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
Communications
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Erica Tinsley
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720-402-3167
Erica Tinsley
Director of Communications
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Erica Tinsley joined ACLU of Colorado in May 2022. She currently serves as the secretary of the Denver Press Club where she has worked to...
Legal
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If you're interested in what our legal department is working on, take a look at our legal case database.
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,...
