Our People
All Staff

Adriana Martinez
Paralegal

Aimee Meraz
Senior Program Assistant

Alisa Randell
Supervising Staff Attorney

Alma Bonifacio
Administrative Assistant

Amanda Pertusati
Supervising Staff Attorney

Amanda Savage
Staff Attorney

Amy Tannenbaum
Staff Attorney

Ana Karen Manjarrez
Case Coordinator

Ana Torres
Human Resources Manager

Angie Valenzuela
Administrative Assistant

Annie Marquit
Interim Directing Attorney ā Community Development Project

Bernadette Gholami
Senior Social Worker

Beth Tsoulos
Senior Social Worker

Bianka Ramos
Staff Attorney

Brandon Payette
Staff Attorney

Brian Capra
Senior Staff Attorney

Cara Newlon
Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellow

Carlo Castro
Small Business Program Manager

Carol Torres
HR Specialist

Carrie Vereide
Social Worker

Cecilia Bonilla
Administrative Assistant

Cecilia Mercado
Senior Program Coordinator

Cheyanne Picone-Ishizuka
Associate Director

Christina M. Gonzalez
Staff Attorney

Christine Alvisurez
Staff Attorney

Christine Rodriguez
Administrative Assistant

Cindy Franco
Social Worker

Cindy PƔnuco
Vice President and Chief Program Officer

Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Process

D Abuyounes
Staff Attorney

Daniel Sanchez
Paralegal

Daniel Triplett
Staff Attorney

David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono, Interim Directing Attorney of Center for Veterans’ Advancement

Daysi Miranda
Paralegal

Deanna Rafla-Yuan
Sullivan & Cromwell Fellow

Diana Alvarado
Supervising Staff Attorney

Doug Smith
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Eduardo Solis
Communications Specialist

Efrain Zuniga
Administrative Assistant

Elizabeth “Liz” HĆ©rcules-PĆ”ez
Staff Attorney

Elizabeth āRosieā Brown
UCLA CED Fellow

Elizabeth Gonzalez
Supervising Staff Attorney

Emily Siegenthaler
Grant Writer

Erika Luna
Administrative Assistant, Receptionist

Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events Coordinator

Faizah Malik
Senior Staff Attorney

Gina Amato Lough
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Greg Bonett
Staff Attorney

Helen Boyer
Staff Attorney

HyunJoo Lee
Staff Attorney

IvƔn Medina
Paralegal

Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal

Jana Whalley
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney

Javier Hernandez
UC Project Coordinator

Jeffrey Aler
Director of Human Resources

Jessica Monterey
Project Assistant

Jill Thompson
Directing Attorney āĀ Women and Girls’ Rights

Joanna Adler
Staff Attorney

Joel Frost-Tift
Staff Attorney

John Lorson
Senior Computer Systems Administrator

Jose Solano Jimenez
Fix School Discipline Coordinator

Joseph Weiner
Senior Staff Attorney

Joshua Busch
Director of Communications

Joshua Hirsch
Director of Grants

Juan Espinoza
EJW Fellow

Juan Navarcia
Staff Attorney

Judy London
Directing Attorney ā Immigrants’ Rights Project, Irell & Manella Chair in Public Interest Law

Judy Verduzco
Director of Social Work

Juli Newhouse
Senior Paralegal

Jumana Bambot
Staff Attorney

Karen Martinez-Chung
Staff Attorney

Karen Nowicki
Controller

Karen Ullman
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Karla Chalif
Vice President , Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel

Karla Infante
Finance Associate

Kathleen Rivas
Justice Catalyst Fellow

Kathryn Eidmann
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Katie Chan
Placement Assistant

Katie McKeon
Staff Attorney

Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney

Kelly Evans
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Kristen Jackson
Senior Staff Attorney

Lindsay Rosas
Baghdaserians Law Group Fellow

Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Staff Attorney

Lucas Oppenheim
Staff Attorney

Lupe Sanchez
Organizer

Lynne Bolen
Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Mabel Pacheco
Administrative Assistant

Mallory Sepler-King
Staff Attorney

Mara Ziegler
Senior Social Worker

Maria Badillo
Staff Attorney

Maria Cabadas
Senior Paralegal

Maribel Morales
Paralegal

Maribel Ortega
Intake Coordinator

Maritza Torres-Escobedo
Paralegal

Mark Rosenbaum
Robins Kaplan Director ā Opportunity Under Law

Marlee Grant
Administrative Assistant

Martha Becerra
Receptionist

Mary Jane Hunter
Paralegal

Mary Lipscomb
Staff Attorney

Mary Tanagho Ross
Senior Staff Attorney

Mayra Lira
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Megan Vees
Staff Attorney

Mónica RamĆrez Almadani
Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair

Natalie Garnica
Staff Attorney

Nisha Kashyap
Supervising Staff Attorney

Patrick Anderson
Staff Attorney

Paul “Roug” Rouggie
Facilities, IT Support Technician

Peggie Bennett
Senior Paralegal

Rachel Odio
Interim Supervising Staff Attorney

Rachel Stein
Supervising Staff Attorney

Rebecca Popuch
Staff Attorney

Rekha Radhakrishnan
Strategic Communications Manager

Ritu Estes
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Robert Baseman
Staff Attorney

Rocio Garcia
Adoption Intake, Guardianship Clinic Coordinator

Rocio Garcia
Organizer, Paralegal

Ruth Sandoval
Office Manager

Sandra Madera
Senior Lead Pro Bono Coordinator

Sara Van Hofwegen
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Sarah Medina Camiscoli
Justice Catalyst Fellow

Sarah Rogozen
Staff Attorney

Scot Moore
Director of Information Technology

Sean Chandra
Staff Attorney

Serena Garcia
Project Coordinator

Sharon Balmer Cartagena
Directing Attorney ā Children’s Rights Project

Silvana Naguib
Interim Directing Attorney ā Homelessness Prevention Law Project

Steph Carroll
Directing Attorney āĀ Consumer Rights and Economic Justice

Stephanie Lomeli
Social Worker

Tara Ford
Senior Counsel

Teresa Cruz
Senior Paralegal

Tracy Rice
Vice President and Chief Development Officer

Uzoamaka Ogbodo
Executive Assistant

Vanessa Guzman
Staff Attorney

Vicky Nguyen
Database Coordinator

Victor Velasco
Intake Coordinator

Vikki Padilla
Senior Paralegal

William Lacker
Organizer

Yesenia Acosta
Accounting Analyst

Ylianna Perez-Guerrero
Supervising Senior Staff Attorney

Yonny Aguilar
Paralegal