Rachel Laser
President & CEO
Staff Bios
Meet the staff who protect church-state separation and religious freedom for all every day at Americans United.
Rob Boston
Senior Adviser; Editor, Church & State
Christian Bruning
Assistant Finance Director
Courtni Burleson
Director of Foundation Relations and Legal Academy
Mandy Caceres
Executive Assistant to the President
Chelsea Collings
Senior Manager of Donor Relations and Development Operations
Amy Couch
Director of Digital Communications
Mary Cugini
Public Policy Assistant
Duane Davis
Operations Director
Kate Duis
Senior Director of Development
Maggie Garrett
Vice President for Public Policy
Catherine Gima
Senior Director of the Legal Academy
Bradley Girard
Litigation Counsel
Liz Hayes
Associate Vice President of Communications
Cynthia Hess
Chief Operating Officer
Alicia Johnson
National Organizer and Student Network Manager
Kalli Joslin
Steven Gey Constitutional Litigation Fellow
Rebekah Kohlhepp
Design Associate
Alex J. Luchenitser
Associate Vice President & Associate Legal Director
Kathryn Mitchell
HR Generalist
David Morris
Outreach and Engagement Manager
Nik Nartowicz
State Policy Counsel
Nicole Shea Niebler
Major Gifts Officer
Elisa Painten
Prospect Research Manager
Elena Quevedo
Chief Development Officer
Noelle Ramsey
Director of Direct Response Marketing
Sheila Rowe
Sr. Director of Finance
Thelma Scott
Legal Assistant
Lauryn Seering
Digital Communications Associate
Andrew L. Seidel
Vice President of Strategic Communications
Dena Sher
Associate Vice President of Public Policy
Brian Silva
Vice President of Outreach and Engagement
Ian Smith
Staff Attorney
Samantha Sokol
Federal Policy Advocate
Kenneth D. Upton Jr.
Senior Litigation Counsel
Hannah Yung
Program Associate for the Legal Academy
