MISSION
The ACLU of South Carolina is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined
in the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. Through communications,
lobbying and litigation, the ACLU of South Carolina works to preserve and enhance the rights
of all citizens of South Carolina. Foremost among these rights
are freedom of speech and religion, the right to equal treatment
under law, and the right to privacy.
ABOUT US
Board of Directors
Tammy Besheres
Marta Borinsky
Millicent Brown, Vice President
Rev. Joseph Darby, Secretary
Robin Garrell, Vice President
Glen Halva-Neubauer
Heath Hoffmann, Treasurer
John Leiter
Joy Mandanas
Romina McCandless
Ron Romine, President
Ivan Segura
Sam Shoemaker
Anne Tromsness
Harry Wilkinson
Staff
Victoria Middleton, Executive Director
Victoria Middleton is the Executive Director of ACLU South Carolina’s national office in Charleston, SC. She assumed the position in October 2008. Middleton most recently served as the director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Asia and Western Hemisphere Affairs, where she led a team of regional experts who implemented democracy strategies aimed at training journalists, supporting free and fair elections, promoting transparency and the rule of law and encouraging Internet access in countries like Cuba, China, Colombia and Vietnam. A member of the Senior Foreign Service, she was the recipient of several State Department Superior Honor Awards and commendations during her 21-year career. In that role, she worked to advance U.S. policies and promote mutual understanding while serving at U.S. embassies in the Philippines, India, Estonia, the Czech Republic and Finland.
Prior to that, Middleton, an honors graduate of Pennsylvania’s Bryn Mawr College and a recipient of an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, taught at a variety of universities in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and China. She is the mother of a son who is a student at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Susan Dunn, Legal Director
Prior to joining the ACLU of South Carolina,
Susan worked in private practice in Charleston for more than
30 years. For 12 years beginning in the mid-1990’s,
Dunn litigated a high-profile and groundbreaking constitutional
case challenging a policy mandating the testing of pregnant
and postpartum women at a public hospital for cocaine use,
and the delivery of those test results to law enforcement.
Dunn’s clients ultimately won a favorable ruling in
the United States Supreme Court that led to a settlement
of the case.
Susan was the 1998 recipient of the Jean Galloway Bissell
Award, presented annually by the South Carolina Women Lawyers
Association to a person who has contributed to the advancement
of women in the practice of law in South Carolina.
Susan received her undergraduate degree from Duke University
and her J.D. from the University of NC – Chapel Hill.
She is an active member of Circular Congregational Church
in Charleston, where she served as a lay minister from 1999-2009.
Jan Landry, Office Manager
In her role as office manager, Jan handles the accounting,
office administration, program and event planning and communications – including
web site updates, the monthly e-newsletter and the ‘paper’ newsletter.
Jan joined the ACLU of South Carolina staff in September 2008. Prior to
that, she was Finance and Communications Manager for Wild
Dunes Community Association on the Isle of Palms where she
oversaw office administration, accounting, website management,
newsletter production, and community events.
Jan attended St. Mary’s College in Raleigh, the American
Institute in Aix-en-Provence, France, and graduated from
the University of NC-Chapel Hill.
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