This is the current staff of the Reporters Committee, including permanent staff, law fellows, and interns.

Lucy Dalglish, Executive Director

Prior to assuming the position of Executive Director in January 2000, Dalglish was a media lawyer for almost five years in the trial department of the Minneapolis law firm of Dorsey & Whitney LLP. From 1980-93, Dalglish was a reporter and editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. She was awarded the Wells Memorial Key, the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Professional Journalists, in 1995 for her work as Chairman of SPJ's national Freedom of Information Committee from 1992-95 and for her service as a national board member from 1988-91. She also was named to the inaugural class of the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame in 1996. Dalglish earned a juris doctor degree from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1995; a master of studies in law degree from Yale Law School in 1988; and a bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of North Dakota in 1980.

Gregg Leslie, Legal Defense Director

Gregg has been a staff attorney with the Reporters Committee since 1994, and Legal Defense Director since 2000. He worked for a number of years as a Washington political/business magazine writer and research director. He came to the Reporters Committee soon after graduating from Georgetown University Law Center, to serve as a legal fellow, and returned for a permanent position after a short stint working for the Clinton campaign and transition team. He currently serves as the chairman of the D.C. Bar's Media Law Committee.

Mark Caramanica, Freedom of Information Director

Mark joined the Reporters Committee in 2010. He is a member of the state and federal bars of New York and worked as a commercial litigator in New York City. He received his bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Florida, Phi Beta Kappa. He also received his law degree and master's degree in mass communications from UF. During his time in law school, he served as Editor-in-Chief of the UF Journal of Technology Law & Policy and worked at the Gainesville Sun as a copy editor and page designer. Mark is also currently finishing his doctoral degree in mass communication from the University of Florida. During his time as a doctoral student, he taught undergraduate classes in mass media law and telecommunications regulation and also served as the Director of the Marion Brechner Citizen Access Project.

Lois Lloyd, Business Manager

She has worked in the non-profit sector for most of her career, having previously served as Office Manager of the Center for Law and Social Policy. Her interest in journalism was sparked in high school where she served as a reporter on the newspaper staff and editor of the yearbook. She enjoys gardening, interior design, playing the piano and most of all grandparenting!

Maria Gowen, Office Manager

Maria helped organize the Reporters Committee's first permanent office in the mid-1970s. Over the years, she has served as bookkeeper, payroll clerk, accounts payable, accounts receivable, proofreader, subscriptions manager, move coordinator, event planner, fundraiser, interior designer, and even recently, photo editor for the magazine. Her interest in law resulted from working for many years for Washington attorney E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. of Hogan & Hartson -- a position that helped prepare her for her many challenges at the Committee.

Victor Gaberman, Administrative Assistant

Victor has been with the Reporters Committee since late 1998. Prior to joining the committee staff, he worked in book and music stores while studying Central European history. Somewhere along the way he obtained a paralegal degree. He admits to being a lifelong news junkie. His interests include writing and playing music in a variety of styles.

Miranda Fleschert, Jack Nelson Legal Fellow, 2009-2010

Miranda deals almost exclusively with Freedom of Information issues, and assists with legal defense requests from reporters nationwide. She graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2009 and will complete her Master’s in Journalism later this year. During law school, Miranda served as the Lead Articles Editor for the Journal of Dispute Resolution and received the award for Best Student Note. She also represented victims of domestic abuse through MU’s Family Violence Clinic, worked as a reporter for Missouri Lawyers Weekly, and was a legal intern at the Reporters Committee during the summer of 2008. Prior to law school, Miranda worked for a lobbying firm in Washington, D.C. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri in 2002. Miranda has lived all over the world, including Egypt and South Africa, but will always call St. Louis home.

Cristina Abello, Legal Fellow, 2009-2010

Cristina works primarily on libel, confidentiality, and privacy issues. Cristina is a D.C.-area native and graduated from the Washington College of Law at American University. Cristina was a Reporters Committee legal intern during her third year of law school. She was also a judicial intern to Judge Rafael Diaz of the D.C. Superior Court, interned at Media Access Project in Washington, D.C., and worked as a law clerk at Cordier Law Offices in Rockville, Md. She spent her undergrad years at the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park, and was a staff writer for The Diamondback. Cristina's writing has also appeared in USA Today and Washingtonian magazine.

Mara Zimmerman, McCormick Legal Fellow, 2010

Mara focuses primarily on secret court and prior restraint cases. Mara graduated from Vanderbilt University Law School, where she served as an executive editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, published her student note, received the G. Scott Briggs Transnational Legal Studies Award, and completed legal internships at the American Bar Association, the Southern Environmental Law Center, and the White House Counsel’s office. Mara also attended Rhodes College, where she wrote for the student newspaper, The Sou’wester. Before coming to the Reporters Committee, Mara practiced law at a large firm in Washington, DC.

Amanda Becker, Journalism Fellow, 2009-2010

Amanda comes to the Reporters Committee after covering the business of law as a reporter with the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Before becoming a daily news reporter, Amanda finished her master's in journalism at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication. Her freelance reports on a variety of law and business topics have appeared in The Washington Post, The American Lawyer, The Los Angeles Business Journal, Slate's business site and on the public radio programs Marketplace, Marketplace Money and Day to Day. Before becoming a journalist, Amanda was a securities litigation paralegal at a law firm in New York.

Brian Westley, Legal Intern, Summer 2010

Brian Westley is a rising second-year law student at American University's Washington College of Law and is a junior staffer on the American University Law Review. Before attending law school, Brian spent seven years at The Associated Press in Washington, where he worked as an editor and reporter at the Broadcast News Center and Mid-Atlantic Bureau. Brian received his bachelor’s degree from James Madison University.

Mike Torralba, Legal Intern, Summer 2010

Mike is a law student at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Before entering law school, he was a news reporter, working for The Charlotte Observer and The Associated Press. He earned a bachelor's in political science from Florida State University and a master's in journalism at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Ellen Biltz, Legal Intern, Summer 2010

Ellen comes to the Reporters Committee as a rising second year law student at Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law, where she is a member of the Communication Law Institute. Prior to starting law school, she spent two years as a cops and courts reporter at The Free Lance-Star in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Ellen graduated from Virginia Tech in 2007 with a bachelor of arts in communication. While at Tech, she spent four years working for the Collegiate Times, the student-run newspaper. Aside from media law, her passions include running, cooking and anything to do with the Hokies.