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Our Staff
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Andrew Schneider
Executive Director
As chief executive officer of the ACLU of Connecticut and the ACLU Foundation of Connecticut, Andrew Schneider has overall responsibility for management and operation of both organizations. Before serving as the organization’s Executive Director in Connecticut, Schneider was Executive Director of the ACLU of West Virginia for six years. During his tenure there, the affiliate’s membership more than tripled and its budget quintupled in size. In West Virginia, Schneider spearheaded a successful campaign to pass legislation to combat racial profiling and for those efforts, he was honored by the NAACP with the Freedom Award.
From 1998 to 2001, Schneider served as the Development Director for the ACLU in Connecticut. His other ACLU credentials include Development Director for the ACLU of New Mexico, Campus Groups Coordinator for the ACLU National Office, Board member of the ACLU of Virginia, and founder and president of the ACLU campus chapter at Washington & Lee University where he earned his B.A. in European History.
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Sandra Staub
Legal Director
Sandy Staub brings over twenty years of trial experience to her new role as Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut. In the early 1990’s, she was Chief of the Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit for the Northwestern District Attorney’s office in Massachusetts. There, Sandy was responsible for trying cases and supervising unit attorneys and advocates, as well as taking a leadership role in creating an interdisciplinary community group organized to maximize available resources to prevent domestic violence. From 1998 until 2004, she practiced law and became a partner at Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP, the largest law firm in Western Massachusetts. From 2004 until 2010, she was a partner at Allison, Angier and Bartmon, LLP, a small firm in Amherst, Massachusetts. For ten years Sandy volunteered as a Board Member, including as President, for the New England Learning Center for Women in Transition, an agency providing shelter and services to women and children moving from violent homes into stable environments. In addition to many other community activities, Sandy served as a Trustee for Greenfield Community College and as a Distribution Member of the Western Massachusetts Community Foundation. Sandy graduated from Greenfield Community College, Amherst College and Yale Law School.
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David McGuire
Staff Attorney
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Development Director
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Denise M. Thivierge
Assistant to the Executive Director
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Serena C. Soutar
Legal Assistant
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