Staff and Leadership
Board of Directors
| William F. Alderman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
| Natalie Aliga, Wells Fargo Government & Community Relations Group |
| Allison May, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP |
| Linda Dardarian, Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho |
| Srin Madipalli, Airbnb |
| Ernest Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP |
| Edward Gildea, FisherBroyles, LLP |
| Melissa “echo” Greenlee, deaffriendly.com |
| Steven P. Ragland, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP |
| Barb Izzo, Advisor |
| Cristina Rubke, Shartsis Friese LLP |
| Christopher Coleman, First Republic Bank |
| Daniel L. Brown, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Pat Kirkpatrick, Fundraising Consultant |
| Joshua Konecky, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns LLP |
| Janice L. Lehrer-Stein, NCD Member & FFB Trustee |
| Daniel S. Mason, Furth Salem Mason & Li LLP |
| Scott Smigel, Arcana Corporation |
| Michael P. Stanley, Attorney |
| Nana A. Antwi-Ansorge, Attorney |
East Coast Advisory Board
| Robyn Ruderman, Starbucks Corporation |
| Andrew Brozman, Clifford Chance US LLP |
| Evan Davis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP |
| Steve Foresta, Chair, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP |
| Karen Kaplowitz, The New Ellis Group |
| Wayne Outten, Founding and Managing Partner of Outten & Golden LLP |
| Emma Rhodes, Media Consultant |
| Rebecca Alexander, LCSW-R, MPH |
| Josef T. Ansorge, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP |
| Robert Egan, Retired |
| David J. Abrams, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP |
| Douglas J. Szukics, JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| Daniel L. Brown, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP |
| Janice L. Lehrer-Stein, NCD Member & FFB Trustee |
| Jeffrey Miller |
| Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, Google |
| Jean Mitchell, J.D., M.S.O.T. |
West Coast Advisory Board
| Bonnie Lewkowicz, Access Northern California |
| Donna Wickham Furth, Law Office of Donna W. Furth |
| Paul Grossman, Retired, Chief Regional Civil Rights Attorney, US ED, Office for Civil Rights |
| Lucy Lee Helm, Starbucks Coffee Company |
| Guy T. Saperstein, Law Office of Guy T. Saperstein |
| Charles McAvoy, Disability Community Advocate/Activist |
| Anya Emerson, Staff Attorney, First District Appellate Project |
| William Keller, Community Bank of the Bay |
| Prithi Trivedi, Fellow, Effective Philanthropy Group, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation |
Managing Directors
| Kate Hamilton, Managing Director, Development & Operations |
| Michelle Caiola, Managing Director, Litigation |
| Sid Wolinsky, Managing Director |
| Stuart Seaborn, Managing Director, Litigation |
Attorneys
| Michelle Caiola, Managing Director, Litigation |
| Michelle Iorio, Staff Attorney |
| Sid Wolinsky, Managing Director |
| Stuart Seaborn, Managing Director, Litigation |
| Rebecca Rodgers, Staff Attorney |
| Rebecca Williford, Senior Staff Attorney |
| Sean Betouliere, Staff Attorney |
| Jelena Kolic, Staff Attorney |
| Seth Packrone, Staff Attorney |
| Meredith Weaver, Staff Attorney |
| Rebecca C. Serbin, Staff Attorney |
| Maia Goodell, Senior Staff Attorney |
| Thomas Zito, Senior Staff Attorney |
| Melissa Riess, Staff Attorney |
Fellows
| Monica Porter, Equal Justice Works Fellowship Attorney |
| Emily Seelenfreund, Wolinsky Fellowship Attorney |
| Paul Leahy, DRA Fellowship Attorney |
Operations
| Chris Maccarone, Administrative Assistant |
| Kate Hamilton, Managing Director, Development & Operations |
| Sachiko Riddle, Litigation Assistant |
| Michele Chu, Litigation Assistant |
| Kimberly Anderson, Litigation Assistant |
| Jodi Grigas, Human Resources & Operations Manager |
| Julia Calagiovanni, Development & Communications Assistant |
| Lena Grima, Bookkeeper |
| Adrienne Torf, Director of Finance |
Past Fellows
| Mazen Basrawi, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice |
| Monica Goracke, Managing Attorney, Portland Regional Office at Oregon Law Center |
| Rhoda Benedetti, Founder, Benedetti and Associates |
| Robin Goldfaden, Senior Staff Attorney, Youth Law Center |
| Rowena Gargalicana, Co-founder, Gargalicana/Graceffa LLP; President, Alameda County Bar Association |
| Shawna Parks, Attorney, Owner, Law Office of Shawna L. Parks |
| Stephanie Biedermann, Associate Programme Officer, Member Relations and Legal Affairs, International Renewable Energy Agency |
| Stephen Tollafield, Professor, Associate Director of Legal Writing and Moot Court at UC Hastings College of the Law |
| Alexius Markwalder, Deputy Attorney General III at Attorney General’s Office, CA Department of Justice |
| Alison Aubrejuan, Permanent Law Clerk to Judge Susan Illston, US District Court |
| Brian Dimmick, General Attorney, Office for Civil Rights Program Legal Group, Disability Rights Team at U.S. Department of Education |
| Caroline Jacobs, Career Law Clerk for Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley |
| Zoe Chernicoff, Associate, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP |
| Joshua Konecky, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns LLP |
| Haben Girma, Access & Inclusion Advocate |
| Rebecca Rodgers, Staff Attorney |
| Rebecca Williford, Senior Staff Attorney |
| Sean Betouliere, Staff Attorney |
| Jelena Kolic, Staff Attorney |
| Julia Marks, Law Clerk, U.S. District Court |
| Anne Kelsey, Health Counselor, Community Service Society of New York |
| Seth Packrone, Staff Attorney |
| Elizabeth Zwillinger |
| Freya Pitts, Staff Attorney |
| Michael Nunez, Associate, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld, LLP |
| Meredith Weaver, Staff Attorney |
| Karla Gilbride, Cartwright-Baron Staff Attorney, Public Justice |
| Kasey Corbit, Death Penalty Law Clerk, Northern District Court of California |
| Kevin Knestrick, Senior Attorney, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley |
| Julia Pinover Kupiec, Assistant Counsel, Office of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo; Officer, Executive Chamber Ethics |
| Kara Janssen, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP |