Devon Chaffee
New Hampshire Civil Liberties Union Executive Director
Having worked in non-profit advocacy for over a decade, Devon comes to the NHCLU with a solid track record of effectively advocating on behalf of marginalized constituencies through innovative, strategic, and persistent lobbying and public education.
While with the ACLU Washington Office, Devon worked to stop bias policing, prisoner abuse, privacy violations and free speech infringement. Prior to joining the ACLU, Devon served as Advocacy Counsel at Human Rights First, fighting against U.S. counterterrorism and national security policies that violate human rights.
Devon received her J.D. magna cum laude from Georgetown University Law Center where she was a Public Interest Law Scholar; she received her B.A. from Hampshire College.