EPIC Board and Staff

EPIC Board of Directors

Anita Allen, Chair [bio]
Harry Lewis, Secretary [bio]
Paul Smith, Treasurer [bio]
Danielle Citron [bio]
Whitfield Diffie [bio]
David Farber [bio]
Addison Fischer [bio]
Jeff Jonas [bio]
Chris Larsen [bio]
Sherry Turkle [bio]
Christopher Wolf [bio]
Shoshana Zuboff [bio]

EPIC Media Contacts

EPIC Staff

Alan Butler, Executive Director and President, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x103

Alan Butler is Executive Director and President of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, D.C. Mr. Butler joined EPIC in 2011 and served as Interim Executive Director during 2020. Prior to his appointment as Executive Director, Mr. Butler managed EPIC's litigation, including the Amicus Program, and filed briefs in emerging privacy and civil liberties cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and other appellate courts. Mr. Butler has argued on behalf of EPIC in privacy and open government cases in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, the Third Circuit, and the Supreme Courts of New Mexico and New Jersey. Mr. Butler has authored briefs on behalf of EPIC in significant privacy cases, including an amicus brief in Riley v. California that was cited in the Supreme Court's unanimous opinion upholding Fourth Amendment protections for cell phones. He has also authored briefs on national security, open government, workplace privacy, and consumer privacy issues. Mr. Butler is also Chair of the Privacy and Information Protection Committee of the ABA Section on Civil Rights and Social Justice. He is co-author of the most recent edition of Communications Law and Policy: Cases and Materials and has also published several articles on emerging privacy issues, including: Products Liability and the Internet of (Insecure) Things: Should Manufacturers Be Liable for Damage Caused by Hacked Devices?, Get a Warrant: The Supreme Court's New Course for Digital Privacy Rights after Riley v. California, Standing Up to Clapper: How to Increase Transparency and Oversight of FISA Surveillance, and When Cyberweapons End Up on Private Networks: Third Amendment Implications for Cybersecurity Policy. Mr. Butler is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and Washington University in St. Louis, where he earned a B.A. in Economics. He is a member of the DC Bar and the State Bar of California.

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John Davisson, EPIC Senior Counsel, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x120

John Davisson is Senior Counsel at EPIC. John works on a variety of appellate litigation and Freedom of Information Act cases. John first came to EPIC in 2015 as a clerk in the Internet Public Interest Opportunities Program. He has previously clerked at Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, served as a student attorney in the Civil Rights Section of Georgetown's Institute for Public Representation, and interned at the Appignani Humanist Legal Center. John is a 2016 magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, where he was managing editor of the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law & Policy, a Georgetown Law Fellow, and an NGO observer to the 9/11 military commission at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. He worked as a journalist before entering the law and earned his B.A. at Columbia University. John is a member of the New York and District of Columbia bars.

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Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x105

Caitriona Fitzgerald is Deputy Director at the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Caitriona leads EPIC's policy work, working to advance strong privacy, open government, and algorithmic fairness and accountability laws at both the state and federal level. She recently authored Grading on a Curve: Privacy Legislation in the 116th Congress, which sets out the key elements of a modern privacy law, including the creation of a U.S. Data Protection Agency. Before coming to EPIC, Caitriona served as Chief of Staff to Massachusetts State Senator Barry Finegold. She received her J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law and and her B.A. in Computer Science from the State University of New York at Geneseo. Caitriona is a member of the Massachusetts bar.

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Sara Geoghegan, EPIC Law Fellow, [Mailbox]

Sara Geoghegan is the EPIC Law Fellow. She is a graduate of UIC John Marshall Law School in Chicago. During law school, she served as the Editor-in-Chief of the UIC Journal of Privacy & Technology Law, as an Associate Justice on the Moot Court Honors Board, and on the Trial Advocacy & Alternative Dispute Resolution Council. She was a co-captain of the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court team, which competes in both Hong Kong and Vienna, and received three awards for written memoranda along with her teammates. While in law school, Ms. Geoghegan externed for the Honorable Magistrate Judge Andrew Rodovich of the Northern District of Indiana and for the Honorable Regina Scannicchio of the Circuit Court of Cook County. She also worked as a Teaching Assistant for a legal writing appellate advocacy course for three semesters. She has written about the USA PATRIOT Act and USA Freedom Act as well as privacy violations by employers. She holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Megan Iorio, EPIC Counsel & Amicus Project Director, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x124

