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STAFF

Rivera, Lisa – President & CEO
Adess, Shani – Vice President
Ball, Courtney – Chief Diversity and People Officer
Jeffrey, Randal – General Counsel
Maxwell, Jill – Vice President
Meyers, Sara – Chief Operating Officer
Anderson Ward, Emily – Director, Institutional Giving & Government Relations
Adler, Gillian – Manager, Development Operations and Reporting
Ballard, Zach – Data Analyst
Bruswitz, Marianne – Senior Grants and Data Coordinator
Concha, Mario – Receptionist
Grosz, Maya – Director of Training
Guerra, Nichole – Director of Philanthropic Partnerships
Herman, Tiffany – Associate Director, Human Resources
Malinowski, Liana – Development Coordinator
Marshall, Molly – Executive Assistant
M’Bae, Fatima – Senior Office Coordinator
McDuffie, Moriah – Digital Marketing & Communications Coordinator
Mena, Bryant – Administrative Clerk
Patterson, Seanna – Benefits & Payroll Coordinator
Robinson, Shawna – People & Culture Coordinator
Rodriguez, Sara – Director of Communications
Rosario, Andrés – Operations Coordinator
Sordetto, Blair – Operations Manager
Tunstall, Demarttice – Human Resources Assistant
Uddin, Sunny – Administrative Clerk
Washington, Destiny – Grant Officer
White, Najae – Grants and Data Coordinator

Harris Dobbert, Sirrah – Director of Outreach and Access to Justice Programs
Barrientos, Maria – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Bodell, Cole – Staff Attorney
Kramer, Michael – Law Graduate
Medina, Elliot – Driver
Joaquin Avila, Brenda – Intake Specialist, Paralegal
Rodriguez, Jackeline – Coordinating Senior Attorney

Schlick, Daphne – Director
Cantanno, Rose Marie – Associate Director
Archila, Tanya – Paralegal
Bachrach, Shoshana – Staff Attorney
Bancone, Sarah – Paralegal
Brennan, Jane – Staff Attorney
Chung, Sarah – Staff Attorney
Demiraj, Valbona – Law Graduate
Dennis, Abigail – Paralegal
Eberts, Noelle  – Supervising Attorney
Fields, Marah – Staff Attorney
Gkalinto, Maria Akosta – Paralegal
Howe, Julie Anne- Coordinating Senior Attorney
Hoxha, Florida – Staff Attorney
Irvin, Alexandra – Paralegal
Park, Anna – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Quintero-Retis, Alba – Paralegal
Ramroop, Nikki – Staff Attorney
Rayavarapu, Gita – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Shi, Amanda Lu – Staff Attorney
Tallarico, Shanna – Senior Supervising Attorney, Project Director
Tang, Yimeng Hazel – Paralegal
Waldman, Laura – Paralegal

Beltz, Amanda – Director
Blum, Alex – Senior Staff Attorney
Bravo, Denise – Paralegal
Chen, Alexandra – Staff Attorney
Febus, Joanne – Staff Attorney
Goodlof, Victoria – Supervising Attorney
Griffin, Diana – Staff Attorney
Hacker, Jacquelin – Senior Staff Attorney
Ibanez, Mario – Paralegal
Katzman, Jennifer – Senior Staff Attorney
Paul, Puja – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Thomason, Kathryn – Paralegal
Wallner, Mina – Supervising Attorney
Zagha, Annie Lauren – Staff Attorney
Zamora, Lauren – Staff Attorney 
Zhen, Tuozhi – Senior Supervising Attorney

Adelman Cabral, Maya – Paralegal
Bromberg, Katherine – Staff Attorney
Devins, Elissa – Senior Staff Attorney

