ACLU of Maryland Staff
Susan Goering has been Executive Director of the ACLU of Maryland since June 1996, before which time she was Legal Director. She has general oversight of all functions of the organization.
Alison James is the Operations Manager. She provides human resources support, researches and advises us on financial matters, monitors and reports on financial and investment performance, and generally makes sure the office runs smoothly.
Arletta Bussiere is the Executive Assistant. She provides support to the Executive Director and Operations Director and facilitates office operations.
Susan Morseth is the Development Director. She leads the the philanthropy program which highlights major gift cultivation to reach the annual and long range funding goals of the ACLU of Maryland.
Caity Lovett is the Development Associate. She provides support to our fundraising efforts, membership coordination, and other development initiatives.
Deborah Jeon is the ACLU of Maryland's Legal Director. She has general oversight over our legal program, as well as large-scale litigation to promote racial justice, such as voting rights cases and lawsuits to combat police racial profiling.
David Rocah is a Staff Attorney. He is engaged in general legal work, including litigation against state police spying on political activists, and also advocates on legislative issues.
Amy Cruice is the Legal Program Administrator. She oversees complaint investigation, assists with oversight of volunteers and law clerks, staff’s advocacy campaigns, and places cases with pro bono law firms.
Angad Singh is the Legal Program Associate. He oversees the review of thousands of letters and calls for legal assistance each year, supervises our Civil Rights Complaint Line, and leads the investigation and fact gathering for possible cases.
Barbara A. Samuels is the Managing Attorney for ACLU of Maryland’s Fair Housing Project. She is also lead counsel on the ACLU of Maryland's class action lawsuit to provide African American public housing residents in Baltimore City choice in their housing locations in communities of opportunity.
Salimah K. Hankins is the Fair Housing Associate. She oversees the public outreach component of the ACLU of Maryland’s Fair Housing Project. She also provides support to the Fair Housing Managing Attorney.
Sonia Kumar is a recipient of the national Soros Justice Fellowship. She is an attorney directing our Juvenile Justice Project.
Bebe Verdery is the Director of ACLU of Maryland's Education Reform Project. The ACLU, representing thousands of Baltimore City schoolchildren who have not been getting their constitutionally-guaranteed education, aims to get better management of the City schools, adequate funding for the City schools, and a better education for at-risk schoolchildren across Maryland.
Frank Patinella is an Advocate with the Education Reform Project. His primary focus is to ensure that students in Baltimore City are attending safe, healthy, and modernized school buildings. He also works with citywide community groups, parents, and other advocates to keep them informed of important policy matters and organizing efforts at the city and state level.
Melissa Goemann is the Legislative Director. She coordinates the ACLU of Maryland's legislative program in the Maryland General Assembly, as well as other advocacy efforts across the state.
Anne Gregory is the Marriage Fairness Field Director. She staffs the ACLU of Maryland's campaign to organize ACLU members and supporters to advocate for the freedom to marry of same-sex couples.
Meredith Curtis is the Public Outreach Director. She coordinates our public outreach events and initiatives, as well as handling publications, media relations, and strategic communications.