Our People
All Staff
Adan Rodriguez
Senior Staff Attorney
Adar Carver
Staff Attorney
Aimee Meraz
Senior Program Assistant
AJ Moultrie
Digital Media Strategist
Alero Egbe
Staff Attorney
Alexia Bass
Grants Coordinator
Alisa Randell
Managing Attorney
Allyssa Scheyer
Staff Attorney
Alma Bonifacio
Small Business Program Manager
Amanda Mangaser Savage
Strategic Litigation Counsel
Amelia Piazza
Staff Attorney
Amy Tannenbaum
Supervising Attorney
Ana Torres
Director of Human Resources
Anna Stone
Legal Assistant
Annie Marquit
Senior Staff Attorney
Bianka Ramos
Staff Attorney
Brian Capra
Senior Staff Attorney
Carie Martin
Staff Attorney
Carlo Castro
Legal Data Manager
Carlos Ayala
Paralegal
Carol Jaime
Associate Human Resources Manager
Carrie Vereide
Social Worker
Cassidy Bennett
Staff Attorney
Cecilia Mercado
Senior Program Coordinator
Cheyanne Picone-Ishizuka
Senior Associate Director
Christina Boyar
Staff Attorney
Christina Flores
Grant Accounting Manager
Christine Alvisurez
Senior Staff Attorney
Christine Bradshaw
Staff Attorney
Cindy Franco
Senior Social Worker
Cynthia Ramirez-Gomez
Database Gift Processor
Dafne Goldberg
Staff Attorney
Danielle V. Garcia
Supervising Attorney
Daphne Paige
Controller
David Daniels
Director of Pro Bono
David Mojarro
Administrative Assistant
David Zhao
Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Amgen Inc.‚ Munger‚ Tolles & Olson LLP
Daysi Miranda
Shriver Program Manager
Doris Yun
Finance Associate
Drew Vernoy
Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Lavan-Harris Charitable Fund
Edna Galaviz
Paralegal
Efrain Zuniga
Paralegal
Eleany Busta Flores
Administrative Assistant
Elizabeth “Liz” Hércules-Páez
Senior Staff Attorney
Elizabeth “Rosie” Brown
Staff Attorney
Elizabeth Gonzalez
Managing Attorney
Elizabeth Meyerhoff
Senior Staff Attorney
Emma Sackheim
Fellow
Erica Garcia
Executive Assistant
Erika Luna
Receptionist & Administrative Assistant
Erin Farrell
Senior Special Events Coordinator
Faizah Malik
Managing Attorney
Felisha Miles
Staff Attorney
Fiona Lee
Staff Attorney
Francisco Gomez
Paralegal
Ghirlandi Guidetti
Senior Staff Attorney
Gianna Emma
Fellow
Gigi Lam
Directing Attorney‚ Homelessness Prevention
Gina Amato Lough
Directing Attorney‚ Immigrants’ Rights
Grace Han
Staff Attorney
Greg Bonett
Senior Policy Counsel
Harriet Steele
Staff Attorney
Helen Boyer
Staff Attorney
Hesley Gonzalez
Justice Fellow
Idalmis Vaquero
Staff Attorney
Isabel Medrano
Paralegal
Jackie Chidiac
Senior Paralegal
Jacob Maddox
Fellow
Jana Whalley
Senior Supervising Attorney
Javi Jimenez
Paralegal
Javier Hernandez
Program Manager
Jazmin Diaz
Project Coordinator
Jeanne Riggins
Staff Attorney
Jennifer Calderon
Staff Attorney
Jenny Li
Staff Attorney
Jet Harbeck
Staff Attorney
Joanne Newman
Paralegal
Jocelyn Andrade
Paralegal
Jocelyn Lopez
Human Resources Specialist
Joe Sapien
Senior Benefits Specialist
Joel Frost-Tift
Senior Supervising Attorney
Jon Contreras
Staff Attorney
Jonathan Jager
Interim Senior Supervising Attorney
Joseph Mitjavila
Information Technology Manager
Joshua Busch
Director of Communications
Judy Verduzco
Director of Social Work
Juli Newhouse
Senior Paralegal
Julia Scalise
