Board of Directors

Michelle "Mickey" Welsh
ACLU-NC Board Chair

Michelle ("Mickey") Welsh is an attorney in private practice in the firm of Stoner, Welsh & Schmidt in Pacific Grove. Her law practice concentrates on employment, education and civil rights law. She also represents teachers through the California Teachers Association. She is an adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law and Employment Law at Monterey College of Law. 

Welsh has been active in the Monterey County chapter for over 30 years, and chairs the chapter's volunteer legal committee. She had been chair of the ACLU–NC Field Activists Committee for many years ending in 2005. She was a co-founder and past chair of the Monterey County Women Lawyers Association, and she has served on the boards of directors for numerous organizations including Monterey College of Law, the Monterey County Bar Association, Camerata Singers, St. Mary's Episcopal Church and the Monterey Peninsula YWCA. 

Welsh has volunteered for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel since 1987. In 2005 she was the recipient of the ACLU-NC Lola Hansel Courageous Advocacy Award. Her other awards include the Chief Justice Phil Gibson Award for Community Service from the Monterey County Bar Association, the Outstanding Woman Award from the Monterey County Commission on the Status of Women, the Baha’i Human Rights Award from the United Nations Association, the Friend of Education Award from the Monterey Bay Teachers Association, the HIV Community Action Award from the Monterey County AIDS Project and the Francis Heisler Award from the ACLU Monterey County Chapter. She became chairperson of the board of ACLU-NC in 2011.

Board Members:

Cherri Allison

Allen Asch
Vice Chair
Sacramento County Chapter

Lowell Barnes
Shasta-Trinity-Tehama Chapter

David Berger

Farah Brelvi
Vice Chair

Carlos Casarez
Greater Fresno Chapter

Christy Chandler

Angela Clements

Gargi Davé
Santa Clara Chapter

Marlene De Lancie
Member Emerita

Charles Douglas
Redwood Chapter

Steve Fabian 
Sonoma County Chapter

Dr. Alicia Fernandez

Peter Gelblum
Santa Cruz Chapter

Gary Gershon
San Joaquin Valley Chapter

Cynthia Carey-Grant

Allen S. Hammond, IV

Patrice Harper

Lisa Honig

Valerie Ilustre
Chico Chapter

Joe Jaramillo

Simran Kaur

Tal Klement

Ajay Krishnan
Vice Chair

Esther Lee
Yolo County Chapter

Lee Lawrence
Mt. Diablo Chapter

Mike Levinson
North Peninsula Chapter

Arsenio Mataka

Scotty McLennan

Dennis McNally
Vice Chair

Susan Mizner

David Offen-Brown
Berkeley/North East Bay Chapter

George Pegelow
Marin County Chapter

Izzy Ramsey

Magan Pritam Ray

Stephen Rosenbaum

Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts
Monterey County Chapter

Zona Sage

Bianca Sierra

Jerry Schwarz
Mid-Peninsula Chapter

Niki Solis

Frances C. Strauss 
Member Emerita

Kenneth Sugarman
Secretary/Treasurer

Leland Traiman
Paul Robeson Chapter

Beverly Tucker

Tracy Weitz

Michelle "Mickey" Welsh
Chair

Natalie Wormeli

General Counsel

Stephen Bomse