Sally Chaffin joins Public Rights Project as a grantwriter on the Development team. Prior to PRP, Sally led the Innovation Team at Atlanta Legal Aid, where she wrote and managed technology grants to improve the delivery of services to Legal Aid clients. She previously served as Legal Aid’s Associate Director of Community Education and Grants and managed Georgia’s statewide legal self-help website. Sally is a published author (Going to Maine, a memoir about thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail) and spent many years as a freelance writer.

Sally earned her bachelor’s degree from Purdue University and her law degree from the University of Cincinnati, graduating Order of the Coif. After graduation, she was a law clerk in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.

Sally is based in Atlanta, Georgia, and heads to the mountains as often as possible.