Joseph Martyak is Director of Operations for the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Joe has extensive management experience in several government, private sector, and non-profit positions: vice president of communications for the Hawaii Community Foundation; chief of staff for Acting Chairman Nancy Nord and communications director for both Acting Chairmen Ann Marie Buerkle and Robert Adler at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission; associate administrator for public affairs for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; deputy undersecretary for the U.S. Department of the Interior; Washington general manager for Golin/Harris International; executive vice president of marketing, communications and public policy for the American Legacy Foundation; and vice president of corporate affairs for Rhône-Poulenc Inc and ICI Americas.

Joe holds a B.A. in English and French from Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences, and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center.