About the Bloggers
Candace Boston joined OGIS at the end of October 2009. 
She spent almost five years at the U.S. Department of State, working as an advocate for both the agency and FOIA requesters to resolve disputes there. She has a Master’s degree from the University of Maryland University College, and her undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Candace enjoys singing and spending time with her family.
Karen Finnegan became Deputy Director of OGIS after eleven years of working for the government on FOIA and Privacy Act matters. 
Karen has served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Executive Office for United States Attorneys, as the Chief of the Initial Request Branch in the FOIA Office for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, as an Assistant General Counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Office of the General Counsel, FOIA Litigation Unit, and as an Attorney-Advisor in the Department of Justice, Office of Information Policy (OIP). Karen has served on the Board of Directors for the American Society of Access Professionals (ASAP) in various capacities since 2003, and is currently ASAP’s Treasurer. Karen also serves as an instructor at FOIA training programs sponsored by OIP and ASAP. In her spare time, Karen enjoys running (having completed the Marine Corp Marathon in 2008), traveling, and cheering on the Penn State Nittany Lions.
Carrie McGuire joined OGIS in March of 2010 after six years working with the FOIA requester community at the American Library Association. 
She coordinates OGIS’s outreach program. She has a Master of Library Science degree from Syracuse University and earned her undergraduate degree in education from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. In her spare time, Carrie is almost always in motion: either running, on the back of a horse, on a yoga mat, or slowly walking her beloved elderly pug. Carrie lives in Alexandria with her husband Dave.
Kirsten Mitchell joined OGIS in May 2010. 
She spent two years at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and a year at the Sunshine in Government Initiative, a coalition of media groups that worked to gain passage of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, which created OGIS. A former journalist, most recently with the New York Times Co., Kirsten frequently used state and federal records to shine a light on how government operates. Her involvement in a federal press freedom case fueled her interest in transparency issues. Kirsten earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Mary Washington College and her Master of Arts degree in journalism and public affairs from American University. Kirsten enjoys paddling dragon boats and reading fiction in her spare time.
Before she became the first Director of OGIS, in September 2009, Miriam Nisbet worked for two years at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris as Director of the Information Society Division. 
From 1999 to 2007, Miriam was Legislative Counsel for the American Library Association in ALA’s Washington Office, working primarily on copyright and other intellectual property issues raised by the digital information environment. She was Special Counsel for Information Policy, National Archives and Records Administration, from 1994 to 1999. Prior to that, Miriam had served since 1982 as the Deputy Director of the Office of Information and Privacy, U.S. Department of Justice. Miriam received a BA degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a JD degree from the University’s School of Law. In her spare time, Miriam and her husband Michael are puppy raisers for the organization Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind.
Adrianna C. Rodriguez is a second-year student at Harvard Law School where she is a member of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, an editor of the Harvard Latino Law Review and a member of La Alianza, Hispanic law student association. 
Prior to entering law school, Adrianna earned bachelor’s degrees from the University of Florida in journalism and history, and a master’s degree in mass communication. During her graduate studies, Adrianna focused her research on state and national freedom of information issues. Adrianna is a devoted Florida Gator. A native Floridian living in Massachusetts, Adrianna tries to spend as much time as possible outside during the spring and summer months, enjoys reading history books, taking advantage of student tickets at the local theaters and keeping- up with national and international news.
Corinna Zarek joined OGIS in November 2009 after three years with the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press where, as its Freedom of Information Director, she specialized in access to government records under the Freedom of Information Act and state open records laws. 
Corinna worked with government transparency advocates to gain passage of the OPEN Government Act of 2007, through which OGIS was created. Previously, Corinna spent a year with a small Washington, D.C. law firm working on administrative law issues and she has also reported for The Des Moines Register. Outside the office, Corinna sits on the board of the DC Open Government Coalition and teaches as an adjunct professor at American University and the University of Maryland. She earned a B.A. and J.D. from the University of Iowa and remains a faithful Hawkeye, playing on the school’s alumni flag football team in Washington.
Comment from Sheba
Time February 12, 2012 at 6:28 am
Cool! May God bless OGIS!