Joanne Lin became Executive Director of the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs in April 2023. She brings 25 years of experience in public interest law, national policy advocacy, and nonprofit organizational leadership.
Most recently at Amnesty International USA, Joanne tripled the size of the advocacy team that organized Capitol Hill lobby days and a 2020 presidential candidates’ forum. She was recognized as a top grassroots association lobbyist by The Hill for four consecutive years, from 2018 to 2021. In 2021 Joanne received the Women’s Leadership Award from the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association.
Joanne is a graduate of New York University School of Law, Stanford School of Education, and Stanford University, and has received a Nonprofit Executive Certificate from Georgetown University’s Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership.
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