Staff

Executive Leadership

Steven D. Anderson

President and CEO

James S. Burling

Vice President of Legal Affairs

John M. Groen

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Larry G. Salzman

Vice President for Litigation, Policy & Research

Senior Attorneys

Steve Simpson

Director of Separation of Powers Litigation Separation of Powers

Robert H. Thomas

Director of Property Rights Litigation Property Rights

Joshua P. Thompson

Director of Equality and Opportunity Litigation Equality & Opportunity

Anastasia Boden

Senior Attorney Equality & Opportunity

J. David Breemer

Senior Attorney Property Rights

Oliver J. Dunford

Senior Attorney Separation of Powers

Brian T. Hodges

Senior Attorney Property Rights

Chris Kieser

Senior Attorney Property Rights

Deborah J. La Fetra

Senior Attorney Property Rights

Christina M. Martin

Senior Attorney Property Rights

Jeffrey W. McCoy

Senior Attorney Property Rights

Mark Miller

Senior Attorney Property Rights

Austin Raynor

Senior Attorney Special Counsel for Supreme Court Practice

Glenn E. Roper

Senior Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Damien M. Schiff

Senior Attorney Separation of Powers

Attorneys

Chris Barnewolt

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Brandon Beyer

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Jack Brown

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Laura D’Agostino

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Allison Daniel

Attorney Separation of Powers

David J. Deerson

Attorney Property Rights

Haley Dutch

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Adi Dynar

Attorney Separation of Powers

Wilson Freeman

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Frank Garrison

Attorney Separation of Powers

Paige Gilliard

Attorney Separation of Powers

Adam Griffin

Attorney
Separation of Powers

David Hoffa

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Wesley Hottot

Attorney Property Rights

Jon Houghton

Attorney Property Rights

Kerry Hunt

Attorney Separation of Powers

Jeff Jennings

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Ashley Levine

Attorney Separation of Powers

Donna Matias

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

David McDonald

Attorney Property Rights

Molly Nixon

Attorney Separation of Powers

Joshua Polk

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Michael Poon

Attorney Separation of Powers

Andrew Quinio

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Sean Radomski

Attorney Separation of Powers

Josh Robbins

Attorney Separation of Powers

Samantha Romero

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Jeremy Talcott

Attorney Property Rights

Johanna Talcott

Attorney Property Rights

Caleb R. Trotter

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Kady Valois

Attorney Property Rights

Austin Waisanen

Attorney Property Rights

Luke Wake

Attorney Separation of Powers

Erin Wilcox

Attorney Equality & Opportunity

Daniel Woislaw

Attorney Property Rights

Charles Yates

Attorney Separation of Powers

Litigation Fellows

Nick Clifford

Litigation Fellow

Christopher Condon

Litigation Fellow

Sydney Madigan

Litigation Fellow Equality & Opportunity

Avery Ranum

Litigation Fellow

Legal Support

Kiren Mathews

Legal Support Manager

Brien P. Bartels

Senior Legal Secretary

Tawnda A. Dyer

Senior Legal Secretary

Meghan Hixon

Legal Secretary

Cindy Piett

Legal Secretary

Paula Puccio

Paralegal

Chris Sears

Legal Secretary

Alexa Tamosaitis

Executive Assistant to the Legal Department

Katherine Turnbill

Legal Secretary

Strategic Research

Megan Jenkins

Strategic Research Director

Nicole Divers

Data Specialist

Jacob Fishbeck

Strategic Research Project Manager

Mitchell Scacchi

Strategic research manager

Kyle Sweetland

Strategic Research Manager

Legal Policy

Daniel J. Dew

Legal Policy Director

Kileen Lindgren

Legal Policy Manager

Joe Luppino-Esposito

Deputy Legal Policy Director

Jim Manley

State Legal Policy Deputy Director

Robert Carter

Federal legal policy analyst

Jaimie Cavanaugh

Legal Policy Counsel 

John Sweeney

Legal Policy Analyst

Constitutional Scholarship

Elizabeth Slattery

Director of Constitutional Scholarship

Ethan W. Blevins

Legal Fellow

Stephen Davis

Senior Legal Fellow

Gus Smythe

Research Assistant

Alison Somin

Senior Legal Fellow Equality & Opportunity

Will Yeatman

Senior Legal Fellow

Communications and Outreach

Scott Barton

Vice President for Communications & Marketing

Jaclyn Boudreau

Brand Director

Gwendolyn Darmstadter

Events Director

Joseph Kast

Multimedia Director

Rachel Swaffer

Outreach Director

Kate Pomeroy

Media Director

Michael Slabinski

Coalitions Director

Nicole W.C. Yeatman

Editorial Director

Grant Brown

Multimedia Producer

Adam Burnett

Media Manager Separation of Powers

Collin Callahan

Communications Strategist

Zach Cronan

Audience Engagement Manager

Grace Gottwalt

Events Associate

Kyle Griesinger

Communications Strategist Separation of Powers

Caroline Heathcock

Digital Marketing Specialist

Brittany Hunter

Editorial Writer

Hannah Niles

Coalitions Manager

Jen Ohman

Media Manager Equality & Opportunity

Mia Ring

Graphic Designer

Charity Williamson

Events Manager

Development

Roger Pattison

Vice President for Development

Sarah A. Muse

Director of Stewardship and Operations

Sandy Chauvin

Executive Assistant for Development

Cara A. Dublin

Grants Manager

Joseph Elizalde

Development Data Specialist

LeAnne Fields

Development Stewardship Coordinator

Jennifer Frain

Director of Foundation Relations

Caroline Gray-Klahr

Development Data Manager

Kathy Hoekstra

Development Communications Officer

Ellen Hubbard

Director of Donor Relations

Ben W. Johnson

Donor Relations Officer

James G. Katzinski

Gift Planning Officer

Jake Leach

Donor Relations Officer

Jared Morris

Annual Giving Manager

Operations

Phil Applebaum

Director of Talent and Culture

Sam Chang

Director of Information Technology

Eric Shear

Director of Business Intelligence

Rico Brown

System Support Technician

Alexis Chan

Employee Experience Specialist

Hayden Gilbert

Information Technology Manager

Dawn Gonzales

Director of Finance, HR Generalist

Catharina A. Gonzalez

Senior Database Administrator

Linda Hellekson

Director of Administration

Lexi Osborn

Talent and Development Coordinator

Tracy Pinckard

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Jesse Reichenba

System Support Technician

Garett Roush

Talent Recruiter

Eli West

Training Coordinator

Eston Williams

Software developer