Megan Iorio is EPIC Counsel. Megan works on EPIC's litigation projects and leads EPIC's amicus work. She has filed amicus briefs on emerging privacy and technology issues in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal appellate courts, and the high courts of California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. Megan has also argued for EPIC before the New Jersey Supreme Court. Previously, Megan was the Organizing Director of Just Foreign Policy, where she led grassroots campaigns promoting progressive foreign policy reform. Megan graduated from Georgetown Law, where she was a Public Interest Fellow. During law school, Megan worked at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Jerusalem and in Georgetown's Human Rights Institute and the Center on Privacy & Technology. She received her undergraduate degree from New York University. Megan is a member of the D.C. bar.

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Candace Paul, EPIC Outreach and Engagement Strategist, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x128

Candace Paul is EPIC's Outreach and Engagement Strategist. In that capacity, she manages EPIC's social media presence and outreach efforts. Candace has assisted non-profits, private companies and government agencies in the development of strategic communication plans and process improvement measures for over ten years. Candace holds a J.D. from David A. Clarke School of Law and a B.A. in Public Relations from Howard University. She has worked at the Department of Justice, the Department of Agriculture, National Labor Relations Board, and the in the D.C. Office of Communications with then Mayor Anthony Williams. Candace is also a published author. Her debut novella, Spiritual Warfare, was a Bestseller in Religious Science Fiction and Fantasy.

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Calli Schroeder, EPIC Global Privacy Counsel, [Mailbox]

Calli Schroeder is the Global Privacy Counsel at EPIC. Calli focuses on international privacy developments and fosters relationships between global privacy experts and EPIC. She previously acted as a Westin Research Fellow for the International Association of Privacy Professionals, interned with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill, and later performed international privacy compliance and security work for clients. Calli is a 2016 graduate of the University of Colorado Law School where she served as the Lead Student Note Editor for the Colorado Technology Law Journal and acted as a student attorney for the Samuelson-Glushko Technology Law and Policy Clinic. She has published articles on universal ethical standards in human subject research, FTC unfairness enforcement, intangible privacy harms, artificial intelligence frameworks, GDPR application to clinical trials, and more. She received her undergraduate degree from Whitworth University, where she majored in Peace Studies and minored in Philosophy and Theology. She is a member of the Colorado Bar.

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Jeramie Scott, EPIC Senior Counsel and Director, EPIC Surveillance Oversight Project, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x108

Jeramie D. Scott is Senior Counsel at EPIC and Director of the EPIC Surveillance Oversight Project. His work focuses on the privacy issues implicated by surveillance technology implemented by the public and private sector with a particular focus on drones, fusion centers, facial recognition technology, and social media monitoring. Mr. Scott regularly litigates open government cases and cases arising under the Administrative Procedure Act. He is also a co-editor of "Privacy in the Modern Age: The Search for Solutions" and the author of a recently published essay entitled "Social Media and Government Surveillance: The Case for Better Privacy Protections of Our Newest Public Space." Prior to joining EPIC, Mr. Scott graduated from the New York University Law School where he was a clinic intern at the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program. His work at the Brennan Center focused on civil liberty issues arising from local law enforcement surveillance. He also served as a research assistant for Professor Ira Rubinstein, focusing on the role of privacy-enhancing technologies in alleviating consumer privacy issues. Mr. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science in Symbolic Systems and a Master's degree in Philosophy, both from Stanford University. He is a member of the bar of D.C. and New York State.

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Jake Wiener, EPIC Law Fellow, [Mailbox]

Jake Wiener is EPIC's Law Fellow in Domestic Surveillance. At EPIC, Jake's work focuses on fusion centers and protest surveillance. Jake is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology. During law school Jake interned at EPIC and spent a year with the UVA Environmental and Regulatory Law Clinic where he worked on a diverse set of issues from federal environmental preemption to local environmental justice. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Duke University. Jake Wiener is a member of the Colorado Bar.

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Ben Winters, EPIC Counsel, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x126

Ben Winters is EPIC Counsel and leads EPIC's AI and Human Rights Project. His work focuses on AI and automated decision-making applications that disproportionately affect marginalized communities, such as surrounding the criminal legal cycle. He is a graduate of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he was Editor-In-Chief of the Cardozo Journal of Equal Rights and Social Justice and the President of the Data Law Society. While in Law School, he interned for the New York State Attorney General's Bureau of Internet and Technology as well as worked on telecommunications policy at Common Cause/NY, among others. He holds a B.S. in Communication Studies from SUNY Oneonta. He is a member of the bar of D.C. and New York State.

