ACLU of Va

Lobbyists Employed

• Amezquita, Hope
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-644-8080
  

  Registered: 5/6/2015
  Matters: All legislative and executive matters, including agency and regulatory issues, impacting voting rights.
  Job title: Staff Attorney and Legislative Counsel
  

• Deady, Gail Marie
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-644-8080
  

  Registered: 5/6/2015
  Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that ensure women’s rights, including reproductive freedom.
  Job title: The Secular Society Women's Rights Legal Fellow
  

• Farrar, William Robert Jr
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-523-2156
  

  Registered: 12/14/2015
  Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief, and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
  Job title: Director of Public Policy and Communications
  

• Gastañaga, Claire Guthrie
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-523-2146
  

  Registered: 5/6/2015
  Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems; dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline; ensure open and transparent government; ensure access to government benefits without discrimination; remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief; ensure women’s rights, including reproductive freedom; ensure voting rights; protect immigrants’ rights; and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
  Job title: Executive Director
  

• Knaack, Frank
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-644-8080
  

  Registered: 5/6/2015
  Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief, and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
  Job title: Director, Public Policy and Communications
  

• Poggenklass, Robert James
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-523-2153
  

  Registered: 5/6/2015
  Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems; dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline; ensure open and transparent government; and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
  Job title: Tony Dunn Legal Fellow
  

• Schmidt, Charlie
  (Details)

  701 E Franklin St
  Ste 1412
  Richmond, VA 23219
  
  804-402-0767
  

  Registered: 12/22/2015
  Matters: Reform Virginia's Criminal Justice and Juvenile justice system, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral beliefs, ensure proper oversight and accountability regarding government's use of surveillance and other technologies.
  Job title: Public Policy Associate