Aseem Garg Joins the ACLU of New Jersey Board of Trustees

The ACLU of New Jersey announced today the election of its newest board member, Aseem Garg, who has more than 15 years of experience in wealth management. Garg’s appointment to the board is at a crucial time in the organization’s history as it continues to work to hold the Trump administration accountable for its unprecedented threats to democracy.

“Aseem is a leader with the vision and professional experience that we need in this moment,” said ACLU-NJ Executive Director Amol Sinha. “I am confident that his passion for justice, and his deep expertise in wealth management and guiding philanthropic investments, will help us fortify the ACLU-NJ to build a more equitable New Jersey and continue leading the fight for our rights.”

Garg is the founder and chief investment officer of Ahara Advisors, where he applies his extensive proficiency in both public and private markets to serve his clients with a comprehensive approach to wealth management.

“We are living in a moment when people in the United States are being arrested, detained, and even deported without due process – when individuals like Mahmoud Khalil are ripped from their families and imprisoned for months without ever being charged with a crime,” said ACLU-NJ Board of Trustees Member Aseem Garg. “I am honored to join the Board of the ACLU of New Jersey to help strengthen the organization’s financial foundation so it can defend our rights with even greater force.”

Before founding Ahara, Garg served as Head of Risk at Tetragon, a publicly traded investment firm, where he helped establish the firm’s private equity practice and directed risk management for Tetragon Financial Group, overseeing $2.5 billion in assets. He also managed risk for Tetragon’s broader asset management division, which oversaw $30 billion. Earlier in his career, Garg was at Willett Advisors, Michael Bloomberg’s family office, where he built and led the portfolio strategy and analytics team, steering billions of dollars across diverse investments.

“The ACLU-NJ Board of Trustees welcomes Aseem,” said ACLU-NJ Board of Trustees President Marc Beebe. “With nearly two decades of experience in wealth management and a long-lasting passion for social justice, we are thankful for the addition of his expertise as we take on the current mounting threats to civil liberties. Aseem’s contributions and strategic guidance will undoubtably support the work we do every day to protect our democracy and inherent freedoms we all deserve.”