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About
Us > Officers & Directors | Staff
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
TONY STRONG, Juneau
SECRETARY
WILLIE ANDERSON, Juneau
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER
KIRSTEN BEY, Nome
PAUL GRANT, Juneau
SCOTT HENDERSON, Anchorage
KATIE HURLEY, Wasilla
MICHAEL KING, Anchorage
CONNIE OZER, Anchorage
JOHN NEVILLE, Anchor Point
GALEN PAINE, Sitka
STEPHANIE PAWLOWSKI, Anchorage
JUNE PINNELL-STEPHENS, Fairbanks
JIM WHITAKER, Fairbanks
NADINE WINTERS, Fairbanks
ZACH FICK, Student Advisor, Anchorage
NOELANI KAMAHELE, Student Advisor, Anchorage
Staff:
Tiffany McClain is
the LGBT Public Policy Coordinator for the ACLU of Alaska.
She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 2001 and earned
an MA from the University of Michigan, where she studied the
politics of race and gender in U.S. history. Originally from
St. Louis, MO, she came to Alaska for a working vacation during
the summer of 2007 and is looking forward to making Anchorage
her home.
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.
Theda Pittman who
is ACLU of Alaska’s part-time bookkeeper is a 40-year
resident of Alaska. She has lived in both Fairbanks and Anchorage
and enjoyed the opportunity to travel in rural Alaska in the
early 70’s when she worked in public broadcasting. Her
other jobs have included director of the Alaska Women’s
Resource Center and the Alaska Public Offices Commission as
well as staff trainer for the Governor’s Office of Equal
Employment Opportunity.
Josh Press is the Legal
Fellow for the ACLU of Alaska. He previously worked as a law clerk for Judges
David Stewart and Joel Bolger of the Alaska Court of Appeals. He
graduated cum laude from the Northwestern University
School of Law, where he was an editor of the school’s
law review. A native of Georgia and a graduate of Emory
University in Atlanta, Josh first became interested in civil
liberties while he was a summer volunteer for the ACLU of Georgia. After
serving as our Legal Fellow, Josh plans on clerking for Judge
Andrew Kleinfeld of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Fairbanks.
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.
Tafilisaunoa Toleafoa is
the Administrative Assistant for the ACLU of Alaska. Her previous
jobs include working extensively with the "AHAINA Student Program",
the Multicultural Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
As a Student Leader, Tafi held multiple positions as a Senator
at the Union of Students, she also founded the Polynesian College
Council and volunteered at Food Bank of Alaska. She came to
Alaska in 2004 to continue her education and to reunite with
her family. Tafi graduated cum laude and with Leadership Honors
in 2007 from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a Liberal
Studies/Political Science degree.
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