Sarah Labowitz
Sarah Labowitz is the Texas policy and advocacy director for the American Civil Liberties Union, where she defends Texans' voting rights and healthcare freedoms.[1][2] Prior to joining the ACLU of Texas, Labowitz served as the policy and communications director for the City of Houston Housing and Community Development Department. In 2013, Labowitz co-founded the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, an academic research and advocacy organization at the New York University Stern School of Business and the first center to focus on human rights as an integral part of a business school.[3] She also was a research scholar in Business and Society at Stern. Prior to Stern, Labowitz served as a policy advisor under Hillary Clinton at the U.S. Department of State from 2009 – 2013 on democracy, human rights, and cyber policy.[4]
Biography[edit]
Labowitz graduated from Grinnell College in 2004 with a BA in History.[5] She then went on to obtain an MA in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.[6]
In 2012, Labowitz was listed on Forbes Magazine's "30 Under 30" list for law and policy.[7] She served on the ExxonMobil External Citizenship Advisory Panel before publicly resigning in February 2017, to protest the company's lawsuits against civil society critics.[8] Labowitz is a fellow of the Truman National Security Project and a member of the board of directors of the Houston Committee on Foreign Relations.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ "Texas Democrats flee state in effort to block GOP-backed voting restrictions". NBC News. July 12, 2021. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
- ^ Gardner, Amy (May 29, 2021). "Texas Republicans finalize bill that would enact stiff new voting restrictions and make it easier to overturn election results". The Washington Post. Retrieved Jan 24, 2022.
- ^ "NYU's Michael Posner: Bringing Human Rights to B-School - Businessweek". Bloomberg.com. 2013-07-26. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
- ^ "Michael Posner Joins NYU Stern School of Business to Establish New Center for Business and Human Rights". Businesswire.com. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2015-03-29.
- ^ "labowitz | Grinnell College". www.grinnell.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ "NYU Stern - Sarah Labowitz - Research Scholar". www.stern.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ "30 Under 30 - Law & Policy - Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ "Member of ExxonMobil advisory panel sends scathing resignation letter". CBS News. February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
- ^ ":: Welcome to HCFR Houston Committee on Foreign Relations ::". www.houstoncfr.org. Retrieved 2022-01-25.