Wallach, Rebecca – Director
Abbott, Christian – Law Graduate / Borchard Fellow
Arellano, Anna- Staff Attorney
Bogart, Valerie – Of Counsel
Cardenas, Ana Maria – Staff Attorney
Grimaldi, Michele – Paralegal
Holtzman, Rachel – Law Graduate/ Equal Justice Work Fellow
Murray, Kelly Ann – Supervising Attorney
Perez, Sofia – Paralegal
Porcher, Elliot – Paralegal
Siwiec, Monica – Staff Attorney
Travitsky, Peter – Supervising Attorney

Lavan, Alison – Chief Financial Officer
Dabush, Miriam – Fiscal Director
Diaz-Baez, Nichole – Finance Coordinator
Gabriel, Dianne – Senior Accountant
Perez, Jacqueline – Controller  
Razuvanova, Lyudmila – Grants Accounting Supervisor

Parra, Damara – Director
Burda, Ervis – Supervising Financial Counselor
Cedeno, Ruth – Senior Financial Counselor
DeCoteau, Peterson – Financial Counselor
Gonzalez, Ivan – Financial Counselor
Krumpter, Kathleen – Coordinating Senior Financial Counselor
Menon, Mohan – Financial Counselor
Orbe, Henry – Senior Financial Counselor
Regan, Brendan – Financial Counselor
Rojas, Alma – Senior Financial Counselor
Ruiz, Jorge – Senior Financial Counselor
Scholz Jones, Andrei – Temporary Financial Counselor
Tarazona, Zaida – Senior Financial Counselor

Ziesemer, Jodi – Co-Director
Chua, Melissa – Co-Director
Avrasina, Olga – Supervising Attorney
Balouch, Omar Ahmad – Paralegal
Brodsky, Marina – Senior Paralegal
Casamenti, Sadie – Staff Attorney/IJC Fellow
Chao, Jennifer – Senior Staff Attorney
Chen, Deborah – Supervising Attorney
Cutler, Allison – Supervising Attorney
Davila, Dominique – Law Graduate
Delgado, Jamyle – Temporary Paralegal
Dolich, Yuliya – Paralegal
Eatroff, Michael – Senior Staff Attorney
Fernandez, Daysi – Senior Paralegal
Garcia-Syngros, Maria Fernanda – Law Graduate / Equal Justice Works Fellow
Gil, Lisbeth – Temporary Administrative Assistant
Goldfarb, Shelley – Senior Staff Attorney
Gonzales, Iris – Staff Attorney 
Goradze, Liudmyla – Temporary Paralegal 
Granados, William – Staff Attorney
Hardeo, Polliann – Senior Staff Attorney
Hu, Alexander – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Huel Abreu, Maria – Senior Paralegal
Imanipassand, Nilu – Law Graduate
Katzman, Jennifer – Senior Staff Attorney
Kazakina, Alla – Supervising Attorney
Khokhar, Tayyaba – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Kim, Min – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Kostes, Lauren Nicole – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Lucero, Diana – Paralegal 
Maltez, Melissa – Intake Specialist/Paralegal Case Handler
Mann, Kyle – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Maria, Melissa – Supervising Attorney
Marroquin, Jessica – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Meléndez Margarida, Maru – Staff Attorney
Melo, Mathias Joshua – Staff Attorney
Mitchell, Valerie – Senior Staff Attorney
Morgan, Safiya – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Pacheco, Jennifer –  Senior Staff Attorney
Packs, James – Law Graduate/ IJC Core Justice Fellow
Palacios, Diana – Staff Attorney
Park, Jinsun – Supervising Attorney
Pena Gonzalez, Daniela – Staff Attorney
Pinkhasova, Elvira – Supervising Attorney
Ramirez Trejo, Jorge Eduardo – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Reiff, Lauren – Senior Supervising Attorney
Remy, Benjamin – Senior Staff Attorney
Rodriguez, Andreina – Paralegal
Rodriguez, Katherine – Paralegal
Rodriguez Martine, Lizaury – Staff Attorney 
Rojas, Nicole – Paralegal
Romero-Garcia, Sthelyn – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Rosen, Diana – Staff Attorney
Rozov, Natalia – Senior Paralegal
Rueda Roberti, Michelle – Staff Attorney
Saharig, Maybeline – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Saydaliev, Shahzod – Senior Paralegal
Sebastian-Cecilio, Delia – Paralegal 
Sharma, Astha – Senior Staff Attorney
Tellechea, Teresa – Paralegal
Wissow, Leah – Supervising Attorney
Zhang, Grace – Senior Paralegal

