and Chair of the Alaska Pride Conference, for the past 3 years. Johnathan was born in Australia and raised in a small country town named Gunnedah. Johnathan graduated from Sydney College of Divinity with a Degree in Theology. Johnathan has been an advocate and activist for LGBT rights in Australia, Indonesia, Scotland, Singapore, Thailand and the United States for the past 13 years.

Jeffrey Mittman is Executive Director for the ACLU of Alaska. Formerly the Deputy National Field Director of the ACLU, working out of the Washington Legislative Office, Jeffrey also served as the USA PATRIOT Act and Post-9/11 Campaign Coordinator for the Northern California Affiliate of the ACLU, and as a volunteer Board Member and Chapter Chair. In addition, he worked with the National Office and Affiliates on the debut season of the ACLU Freedom Files TV show. Jeffrey was in private law practice for several years, specializing in litigation, including criminal defense and representing plaintiffs in employment discrimination matters. He did advocacy organizing for Equality California, and has volunteered on electoral campaigns. Jeffrey is a former Airborne Ranger qualified Infantry First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He graduated Yale University, and the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was Symposium Editor for the Constitutional Law Quarterly.

Drew Phoenix is the Office Manager for the ACLU of Alaska. He comes to the ACLU with twenty years experience in non-profit, organizational management. Most recently, Drew served as Campaign Manager for Alaska Community Share and as Managing Director for Alaska Community Action on Toxics. He earned an M.S. in Development Management from The American University in Washington, D.C.

Tom Stenson is the Prison Rights Attorney for the ACLU of Alaska. He previously worked as a trial attorney at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, the public defender agency for the city of Philadelphia. He graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as an articles editor for the Journal of Labor and Employment Law. He obtained his bachelor’s degree at Swarthmore College, graduating with High Honors.

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