Officers
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External Affairs Co-President: |
Ashley Morris is a fourth-year political science major and music minor. She became involved in civil liberties activism through her enthusiasm for racial justice and LGBTIQ equality during her high school years in San Diego. Ashley plans to pursue a Master’s degree in public policy in the future, and she would like to continue to be involved in the non-profit sector. Ashley began her involvement in the Berkeley ACLU as the Drug Policy Division Director. She also served for a year as the Secretary. Ashley was also heavily involved in the 2005 campaign against Proposition 73, the Parental Notification Initiative. Ashley plans to dedicate her fall semester, at least until November 7th, to the campaign against Proposition 85. Though she is interested in a wide range of civil liberties issues, Ashley is most passionate about women’s rights, LGBTIQ rights, drug policy, and issues relating to government abuses of power in a post-9/11 world. |
| Internal Affairs Co-President: Ally Amerson |
Ally Amerson is a third-year political science major, seeking minors in music and conservation and esource studies. She grew up in Waukesha, Wisconsin—located on the serene Fox River—and began her civil liberties activism in the conservative, small-town setting. In the future, she plans on working on Northeast African sustainable development and the promotion of a strong civil society. Ally also wants to open a small Taiwanese food cart on the corner of Bancroft and Telegraph that would sell various cheap, Taiwanese street food items. She believes this is her market niche. Ally also dreams of being an astronaut, a Broadway singer, and a paleontologist. Ally is most passionate about the civil liberties issues that relate to racial justice, specifically dealing with the area of equitable educational and employment opportunities. She is also very interested in the relationships between the racial justice division and the drug policy and death penalty divisions. Other important issue areas for Ally are immigrants’ rights and privacy rights—including protection from illegal government searches and seizures especially in the open-sourced-globalized digital world. |
Treasurer: |
Max Besbris is a third-year double majoring in sociology and linguistics. Originally from Los Angeles, Max hopes to eventually receive his PhD in sociology and become a professor. During his first year at Cal, Max served as the Berkeley ACLU Racial Justice Division Director and the Education Coordinator/DE-Cal Facilitator. Max's primary civil liberties interests include free speech, post-9/11 freedoms, reproductive rights, and of course, racial justice. |
| Secretary: Anum Tariq |
Anum Tariq is a third-year political science major from Fremont, California. She previously facilitated the Berkeley ACLU DE-Cal as the Education Coordinator. She hopes to go to law school after she graduates from Cal and become an attorney. Anum is interested in various civil liberties issues, including racial justice, immigrants’ rights, free speech, and post-9/11 rights. |
| Communications Director: Tasha LoPorto |
Tasha LoPorto is a second-year student at Cal, double majoring in environmental science and political science. She plans to become involved in environmental law in the future. This is Tasha’s second year in the Berkeley ACLU. Previously, she has been involved in the Women’s Rights and Death Penalty Divisions. In addition to her role as the Communications Director, she is also serving as the Death Penalty Division Director this year. Tasha is super excited for this year and looks forward to hanging out with new and old Berkeley ACLU members and kicking off a fresh year with a lot of ACLU spirit! |
| Co-President
Emeritus: Sara Elizabeth Janzen |
Sara Beth is a proud 2005 American Studies: Social Justice in Post-WWII America grad. She previously served as the club’s Women’s Rights Committee chair (2002-2003), Co-chair of the 3rd Annual Women’s Rights Conference in 2003, Co-Facilitator of our "ACLU: Civil Liberties and Today" DE-Cal and Co-President (2004- 2005). |
| Co-President
Emeritus: Becca Cramer |
Becca Cramer is a senior Interdisciplinary Studies major with a focus on the Politics of Race and Gender Worldwide. She is originally from Davis, California, and previously served as the club's LGBTIQ Division Director and Co-President. |
| President
Emeritus: Matt Murray |
Matt Murray is an alumnus with a degree in architecture from Irvine. He served as the University of California Student regent and is currently sitting on the board of the ACLU-NC. |
| Co-President
Emeritus: Lotus Yu |
Lotus Yu is an alumnus with a degree in psychology and political science from Orange County. She specializes in mental health topics. Lotus administered the club's popular decal class. |
| Co-President
Emeritus: Dan Komarek |
Dan Komarek is an alumnus with a degree in History from the Pasadena area. He's a cofounder of the club who has previously been decal director, secretary, and racial justice director. In the future, he hopes to become an ACLU staff attorney. He is currently attending Columbia Law School next. |
Co-President
Emeritus: |
Geoff King is an alumnus with a degree in Mass Communications from Vallejo, California who previously served as the club's post 9-11 civil liberties director. He is most interested in First Amendment and due process scholarship, and has previous experience with criminal investigations, procedure, and evidence. |
President
Emeritus: |
Aaron was a co-founder and the first Berkeley president Berkeley ACLU |