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:
- Nan AronPresident
- Ken GrossingerChair
- Paulette MeyerVice Chair
- Barbara Gonzalez-McIntoshSecretary-Treasurer
Board:
Board of Directors
- Nan Aron
- David Goldston
- Barbara Gonzalez-McIntosh
- Ken Grossinger
- Deepak Gupta
- Clay Hiles
- Surina Khan
- Farhana Khera
- Rachel Levin
- David Lipman
- Bill Lurye
- Paulette Meyer
- Norman Rosenberg
- Jahan Sagafi
- Arnold Spellun
- Roger Vann
- Bradley Whitford
Staff:
- Nan AronPresident
- Anese ClarkDatabase Manager
- Alisha DingusIndividual Giving Manager
- Heidi GiderDirector of Development
- Daniel L. GoldbergLegal Director
- Sue HoechstetterSenior Advisor for Foundation Advocacy and Evaluation
- Aaron JordanDorot Fellow, Justice Programs
- Laurie KinneyDirector of Communications
- Abby LevineDirector, Bolder Advocacy
- Karol Alzate LondonoKlagsbrun Outreach Fellow
- Sara MatlinBilingual West Coast Counsel, Bolder Advocacy Initiative
- Keely MonroeCounsel, Bolder Advocacy Initiative
- Britney MumfordOutreach Associate
- Lisa NashDorot Fellow
- Natalie Roetzel OssenfortDirector, Texas Office
- Ronnie PawelkoElections Counsel
- Alicia PeytonDirector of Administration
- Nikhil PillaiCounsel, Bolder Advocacy Initiative
- Alexa PintoProgram Coordinator
- Elizabeth Posner Director of Foundation Relations
- Nona RandoisSouthern California Director
- Susan RheaWeb Manager
- Megan SimonsCommunications Manager
- Shyaam Subramanian Southern California Counsel
- Keith ThirionDirector of Outreach
- Bridget WinklerExecutive Assistant
- Susanna YoungDevelopment Associate