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She is excited to embark on this new journey with the Collaborative Law & Justice Center and is inspired by the work that has been done and the future of the organization’s work. https://www.cljcenter.org/bios/elan-fisher monthly 0.5 2023-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6165c03a059a2f0a33cc6f11/4f7a5c67-0b23-455f-bcd9-4bab43999cfa/Board+Member+Photo+Elan+Fisher+-+Copy.jpg Bios - Elan Fisher - Elan is currently in the Honors College, College of Computer, Mathematical & Natural Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park. He expects to graduate in 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Minor in ACES Cyber Security. Elan also is Cyber Operations Intern with the MITRE Corporation in McLean, Virginia. In 2021, he participated in the Northeast Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition where he researched, developed, and implemented security controls for Linux defense and was Team Captain for the National Cyber League from Fall 2019—Fall 2021 where he completed captured the flag style challenges designed around exam objectives of the CompTIA Security+ and EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker certifications. In the Fall of 2020, Elan was a Teaching Assistant at Pace University, co-authoring lesson plans with a professor, and from 2020 to the present, he has served as a Game Design Mentor for high school students. 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She left DC Water to serve as an Administrative Law Judge at the Office of Administrative Hearings for the District of Columbia. In 2016, Wendy returned to the private practice of law. Currently, she is the owner and managing principal of The Moore Law Group, where she has assembled and practices with a select group of diverse and highly regarded lawyers who have broad and deep experience in Employment Law, General Business and Corporate Law, and Environmental Law. Ms. Moore is a thoughtful and skilled counselor, neutral investigator, fact-finder, and decision-maker who has a keen sensitivity to the differences in each of those roles. 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