Board of Directors

Ron Tyler, Chair
For fifteen years I have served as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Northern California. The people that I represent come from many cultures and backgrounds, but the unifying experience for all of them is a confrontation with an inordinately powerful adversary within a legal system unfairly designed to incapacitate rather than to mete out justice. As a criminal defense attorney, I stand as a bulwark against the many excesses of that system.

I am honored to be a board member of the ACLU. Working to protect and expand the constitutional freedoms of Northern Californians is a natural outgrowth of my professional career. As an elected board member, I pledge to work diligently to further the aims of the ACLU.

Other Board Members:

Cherri Allison

Allen Asch
Sacramento County Chapter

Doug Bennett
Shasta-Trinity-Tehama Chapter

James B. Blume

Farah Brelvi

Karen Carrera

Christy Chandler

Linda Colfax

Marlene De Lancie
North Peninsula Chapter

Quinn Delaney
Vice Chair

Lovely A. Dhillon

Charles Douglas
Redwood Chapter

Olga Euben
Santa Cruz Chapter

Steve Fabian
Sonoma County Chapter

Alice Fialkin
San Francisco Chapter

Dick Grosboll

Elliot Halpern
BARK + Plus Chapter

Patrice Harper

Fred Herman
Stanislaus County Chapter

Lisa Honig
Vice Chair

Hiraa Khan

Lee Lawrence
Mt. Diablo Chapter

Goodwin Liu

Linda Lye
Vice Chair

Barbara Z. Macnab

Phillip Mehas

Susan Mizner

Philip Monrad

David Oppenheimer

George Pegelow
Marin County Chapter

Nancy Pemberton
Secretary/Treasurer

Enrique Ramirez

Davis Riemer

Marsha Rosenbaum

Louise Rothman-Riemer
Paul Robeson Chapter

Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts
Monterey County Chapter

Jahan Sagafi

Heidi Saunier
Greater Fresno Chapter

Kathy Schick
San Joaquin Valley Chapter

Clara Shin

Alice Smith
Mid-Peninsula Chapter

Frances C. Strauss
Member Emerita

Ken Sugarman

Tracy Weitz

Natalie Wormeli
Vice Chair
Yolo County Chapter

Peter Yessne
Santa Clara Valley Chapter

Betsy York

Elizabeth Zitrin

General Counsel

Stephen Bomse