Melanie Sloan, Executive Director
Melanie Sloan serves as CREW's Executive Director. Prior to starting CREW, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia where, from 1998-2003, she successfully tried cases before dozens of judges and juries. Before becoming a prosecutor, Ms. Sloan served as Minority Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, working on criminal justice issues for then-Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI). Ms. Sloan also served as Counsel for the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by then-Representative Charles Schumer (D-NY). There, she drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act. In 1993, Ms. Sloan served as Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, under then-Chairman Joseph Biden (D-DE). Prior to serving working for the Congress, she was an associate at Howrey and Simon in Washington D.C. and at Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal in Los Angeles, California. Ms. Sloan received her B.A. and J.D. from the University of Chicago and has published in the Yale Law and Policy Review, and numerous other publications. Frequently called upon by national news programs to provide expert analysis, Ms. Sloan has appeared on shows including: NPR's All Things Considered, CNN's The Situation Room, Larry King Live and Lou Dobbs, MSNBC's Hardball and Countdown with Keith Olbermann, NBC Nightly News, CBS Evening News, and ABC World News Tonight. Ms. Sloan also regularly provides insight to newspapers and magazines across the country, including: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Magazine, Harpers Magazine, and Rolling Stone, which named her One of the Year's Greatest Mavericks in 2006. Ms. Sloan has been profiled in a number of publications including: Ms. Magazine, Time Magazine and Mother Jones.

Naomi Seligman , Deputy Director and Communications Director
Naomi Seligman serves as CREW's Deputy Director and Communications Director. She has worked extensively as a communications professional, developing and managing media strategies for campaigns, elected officials and nonprofit organizations. Prior to joining CREW, Ms. Seligman was the communications director for the nonprofit, media watchdog group, Media Matters for America. She also has served as the communications director for the Violence Policy Center, a gun control organization, and has acted as press secretary in House and Senate offices and as director of outreach for the House Small Business Committee. Ms. Seligman received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Anne L. Weismann, Chief Counsel
Anne Weismann serves as CREW’s Chief Counsel. Prior to joining CREW, Ms. Weismann served as Deputy Chief of the Enforcement Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission, where she had responsibility for all of the Bureau's telecommunications matters. Before that, she worked in the Civil Division of the Department of Justice, where she served as an Assistant Branch Director with supervisory responsibility over banking litigation, housing litigation, and from 1995 until 2002, all government information litigation. This included litigation under the Freedom of Information Act, the Privacy Act, the Federal Advisory Committee Act and statutes governing federal and presidential records. Prior to that she worked in the Solicitor's Office of the Department of Labor. Ms. Weismann received her B.A. magna cum laude from Brown University and her J.D. from George Washington University’s National Law Center.

Zachary Dagneau, Research Assistant
Zachary Dagneau is a research assistant at CREW. Before joining the organization, Zack taught civics and grassroots political action as a Program Instructor with The Close-Up Foundation. A native of Traverse City, Michigan, Zack studied Russian history and public policy at Albion College.

James Duane, Research Associate
James Duane serves as a Research Associate for CREW. Before joining the organization, James worked on several federal and local political campaigns. He has previous experience interning for elected officials and in grassroots activism. He has a B.A. in History and Political Science and an M.A. in Political Science from Lehigh University. James is a native of Boston.

Ryan Jham, Senior Investigator
Ryan Jham is a Senior Investigator at CREW. Before joining the organization, Ryan worked for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He comes to CREW with experience in corporate and political campaigns, as well as congressional offices. Ryan is a native of Danville, Illinois and a graduate of The George Washington University.

Blaire Luciano, Staff Assistant
Blaire Luciano is a staff assistant at CREW. Previously, Blaire interned for a member of the Pennsylvania House. For two years, Blaire served as a student coordinator for the Model Campaign USA program. She has a B.A. in Political Science and Communication Arts from Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. She is a native of Bradford, Pennsylvania and is currently enrolled in the Graduate School of Political Management at George Washington University.

Allison McCabe, Research Associate
Allison McCabe serves as a Research Associate at CREW. Prior to joining the organization, Ms. McCabe served as a Program Instructor with The Close-Up Foundation, the nation’s largest non-profit civic education program. A native of Milwaukee, WI, Ms. McCabe received her B.A. from the University of Iowa and her M.A. from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.

Robin Powers, Special Projects Director
Robin Powers serves as a Special Projects Director for CREW. Previously, Ms. Powers served as a Research Associate. Prior to joining the organization, Ms. Powers served as a Program Associate for Alliance for Justice, a nonprofit, national association of public interest groups that work to advance the cause of justice for all citizens. As Program Associate, she coordinated workshops and tracked legislation affecting the ability of the nonprofit community to engage in the public policy process. Ms. Powers also has interned with Vital Voices Global Partnership, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois and various political campaigns. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa.

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