Donna Lieberman has been the executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union since December 2001. During her tenure, the NYCLU has grown to over 185,000 members, with 8 offices around the state, and become the state's leading voice for freedom, justice and equality, especially for those whose rights are most at risk: people of color, young people, and low-income New Yorkers. Lieberman began her public interest legal career as a criminal defense lawyer in the South Bronx office of the Legal Aid Society, and she later acted as executive director of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys. For several years, she served on the faculty of Urban Legal Studies Program at City College. She joined the NYCLU in 1989 and became the founding director of its Reproduction Rights project. Under her leadership the NYCLU has developed an integrated strategy that combines litigation, public education, advocacy, and lobbying to promote and protect civil rights and civil liberties