Retkin, Randye – Director
Brandfield, Julie – Associate Director
Attar, Nicole – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Babayeva, Julie – Supervising Attorney
Bishop, Brenda – Senior Staff Attorney
Campigotto, Maria – Supervising Attorney
Cano, Paula – Paralegal
Charap, Emma – Staff Attorney
Chen, Kelly – Staff Attorney
Condon, Jacqueline – Staff Attorney
Corona, Christopher – Paralegal
Davis, Brendan – Supervising Attorney
Dilday, K.A. – Staff Attorney
Dooley, Katelyn – Staff Attorney
Dowd, William – Volunteer
Duncan, Leah – Grants and Data Coordinator
Dutta, Sukanya – Staff Attorney
Escobar, Ana Maria – Paralegal
Hassall, Eric – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Herron, Adam – Senior Staff Attorney
Hodgkins, Emily – Staff Attorney
Ilic, Vilma – Staff Attorney
Ipuz-Rengifo, Carlos – Senior Paralegal
Kaznowski, Martyna – Senior Staff Attorney
Kobayashi, Yoko – Staff Attorney 
Kwong, Julia – Senior Staff Attorney
Meyer, Simone – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Morris, Elizabeth – Senior Staff Attorney
Moreno, Rachel – Paralegal
Needleman, Ira – Senior Staff Attorney
Neff, Adrienne – Senior Staff Attorney
Pereira Bisono, Sarah – Paralegal
Quatrone, Susan – Senior Staff Attorney
Rivera, Juan – Senior Paralegal
Ruiz, Gerry – Senior Staff Attorney
Schofield, Joseph – Senior Staff Attorney
Seidman, Alison – Special Projects Coordinator
Sherman, Stuart – Senior Staff Attorney
Sherwin, Howard – Supervising Attorney
Stone, Elizabeth – Paralegal
Tameez, Naji’A – Senior Staff Attorney
Terrero, Alicia, Paralegal
Tinubu, Norma – Senior Supervising Attorney
Tulchinsky, Monica – Senior Staff Attorney
Tulsiani, Divya – Paralegal
Walker, Hannah – Staff Attorney
Waaramaa, Alyssa – Staff Attorney
Weiss, Michelle – Staff Attorney  
Wolf, Debra – Senior Supervising Attorney
Zablow, Sheila – Senior Staff Attorney

Betz, Heather – Senior Supervising Attorney, Project Director
Avila, Debbie – Paralegal
Rode, Jensen Russell – Staff Attorney
Russo, Lara – Staff Attorney
Wayne, Adena – Coordinating Senior Staff Attorney

Delruelle, Antoinette – Senior Staff Attorney

Samuel, Amira – Director of Volunteer and Program Coordinator
Sai, Nancy – Pro Bono Coordinator
Tamaya, Wilma – Pro Bono Coordinator, Clinics
Tirado, Destiny – Volunteer Program Coordinator

Circelli, Beatriz – Paralegal
Muhlheim, Henry – Paralegal
Kurvers, Maia – Paralegal
Ramsey, Ashley – Paralegal
Romo, Hans – Staff Attorney
Taylor, Jimmy – Staff Attorney
Tecimer, Natalie – Temporary Staff Attorney
Toes, Susanne – Staff Attorney