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Enid Zhou, EPIC Counsel, [Mailbox], 202.483.1140 x104

Enid Zhou is Counsel at EPIC and oversees EPIC's Open Government Project. Her work focuses on the Freedom of Information Act where she litigates open government cases in federal district court, coordinates open government policy, contributes to EPIC's amicus submissions on open government issues, and manages EPIC's robust Freedom of Information Act request docket. While in law school, she worked with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression on digital rights, access to information in intergovernmental organizations, as well as freedom of expression in the information and communications technology sector. She is a graduate of UC Irvine School of Law, where she was a Production Editor for the UC Irvine Law Review. Enid is a member of the California bar.

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EPIC Internet Public Interest Opportunities Program Clerks

2021

Spring
Jesse Lieberfeld, Washington University in Saint Louis
Gillian Vernick, Drexel Law School

Summer
Bridget Amoako, Stanford Law School
Alexa Daugherty, Berkeley Law School
Hannah Hunt, Stanford Law School
Soojin Jeong, University of Pennsylvania
Nicole Mo, New York University Law School
Peggy Xu, Stanford Law School

2020

PhDX Tech Fellow
Kiana Alikhademi, Univ. of Florida

Summer
Meg Foster, Northeastern
Matthew Krantz, Stanford
Serena Wong, Harvard
Tracy Zhang, Harvard
Eli Pales, Yale

2019

Spring
Daniel de Zayas, American University
Leetal Weiss, Georgetown Law
Summer
Lauren O'Brien, Harvard Law School
Jess Hui, Harvard Law School
Sonali Seth, NYU
Sarah Parker, Harvard Law School
Jacob Daniel Wiener, UVA
Fall
Hunter Daley

2018

Spring
Sara Wolovick, Georgetown University Law Center
Summer
Jasmine Bowers, PhDX Fellow
Allison Gilley, University of Wisconsin Law School
Evan Kratzer, Stanford Law School
Catherine Martinez, Yale Law School
Carroll Neale, Washington & Lee Law
Sherry Safavi, Georgetown University Law Center
Nicole Sakin, University of Maryland Carey School of Law
Shili Shao, Yale Law School
F. Mario Trujillo, Georgetown University Law Center
Fall
Haley Hinkle, Indiana University Law
Casey Matsumoto, George Washington Law School

2017

Ellen Coogan, Washington University, St. Louis School of Law
Stevie DeGroff, Stanford Law School
Doaa Elyounes, Harvard University School of Law, SJD
Brendan Heath, George Washington Law School
Cian Hanamy, University College of Cork
Megan Iorio, Georgetown University Law Center
Sophia McGowan, MIT
Hillary Song, Duke University

2016

Natasha Amlani, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
Lindsey Barrett, Georgetown University Law Center
Eva Gloster, University College of Cork
Ari Lipsitz, New York University School of Law
Ryan Morrison, Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law
Helen Moscardini, Maurer School of Law at Indiana University Bloomington
Filippo Raso, Harvard University School of Law
Uri Sabach, American University School of Law, LLM
Janet Zhang, Harvard University School of Law

2015

Roisin Costello, Georgetown University Law Center
John Davisson, Georgetown University Law Center
Gregory Evans, American University Washington College of Law
Jared Galanis, George Washington Law School
Eógan Hickey, Universtiy College, Cork
Sharon Kim, Harvard Law School
Britney Littles, University of Michigan Law School
Charissa Morningstar, Georgetown University Law Center
Stephen Stanwood, Georgetown University Law Center
Ximeng (Sammy) Tang, Columbia Law School
Michele Trichler, University of Virginia School of Law
Kasey Wang, Harvard Law School
Jennifer Weekley, Western Northeast Law School

2014

Sara Bennett, American University Washington College of Law
Jack Bussell, Georgetown University Law Center
Natasha Duarte, University of North Carolina
Cody Duncan, Duke University Law School
Eric Glatt, Georgetown University Law Center
Krister Johnson, Stanford Law School
Joe Silver, Duke University Law School
Aimee Thomson, New York University Law School
Alex Vlisides, University of Minnesota
Brett Weinstein, Washington University, St. Louis School of Law

