Staff
ACLU of Colorado departments and staff
Administration
Vanessa Michel
Deputy Director
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Vanessa Michel is the Deputy Director of the ACLU of Colorado. In her former role as Director of Communications, she managed the production of the...
Advocacy
Jennifer Samano
Director of Advocacy
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Jennifer Samano is a community organizer and civil rights advocate living in Denver, CO. Prior to working with the ACLU, Jennifer worked as a...
Communications
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Legal
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Tim Macdonald
Legal Director
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Tim Macdonald was hired as the Legal Director of the ACLU of Colorado in March 2023. Before that, Tim was a trial and appellate lawyer at Arnold &...
Sara R. Neel
Senior Staff Attorney & Managing Attorney
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Sara Neel was hired as Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Colorado in October 2011 where she has focused her practice on a variety of civil rights...
Emma Mclean-Riggs
Senior Staff Attorney
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Emma Mclean-Riggs joined the ACLU of Colorado in September 2023. Emma came to the ACLU of Colorado from the Office of the State Public Defender,...
