Alex Wohl, ACS’s Communications Director, joined the organization in December, 2007. His communications positions include Director of Communications at the U.S. Department of Education, where he served first as a speechwriter for Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley. For six years he was Director of Public Affairs for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and has also held leading communications positions with a number of other public policy organizations and members of Congress. In 1995, Wohl was selected to be a Judicial Fellow at the U.S. Supreme Court, where he wrote speeches for the Chief Justice and met with visiting foreign judges and dignitaries. Prior to that he served as a law clerk for Judge Ralph B. Guy, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and worked as an attorney at the Washington, DC-based law firm of Dickstein, Shapiro, Morin & Oshinsky. Wohl is an adjunct professor at American University in the Department of Justice, Law and Society and the author of numerous articles on subjects including legal affairs, education, and entertainment. His writing background also includes a stint as the Supreme Court correspondent for the San Francisco Chronicle. He received his B.A. from Brandeis University and a J.D. from the Washington College of Law at American University.