2013

Christopher Boone, Duke Law School
Elizabeth Hempowicz, American University Washington College of Law
Eric Holmes, New York University Law School
Natalie Kim, Harvard Law School
Alexander Lopez, New York University Law School
Adam Marshall, George Washington Law School
Sarah McSweeney, University College, Cork
Heather Nodler, Georgetown University Law Center
Daniel Rockoff, New York University Law School
Aimee Thomson, New York University Law School
John Tran, Georgetown University Law Center

2012

Eric Felleman, University of Michigan Law School
Allegra Funsten, Georgetown University Law Center
Varun Jain, New York University Law School
Kimberly Koopman, University of Wisconsin Law School
Valerie O'Driscoll, Universtiy College, Cork
John Sadlik, New York University Law School
Pavel Sternberg, American University Washington College of Law
Maria Elena Stiteler, Stanford University Law School
Patrick Totaro, New York University Law School

2011

Michelle Benard, Louisiana State University Law School
Andrew Christy, Georgetown University Law Center
Michael Daly, University College, Cork
Pamela Hartka, Georgetown University Law Center
James Kleier, Georgetown University Law Center
Sapna Mehta, American University Washington College of Law
Francisco Riojas, University of Wisconsin School of Law
Jeramie Scott, New York University Law School
Kathleen Scott, American University Washington College of Law
Alex Stout, Duke University Law School
Abdullah Shamsi, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Alexandra Wood, George Washington University Law School

2010

Musetta Durkee, University of California, Berkeley Law School
Rachel Gonzhansky, University of Maryland, Baltimore Law School
Cynthia Grady, New York Law School
Gautam Hans, University of Michigan Law School
Matthew Lijoi, Georgetown University Law Center
Eric Lindgren, Washington University, St. Louis School of Law
Veronica Louie, Northeastern Law School
Mark McMahon, University College Cork, Ireland
Laura Moy, New York University Law School
Leslie J Rivera-Pagan, George Washington University School of Law Reuben Rodriguez, Harvard Law School
Geoff Schotter, Case Western Law School

2009

Heather Brondi, State University of New York at Buffalo Law School
Richard Chang, Duke Law School
Michael Eger, George Washington University Law School
Lia Ernst, University of Michigan Law School
Colin Irwin, University College Cork, Ireland
Nicholas Janney, University of Miami Law School
Mark Perry, University of Illinois College of Law
Nichole Rustin-Paschal, University of Virginia School of Law
Amie Stepanovich, New York Law School
Chris Suarez, Yale Law School
Trent Taylor, George Washington University Law School
Nicole van der Meulen, Universiteit van Tilburg

2008

Cynthia Aoki, University of Ottawa School of Law
Katie Black, University of Ottawa School of Law
Kimberly Freeman, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Andrew Gradman, Columbia Law School
Greg Grossmeier, University of Michigan
Sai Cheong Lui, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Ginger McCall, Cornell Law School
Benjy Messner, Youth Privacy Fellow
Maria Murphy, University College Cork, Ireland
Meghan Murtha, University of Ottawa School of Law
Scott Nakama, Case Western Reserve School of Law
Danielle Nasr, University of Texas School of Law
Byron Thom, University of Ottawa School of Law
Sobia Virk, McGill University Faculty of Law

2007

Tanith Balaban, Case Western Reserve Law School
Jonathan David, Northeastern University School of Law
Caitriona Fitzgerald, Northeastern University School of Law
Harley Geiger, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law
Jeremy Hessing-Lewis, University of Ottawa School of Law
Evan Mayor, George Washington School of Law
Jena McGill, University of Ottawa School of Law
Mark Pike, William and Mary School of Law
Jennifer Shyu, University of San Diego
Ravinder Singh, University of Ottawa School of Law
Evan Stern, Georgetown University Law Center
Felix Tang, University of Ottawa School of Law
Timothy Vollmer, University of Michigan
Aleah Yung, Georgetown University Law Center

2006

Courtney Barclay, University of Florida College of Law
Natalie Bellefeuille, University of Ottawa School of Law
Kim Fielding, Duke University Law School
Andrew Huzar, University of Ottawa School of Law
Angela Long, University of Ottawa School of Law
Jennifer O'Sullivan, University College Cork
Josh Parker, Duke University
D. Richard Rasmussen, University of Wisconsin Law School
Anthony Ritz, Georgetown University Law Center
Jay Goodman Tamboli, Georgetown University Law Center
Sunni Yuen, University of Pennsylvania Law School

