Lobbyists Employed

  • Amezquita, Hope
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-644-8080

    Registered: 5/6/2015
    Matters: All legislative and executive matters, including agency and regulatory issues, impacting voting rights.
    Job title: Staff Attorney and Legislative Counsel

  • Deady, Gail Marie
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-644-8080

    Registered: 5/6/2015
    Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that ensure women’s rights, including reproductive freedom.
    Job title: The Secular Society Women's Rights Legal Fellow

  • Farrar, William Robert Jr
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-523-2156

    Registered: 12/14/2015
    Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief, and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
    Job title: Director of Public Policy and Communications

  • Gastañaga, Claire Guthrie
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-523-2146

    Registered: 5/6/2015
    Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems; dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline; ensure open and transparent government; ensure access to government benefits without discrimination; remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief; ensure women’s rights, including reproductive freedom; ensure voting rights; protect immigrants’ rights; and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
    Job title: Executive Director

  • Knaack, Frank
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-644-8080

    Registered: 5/6/2015
    Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief, and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
    Job title: Director, Public Policy and Communications

  • Poggenklass, Robert James
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-523-2153

    Registered: 5/6/2015
    Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems; dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline; ensure open and transparent government; and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.
    Job title: Tony Dunn Legal Fellow

  • Schmidt, Charlie
    (Details)

    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-402-0767

    Registered: 12/22/2015
    Matters: Reform Virginia's Criminal Justice and Juvenile justice system, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral beliefs, ensure proper oversight and accountability regarding government's use of surveillance and other technologies.
    Job title: Public Policy Associate

Matters: The ACLU of VA lobbies the General Assembly and the Executive Branch to support laws, regulations, policies, and procedures that seek to reform Virginia’s criminal and juvenile justice systems, dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline, ensure open and transparent government, ensure access to government benefits without discrimination, remove laws and policies that grant entities the right to deny services to individuals based on religious or moral belief, and ensure proper oversight and accountability vis-à-vis the government’s use of surveillance and other technology.

Principal contact for ACLU of Va:

  • Claire Guthrie Gastañaga
    701 E Franklin St
    Ste 1412
    Richmond, VA 23219

    804-523-2146

Information on this page comes from public documents on file with the office of the Virginia Conflict of Interest and Ethics Advisory Council.