Hunter, Maria – Director
Biberman, Abby – Associate Director
Azzinari, Sian – Staff Attorney
Baratt, Victoriya – Senior Staff Attorney
Berkman, Deborah – Supervising Attorney
Bishop, Tea – Senior Staff Attorney
Cárdenas, Margaret – Paralegal
Colon, Vianka – Senior Paralegal
Escobar, Wendy Jacqueline – Law Graduate
Foley, Ryan – Supervising Attorney, Project Director
Gellerman, Alena – Senior Staff Attorney
Gonzalez, Angela Eslava – Paralegal Case Handler
Greenberg, Julia – Associate Supervising Attorney
Hor, Albert – Senior Staff Attorney
Horn, Graham – Staff Attorney
Hurwitz, Miriam – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Jung, Samuel – Staff Attorney
Lasam, Carmina – Senior Paralegal
Lopez, Bruno – Paralegal
Mumtaz, Nooram – Law Graduate
Mychak, Marta – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Nuñez, Stephanie – Intake Specialist/Paralegal Case Handler
Quintanilla, Blanca – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Shahinfar, Erin – Staff Attorney
Shetrit, Kseniya – Senior Supervising Attorney
Shugar, Nic – Law Graduate
Siwiec, Monica – Law Graduate
Spadafore, Michelle –  Senior Supervising Attorney, Project Director
Umunnabuike, Ezinne –  Intake Specialist / Paralegal Case Handler

Selecky, Jessica – Director
Curran, Elizabeth – Supervising Attorney
Eastwood, Lisa K. – Temporary Staff Attorney
Gaon, Felicia – Temporary Staff Attorney
Higgins, Calleigh – Law Graduate/Equal Justice Works Fellow
Jin, Minjung – Staff Attorney
Yadoo, Courtney – Staff Attorney

Tarantolo, Danielle – Director
Ashburn, Andrea – Law Graduate/Columbia Law Fellow
Fetrow, Kate – Senior Staff Attorney
Geiger, Julia – Law Graduate
Jois, Elizabeth – Supervising Attorney
Miranda, Genesis – Racial Justice Staff Attorney
Ranucci, Jessica – Supervising Attorney
Russell, Julia – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Toruno, Benji – Paralegal

