Staff
Aaron Lichkay
Executive Director & Matchmaker
Aaron grew up in Fayetteville, GA, and has called Atlanta and DeKalb County home for the last 14 years. He received both his Undergraduate and Masters in Public Administration with a concentration in Nonprofit Management from Georgia State University. Before he joined Citizen Advocacy, Aaron had a long history of working among diverse communities around Atlanta.
“Citizen Advocacy is more than an organization. It is an opportunity to be in relationship with your neighbors. It is an honor to be able to witness the powerful things that happen when two people simply care for each other.”
Aaron Lichkay, Executive Director & Matchmaker
Ginia Taylor
Office Manager
Ginia grew up in Marietta, GA. She graduated from Agnes Scott College with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and has lived in downtown Decatur ever since. She received a Master of Arts degree in Theology with a concentration in Philosophy from Catholic Distance University, now Catholic International University. Before she joined Citizen Advocacy, Ginia served in a grassroots collective connecting engineers and designers with disability advocates to create inclusive products.
“I love meeting people and learning with them as we share our experiences. Citizen Advocacy connects people with people.”
Ginia Taylor, Office Manager
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Matchmaker
“Citizen Advocacy recognizes the innate value of all human beings. CA works to deconstruct and rebuild how we conceptualize human embodiment and what we have been socialized to value therein. I am grateful to participate in work that alters our way of being in the world together.”