2023 ACLU of Colorado Board Candidates

Running for a first term:

Cindra Barnard

Cindy Barnard is a devoted advocate for equity and inclusivity in public education. Her passion and understanding of systemic racial and economic inequities have grown through her advocacy work for public education and her work with students of color. Cindy’s advocacy work is driven by Steven Frost’s social charge: “Diversity is reality; inclusion is a choice.” She is determined to turn inclusion into a given, not a choice.

For several years, Cindy volunteered at La Academia, focusing on helping English-as-a-second-language high school students to bridge the challenging complications of language and learning disabilities. 

Cindy co-founded Taxpayers for Public Education a 501 (c4) organization that advocated for public education. She led the effort that thwarted Douglas County School District’s attempt to direct public funds to private and religious schools. As president of TFPE, Cindy spent eight years lobbying at the State Capitol for public education issues. 

She served as board chair of Starting from Scratch, a project of Colorado Non-profit Development Center. SFS’s programming served adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, teaching skills that immediately transfer to daily life.   

Cindy holds a masters in business administration from The University of Denver. Her professional roles have included financial analyst, human resources director, and college instructor.

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Ann England

Ann England teaches in the Criminal Defense Clinic at the University of Colorado, School of Law. Ms. England has been a Clinical Law Professor at the University of Colorado, School of Law since 2005.  She is the founder and faculty director of the Korey Wise Innocence Project (KWIP) at Colorado Law. KWIP has grown steadily since its inception in 2014 and currently has five full-time lawyers on its staff and works with numerous law firm, law and undergraduate volunteers. She is the coordinator of the National College of Capital Voir Dire and lectures widely on issues of criminal defense and wrongful convictions. Prior to becoming a clinical law professor, she worked at the Federal Public Defender's Office and at the Colorado State Public Defender's Office. At the Colorado State Public Defender's Office, she worked in Arapahoe, Adams, Weld, Logan, and Denver Counties as a Deputy State Public Defender. She later became a division lead at the Colorado State Public Defender's Office in Denver. Ms. England received her J.D. from the University of Denver, 1995, Sturm College of Law; B.A. from the University of Michigan, 1990.

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Nancy Fang

Nancy Fang is a physician and assistant professor in OBGYN and Complex Family Planning at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her passion is ensuring everyone has access to reproductive healthcare and promoting reproductive justice. She has testified in front of the Colorado State legislature as an advocate for these issues. She splits her time between providing clinical care with research in contraception and access to abortion.

In addition to her commitment to reproductive health, Nancy has an ongoing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. She serves on her departments DEI committee as a research consultant to promote community engagement, representation, and anti-racist practices in medical research.