Feminets

ALLIANCE FOR JUSTICE (AFJ)

Founded: 1979

Founder: Nan Aron

Website: http://www.afj.org/

Location:

11 Dupont Circle NW

Suite 200

Washington DC 20036

Agenda:

• A coalition of left-wing progressive organizations
• Systematically opposes Republican judicial nominees as “right­wing extremists,” “ultraconservatives,” or racists and sexists
• Generally supports Democrat judicial nominees

Funder:

AFJ has received financial support from numerous major philanthropies, including the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Beldon Fund, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the JEHT Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Joyce Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, George Soros’s Open Society Institute, the Public Welfare Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Scherman Foundation, the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy, the Streisand Foundation, the Surdna Foundation, the Tides Foundation, and the Turner Foundation.

2008 – 2016 federal grants:

Key people:

1. Nan AronPresident
2. Ken GrossingerChair
3. Paulette MeyerVice Chair
4. Barbara Gonzalez-McIntoshSecretary-Treasurer

Board:

Board of Directors

1. Nan Aron
2. David Goldston
3. Barbara Gonzalez-McIntosh
4. Ken Grossinger
5. Deepak Gupta
6. Clay Hiles
7. Surina Khan
8. Farhana Khera
9. Rachel Levin
10. David Lipman
11. Bill Lurye
12. Paulette Meyer
13. Norman Rosenberg
14. Jahan Sagafi
15. Arnold Spellun
16. Roger Vann
17. Bradley Whitford

Staff:

1. Nan AronPresident
2. Anese ClarkDatabase Manager
3. Alisha DingusIndividual Giving Manager
4. Heidi GiderDirector of Development
5. Daniel L. GoldbergLegal Director
6. Sue HoechstetterSenior Advisor for Foundation Advocacy and Evaluation
7. Aaron JordanDorot Fellow, Justice Programs
8. Laurie KinneyDirector of Communications
9. Abby LevineDirector, Bolder Advocacy
10. Karol Alzate LondonoKlagsbrun Outreach Fellow
11. Sara MatlinBilingual West Coast Counsel, Bolder Advocacy Initiative
12. Keely MonroeCounsel, Bolder Advocacy Initiative
13. Britney MumfordOutreach Associate
14. Lisa NashDorot Fellow
15. Natalie Roetzel OssenfortDirector, Texas Office
16. Ronnie PawelkoElections Counsel
17. Alicia PeytonDirector of Administration
18. Nikhil PillaiCounsel, Bolder Advocacy Initiative
19. Alexa PintoProgram Coordinator
20. Elizabeth Posner Director of Foundation Relations
21. Nona RandoisSouthern California Director
22. Susan RheaWeb Manager
23. Megan SimonsCommunications Manager
24. Shyaam Subramanian Southern California Counsel
25. Keith ThirionDirector of Outreach
26. Bridget WinklerExecutive Assistant
27. Susanna YoungDevelopment Associate