2005

Jennifer Barrigar, University of Ottawa School of Law
Michael Capiro, University of Dayton School of Law
Charles Duan, Harvard Law School
Amina Fazlullah, University of Minnesota Law School
Louisa Garib, University of Ottawa School of Law
Michelle Gordon, University of Ottawa School of Law
Anthony Gray, University of Wisconsin School of Law (EPIC West)
Rakeim Hadley, University of Tennessee College of Law
Emily Honig, Colby College
Olive Huang, Boalt Hall School of Law (EPIC West)
Kristina Irion, The Martin - Luther - University of Halle
Dhruv Kapadia, University of Virginia
Robert King, Georgetown University Law Center
Carole Lucock, University of Ottawa School of Law
Ibrahim Moiz, Howard University School of Law
Catherine O Suilleabhain, Georgetown University Law Center
Yong Jin Park, University of Michigan
Leila Pourtavaf, University of Ottawa School of Law
Tori Praul, Boalt Hall School of Law (EPIC West)
Guilherme Roschke, George Washington University School of Law
Jessica Shannon, Georgetown University Law Center
Kathryn Sheely, Louisiana State University Law Center
Nerisha Singh, Exeter College, University of Oxford

2004

Elizabeth Austern, George Washington University Law School
Alex Cameron, University of Ottawa School of Law
John Doe, Harvard Law
Kenneth Farrall, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania
Denise Golumbaski, American University Washington College of Law
Neal Hartzog, George Washington University Law School
Paul Jones, Northeastern University School of Law
Samantha Liskow, Columbia University School of Law
Dina Mashayekhi, University of Ottawa School of Law
Alexandra Minoff, Georgetown University Law Center
Patrick Mueller, University of Wisconsin School of Law
Katherine Oyama, Boalt Hall School of Law
Olumide Owoo, Columbia University School of Law
Amanda Reid, University of Florida School of Law
Tara Wheatland, Boalt Hall School of Law
Angela White, American University Washington College of Law

2003

Ruchika Agrawal, Stanford University (Computer Science)
Doug Barnes, University of Texas School of Law
John Baggaley, University of Wisconsin School of Law
Erik Blum, Brooklyn Law School
Jane Doe, American University Washington College of Law
Munged Dolah, Brooklyn Law School
Eva Gutierrez, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Micheal O Dowd, University College Cork
Milana Homsi, University of Ottawa School of Law
Waseem Karim, Washington University School of Law
David Levin, Barrie School (Montgomery County, MD)
Sara Rose, Georgetown University Law Center
Christian Schroeder, University of Kiel
Sherwin Siy, Boalt Hall School of Law
Kerry Smith, Northeastern University School of Law
Tiffany Stedman, George Washington University Law School
Elizabeth Tockman, American University Washington College of Law
Mike Trinh, Georgetown University Law Center
Maryam Zafar, University of Maryland School of Law

2002

Nicole Anastasopoulos, University of Toronto
Lauren Collins, University of Michigan
Will DeVries, Boalt Hall School of Law
Marcia Hofmann, University of Dayton School of Law
Adam Kessel, Northeastern University School of Law
Mihir Kshirsagar, Harvard College
Dwayne Nelson, Georgetown University Law Center
Rossa McMahon, University College Cork
Alex Macoun, Duke Law School / University of Sydney
Carla Meninsky, George Washington School of Law
Nathan Mitchler, American University Washington College of Law
Jane Doe, Catholic University School of Law
Jane Doe, Georgetown University Law Center
Rob Swanson, Catholic University School of Law
Jason Young, Queen's University / University of Ottawa

2001

Jane Doe, City University of New York School of Law
Greg Kahn, Boalt Hall School of Law
Richard Holland, University of Wisconsin School of Law (Kennan Peck Fellow)
Erika McCallister, Wake Forest University School of Law
Gary Schneider, Whittier School of Law
Roia Shefayee, Santa Clara University School of Law / Johns Hopkins University
Jason Sonoda, Boalt Hall School of Law
Maureen Thorson, Georgetown University Law Center
Jane Doe, National University of Ireland, Cork
John Doe, Harvard Law School