Ginger McCall

Ginger McCall is Assistant Director of EPIC's Open Government Project. Ms. McCall works on a variety of issues at EPIC, including consumer protection, open government requests, amicus curiae briefs, and national security matters. She litigates EPIC's Freedom of Information Act lawsuits and is a co-editor of Litigation Under the Federal Government Laws 2010. Ms. McCall has co-authored several amicus curiae briefs on privacy issues to the Supreme Court of the United States. She has been invited to speak on privacy and open government issues in a variety of academic and conference venues, including the 2009 Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference, the Internet Governance Forum USA 2009 Conference, and the New England Consortium of State Labor Relations Agencies 11th Annual Conference. Ms. McCall has also provided expert commentary for local, national, and international media, including NPR, MSNBC, and Al Jazeera. Ms. McCall is a graduate of Cornell Law School and graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.A. in English Literature. While in law school, she interned at the American Civil Liberties Union in Pittsburgh and at EPIC. Ms. McCall was the president of the Cornell Law School National Lawyers Guild and was awarded Cornell's Freeman Prize for Civil and Human Rights.

Dianne Watts

Dianne Watts was first elected as Mayor of Surrey in 2005 after serving nine years on City Council. She was re-elected for her second term in 2008, and serves as the Vice-Chair of Canada’s Big City Mayors’ Caucus. The Mayor’s major policy initiatives have played a big role in attracting investment and creating jobs. For two years, Surrey has been named the best place in B.C. to invest, and this year it was ranked 4th on the list of top Canadian investment cities. In 2001, Mayor Dianne Watts was honoured as the first elected official in the history of Surrey to become an Honorary firefighter for her work with the Surrey Fire Service and public safety. In 2009, she was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

Sukh Dhaliwal

First elected in January 2006, Sukh Dhaliwal currently serves as the Liberal Critic for the Asia Pacific Gateway and Western Economic Diversification, and the chair of the Northern and Western Caucus. In Parliament, he has served on several committees, including International Trade; Transportation, Infrastructure and Communities; and Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Sukh Dhaliwal has been a strong voice for Newton-North Delta for more than a decade. As a successful businessman, active member of the Surrey Board of Trade and dedicated volunteer, Sukh has played a vital role in transforming Surrey and North Delta into the one of the most dynamic and rapidly developing communities in Canada.

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