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Dena Sher

ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Washington Legislative Office

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Dena is legislative counsel at the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Washington Legislative Office. Sher joined the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û in 2011, after four years as the the state legislative counsel with Americans United for Separation of Church and State. She worked with legislators, activists, and coalition partners on legislation, policy, and ballot initiatives that affected religious liberties, including school vouchers, healthcare refusals and religion in the workplace. She was also an Equal Justice Works fellow at Americans United. Her Equal Justice Works project investigated how programs funded under President Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative were implemented. Sher also worked on many of the cases litigated by AU during her fellowship.

Sher is a graduate of George Washington University Law School and Georgetown University.