Stacey Young was an 18-year DOJ veteran who worked at the Department until January 24, 2025. She served as a Senior Attorney in the Civil Division and later in the Civil Rights Division, working under five presidential administrations and seven Attorneys General.

Stacey founded the DOJ Gender Equality Network in 2016 and served as its president. After intimidation from the current administration, she shut down the organization on the day she left the Department. She and DOJ GEN advocated for policies and practices that made the Department—and the entire federal government—a safer, healthier, and fairer place to work.

Young briefed National Press Foundation fellows in October 2025: States Feel Pain of ‘Catastrophic’ Federal Staffing Purge.