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 magazine writer and research director, primarily for the political/business magazine Regardie's. 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 Committeee.

Corinna Zarek

Freedom of Information Director

Corinna heads up the Reporters Committee's freedom of information and open government operations. She previously held the McCormick-Tribune Legal fellowship, where she worked on prior restraint and court access issues, and before that served as the Jack Nelson Legal Fellow, concentrating on freedom of information issues, and was also a Reporters Committee summer intern. Additionally, Corinna spent a year as an associate for an affordable housing law firm in Washington, D.C. Corinna earned both her law and bachelor of arts degrees from the University of Iowa and remains a loyal Hawkeye fan. She teaches as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism and American University's School of Communication. Before coming to Washington she reported for The Des Moines Register, wrote for the Iowa Law Review and served as editor of her college newspaper, The Daily Iowan.

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.

Rory Eastburg

McCormick Legal Fellow, 2008-2009

Rory focuses on prior restraint, court access, and secret court issues. After graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in Philosophy, Rory worked as Outreach Coordinator for the Student Press Law Center for three years. He attended the University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall), where he worked at the First Amendment Project in Oakland, the Berkeley Technology Law Journal, and the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic. Before coming to the Reporters Committee, Rory was a Media Associate in the Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. offices of Davis Wright Tremaine LLP. He is a member of the State Bar of California, a board member of the First Amendment Project, and recently served on the faculty of the Texas State Bar’s Bill of Rights 2008 CLE course.

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.

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.

Kirk Davis

Journalism Intern, Fall 2009

Kirk is a recent graduate of St. Mary’s College of Maryland, who double majored in English and Philosophy. Much like his college studies Kirk is currently leading a double life, fighting crime as a vigilante by night, and working as a mild mannered intern for the Reporters Committee by day. He currently aspires to become an excellent journalist, and to leap over giant buildings in a single bound.

Brooke Ericson

Legal Intern, Fall 2009

Brooke double majored in Journalism and American Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At UNC she wrote for her school newspaper, The Daily Tar Heel, and school magazine, Blue and White. She also was a research assistant for a journalism professor. After receiving her undergraduate degree in 2008, Brooke enrolled at American University Washington College of Law. Currently, Brooke is a 2L at WCL, participating in the Marshall Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project and serving as the Vice President of the Communications and Media Law Society. Brooke also serves as junior staff for the school's Administrative Law Review and Intellectual Property Brief. In the summer of 2009, Brooke worked as a judicial intern for the Honorable Brian F. Holeman at the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Brooke also worked and continues to work as a research assistant for Professor Victoria Phillips, Communications Professor and head of the Intellectual Property Clinic at WCL.

Ansley Schrimpf

Legal Intern, Fall 2009

Ansley is a student at the Catholic University of America's Columbus School of Law and a member of the school's Law Review. A native of Spring City, Tenn., she graduated with degrees in history and journalism from the University of Tennessee, spent a year in South Africa and then worked as a staff writer for the Knoxville News Sentinel. She interned for the Wall Street Journal's Atlanta bureau. True to Southern stereotype, she enjoys porch sitting and sweet tea.