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Marissa Gerchick

Data Scientist and Algorithmic Justice Specialist, ACLU

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Marissa Gerchick (she/her) is a Data Scientist and Algorithmic Justice Specialist with the ACLU’s Analytics Team. Previously, Marissa worked as a Data Scientist at the Stanford Computational Policy Lab, analyzing the use of algorithmic tools in governmental decision-making processes, and as a Technology Policy Fellow for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee through the TechCongress program,…
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Tobi Jegede

Data Scientist, ACLU

Tobi Jegede
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Tarak Shah

Data Scientist, Human Rights Data Analysis Group,

Tarak Shah
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Ana Gutiérrez

Special Assistant for Digital, Tech, and Analytics, ACLU

Ana Gutiérrez
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Sophie Beiers

Data Journalist, ACLU Analytics

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Noam Shemtov

Former Paralegal, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project

Noam Shemtov is a former paralegal with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, & Technology Project.
Noam Shemtov
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Kath Xu

Skadden Fellow, ACLU Women's Rights Project

Kath Xu is a Skadden Fellow in the ACLU Women’s Rights Project. During law school, Kath interned with the ACLU Women’s Rights Project, the Women’s Law Project, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. After her fellowship, she will serve as a law clerk to the Honorable Lorna Schofield of the U.S. District Court for the…
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Anjana Samant

Former Senior Staff Attorney, Women’s Rights Project

Anjana Samant was a senior attorney with the ACLU Women’s Rights Project. She joined the ACLU with over 15 years of experience in civil rights litigation, movement lawyering, and intersectional justice work. Prior to joining the ACLU WRP, Anjana served as an Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State…
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Aaron Horowitz

Former Head of Analytics, ACLU

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