Fox, Jonathan – Director
Campanelli, Edward – Associate Director
Ahmad, Ramsha – Law Graduate
Alzendani, Amal – Staff Attorney
Anderson, Katelynn – Law Graduate
Antoine, Berlotte – Senior Paralegal
Baum, Navruz – Paralegal
Belkin, Anna – Staff Attorney
Bertolino, Alexandra Jane – Staff Attorney
Brennan, Kathleen – Senior Supervising Attorney
Carroll, Melissa – Staff Attorney
Chalisa, Aziz – Law Graduate
Christensen, Dana – Supervising Attorney
Christofi, Elena – Law Graduate
Cione, Daniel – Staff Attorney
Cohen, Sophie – Staff Attorney
Coretz, Adam – Staff Attorney
Cortez, Nicolas – Paralegal
Deen, Shanna – Staff Attorney
De Genarro, Adriano – Staff Attorney
Doar, Michael – Staff Attorney
Doerre Torres, Isabelle – Paralegal
Duffus, Dominique – Staff Attorney
Duran-Buchsbaum, Julietta – Law Graduate
Edwards, Elliot – Senior Staff Attorney
Feingold, Zara – Staff Attorney
Giler, Diana – Paralegal
Ginzburg, Dina – Paralegal
Guaman, Carolyn – Paralegal
Guzman, Carla – Senior Supervising Attorney
Harstead, Simone – Staff Attorney
Hasan, Raina – Law Graduate
Hess, Mark – Senior Supervising Attorney
Howden, Anthony – Staff Attorney
Iacono-Henderson, Angelica – Law Graduate
Imazu, Marisa – Supervising Attorney
Jastremski, Elisa – Law Graduate
Johnson, Nate – Staff Attorney
Kats, Irina – Law Graduate
Kirdahy, James – Staff Attorney
Kramer, Michael – Law Graduate
Lansbury, Alexandra – Law Graduate
Lee, Ji Hyun – Law Graduate
Liguori, Karol C. – Law Graduate
Luft, Anna – Supervising Attorney, Project Director
Lynch, Keegan – Staff Attorney
McInnis, Dejanai – Associate Staff Attorney
Meier-Castillo, Annalisa – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Miller, Bobbi – Law Graduate
Miramon, Denisse – Paralegal
Molyneaux, Cameron – Staff Attorney
Montgomery-Brown, Kristian – Law Graduate
Morales, Nadia – Law Graduate
Moreta, Yiquiara –  Paralegal 
Morgan, Hayden – Staff Attorney
Nelsen-Epstein, Dylan – Law Graduate
Neuhaus, Benjamin – Staff Attorney
Oberhauser, Paola – Paralegal
Oprasic, Selma – Staff Attorney 
Papaiacovou, Christos – Law Graduate
Peachin, Nora – Paralegal
Peskoe, Anna – Law Graduate
Pires, Shelly – Senior Paralegal
Platnick, Molly – Law Graduate
Preville, Tracy – Staff Attorney
Pujara, Munir – Senior Supervising Attorney
Quest, Dillon – Law Graduate
Reisman, Andrew – Staff Attorney
Riser, Jared – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Rodriguez, Andres – Paralegal
Rodriguez, Rafael – Paralegal
Romero Tepale, Marcela – Senior Paralegal
Rosenthal, Lindsey – Staff Attorney
Rugg, Molly – Staff Attorney
Ruttenberg, Raphael – Senior Staff Attorney
Salomone, Olivia – Law Graduate
Sawyer, Lily – Law Graduate
Seelinger, Sav – Staff Attorney
Segre, Jade – Senior Paralegal
Shump, Nicolas – Staff Attorney
Stafford, Michael – Law Graduate
Steiner, William – Staff Attorney
Susano Trujeque, Maribel – Paralegal
Tanner, Tyler – Law Graduate
Tapia, Paola – Paralegal 
Tarantino, Caroline – Staff Attorney
Tec Moo, Rogelio – Coordinating Senior Paralegal
Toke, Alex – Staff Attorney
Tourangeau, James – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Toussaint, Kevin – Staff Attorney
Tseng, Vania – Supervising Attorney
Uddin, Nabila – Law Graduate
Walser, Miles – Coordinating Senior Attorney
Weaver, Amber – Staff Attorney
Weisberg, Adina – Supervising Attorney
Wisneski, Jack – Paralegal
Yurcik, Allison – Supervising Attorney
Zurhmuhlen, Jacqueline – Staff Attorney

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Lisa Rivera

President & CEO

As NYLAG’s president and CEO, Lisa leads a team of 350 staff and a $44 million organizational budget. Her role centers on NYLAG’s strategic growth, with an emphasis on building innovative outreach and pro bono partnerships and strengthening NYLAG’s client-centered, trauma-informed advocacy for New Yorkers in need of civil legal services. Lisa has devoted her entire professional career to advancing social, economic, and racial justice for all New Yorkers. She joined NYLAG in 2003 as a staff attorney and has since held numerous positions including acting director of the Domestic Violence Law Unit, director of strategic initiatives and, most recently, managing attorney overseeing NYLAG’s legal programs, professional training programs for staff, and strategic planning. Prior to joining NYLAG, Lisa worked at the National District Attorney’s Association where she assisted in developing trainings on domestic violence, sexual assault, and forensic evidence. Lisa also co-directed the Domestic Violence Clinical Center in conjunction with St. John’s University School of Law, where she was an adjunct professor.

Education, Awards, & Affiliations:

Bucknell University, B.A.
George Washington University Law School, J.D.
New York County Lawyers’ Association’s Public Service Award, recipient
Courtroom Advocates Award, recipient
Lawyer’s Committee Against Domestic Violence, member
Family Court/Family Law Committee of the NYC Bar Association, former member