Director of Grants
Juliette Ford
Paralegal
Kaho Maeda
UCLA Public Service Law Fellow
Karen Martinez-Chung
Staff Attorney
Karen Ullman
Senior Supervising Attorney
Karla Chalif
Vice President‚ Chief Operating Officer & General Counsel
Karla Zuniga
Accounting Analyst
Kathleen Rivas
Supervising Attorney
Kathryn Eidmann
President & Chief Executive Officer‚ Helen & Morgan Chu Chief Executive Officer Distinguished Chair
Katka Werth
Senior Staff Attorney
Katrina Landeta
Staff Attorney
Kavita Tekchandani
Supervising Attorney
Kaytlen Cruz
Administrative Assistant
Kelly Evans
Senior Supervising Attorney
Kelsey White
Staff Attorney
Kourtney Kinchen
Keller Fellow
Kristen Jackson
Interim Vice President‚ Chief Advocacy Officer
Laura Bloom
Senior Supervising Attorney
Leticia Rodriguez
Staff Attorney
Lilian Teran Mendoza
Pro Bono Placement Assistant
Lindsay Verity
Senior Supervising Attorney
Lisa “Lili” Tamaki
Supervising Attorney
Lucas Oppenheim
Senior Staff Attorney
Mabel Pacheco
Project Coordinator
Mara Ziegler
Senior Social Worker
Maria Cabadas
Senior Paralegal
Maribel Morales
Senior Paralegal
Mark Rosenbaum
Senior Special Counsel for Strategic Litigation
Martha Becerra
Receptionist
Mary Ambriz
Project Coordinator
Mary Jane Hunter
Disaster Recovery Program Manager
Matthew Gorman
Staff Attorney
Mayra Lira
Senior Supervising Attorney
Meegan Lee Ochs
Strategic Partnerships Manager
Meg Rumsey-Lasersohn
Grants Coordinator
Melina Almanza
Project Coordinator
Michelle Saucedo
Staff Attorney
Natalie Garnica
Senior Staff Attorney
Natalie Rankin
Paralegal
Nisha Vyas
Vice President, Chief Legal Officer
Paul “Roug” Rouggie
Information Technology & Facilities Support Technician
Rachel Odio
Senior Supervising Attorney
Rachel Stein
Directing Attorney‚ Education Equity
Rebecca Brown
Supervising Attorney
Ritu Mahajan Estes
Directing Attorney‚ Community Development
Robert Jimenez
Administrative Assistant
Rocio Garcia
Program Manager
Rose Lewis
Fellow
Ruth Sandoval
Office Manager
Saddia Khan
Supervising Attorney
Sandra Madera
Manager of Volunteer Programs & Operations
Sarah Rogozen
Supervising Attorney
Sarah Siraj
CARES Program Manager
Scot Moore
Director of Information Technology & Facilities
Scott Gizicki
Director of Philanthropy
Selene Hernandez
Social Worker
Serena Skinner
Project Coordinator
Sharon Balmer Cartagena
Directing Attorney‚ Child‚ Youth & Family Advocacy
Sonia Shakoori
Senior Staff Attorney
Sophia Wrench
Staff Attorney
Steph Carroll
Directing Attorney‚ Consumer Rights & Economic Justice
Stephanie Tillman
Staff Attorney
Steven Godoy
Vice President‚ Chief Financial Officer
Suzanne Dombkowski
Staff Attorney
Sylvia Torres-Guillen
Senior Special Counsel
Tara Ford
Interim Directing Attorney‚ Opportunity Under Law
Teresa Cruz
Program Manager
Tracy Rice
Vice President, Chief Development Officer
Vanessa Guzman
Staff Attorney
Vanessa Young Viniegra
Fellow
Vicky Nguyen
Database Coordinator
Victor Velasco
Paralegal
Victoria Petty
Staff Attorney
Vikki Padilla
Senior Paralegal
Yesenia Acosta
Assistant Controller
Yi Li
Fellow
Ylianna Perez-Guerrero
Senior Supervising Attorney
Yonny Aguilar
Senior Paralegal
Yvette Solano
Social Worker
