Welcoming New Directors to the NTBA Board!
NTBA would like to welcome and introduce four remarkable new additions to NTBA’s Board of Directors: Whit Washington (they/them), Joana Chai-Chang Azterbaum (she/her), Charlie Ferguson (they/them), and Maxime Matthew (they/he). Their diverse expertise and commitment to our mission will bring fresh perspectives and energy to NTBA’s leadership.
Whit Washington (they/them)
Whit Washington (they/them) is a Black bi-racial non-binary attorney and lecturer based in New York City. Whit’s legal practice focuses on the rights of trans folks in carceral settings and LGBTQ family formation. Whit’s scholarly work explores the relationship between anti-Black and gender based discrimination, the US carceral system, the evolution of criminal law, and the impact on the US economy. Whit is exited to work with the NTBA and support community building between practitioners in the field.
Joana Chai-C.A. (she/her)
Joana is an organizer, public policy advocate and rising legal professional with Chinese-Jamaican (Hakka-Afro) and Jewish-Argentine (Ashkenazi) roots, from the Verdugo foothills of Los Angeles/Glendale, unceded Tongva/Kizh and Fernandeño Tataviam territories.
Her work throughout the years has touched on the issues of family policing, sex work decriminalization, trans justice, anti-militarism and international solidarity. She’s currently a policy staffer with the ACLU of Southern California where she supports coordination of movements in the sex work decrim and family policing ecosystems primarily through her participation in coalitions Decrim Sex Work California, Reimagine Child Safety, and the California Family Integrity Coalition. With her ACLU team, she also engages in legal watchdog work to monitor the conditions of trans folks incarcerated in LA county jails.
She is a former staff member of Dissenters and Translatin@ Coalition. Her undergraduate studies at the Claremont Colleges were focused at the intersection of Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Media Studies. In her spare time, she enjoys going to DIY live music and rave events, learning new bachata moves and more.
| Charlie Ferguson (they/them) Charlie Ferguson (they/them) is a law clerk for the United States district court. After their clerkship, Charlie will spend the rest of their career advocating for the liberation of all transgender people and those living with HIV/AIDS. Prior to changing careers, Charlie was the Director of an LGBTQ+ community center in their home of Brooklyn, NY. From 2017-2021, they also served as the Vice President of Collegians for the National Council of Gamma Rho Lambda, an all-inclusive LGBTQ+ Greek organization. Their work advocating for LGBTQ+ youth led them to the legal field as a tool for movement work. Charlie received their J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, where they were an Executive Editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, the President of Penn Carey Law Lambda, the Research Director for the Transgender Empowerment and Advocacy Project, and a clinic student in both the Advocacy for Racial and Civil Justice Clinic and Legislative Clinic. They interned for the ACLU LGBTQ & HIV Project, Lambda Legal, the HIV Law Project, and the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. They have published multiple articles on transgender civil rights. Charlie also received a M.S. in Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Policy and Practice, an M.A. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the City University of New York Graduate Center, and their B.A. from the University of Texas. In their free time, Charlie is a long-distance runner, vegan baker, and a big fan of their corgi, Bevo. |
Maxime Matthew (they/he)
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