Staff and Leadership

Board of Directors

• Natalie Aliga, Citibank
• Bryan Bashin, U.S. AbilityOne Commission
• Shane Burcaw, Laughing At My Nightmare, Inc.
• Christopher Coleman
• Evan Davis, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
• Morgan Duffy-Granville, OneFifteen
• Brian Frumkin, Bank of America
• Tami Hamalian, Starbucks Corporation
• Barb Izzo, Advisor
• Kathy Martinez, Expedia
• Allison May, Attorney
• Darren Minarik, Radford University
• Steven P. Ragland, Keker, Van Nest & Peters LLP
• Cristina Rubke, Shartsis Friese LLP
• Scott Smigel, Arcana Corporation, DRA Board Chair
• Sofia Vergara, Bridges to Inclusion
• Rebecca Williford, DRA President & CEO

East Coast Advisory Board

• David J. Abrams, Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP
• Rebecca Alexander, LCSW-R, MPH
• Josef T. Ansorge, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
• Sasha Blair-Goldensohn, Google
• Daniel L. Brown, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
• Andrew Brozman, Clifford Chance US LLP
• Robert Egan, Retired
• Edward Gildea, FisherBroyles, LLP
• Adam Jed, Attorney
• Srin Madipalli, Airbnb
• Jeffrey Miller, Avidity Partners
• Wayne Outten, Founding and Managing Partner of Outten & Golden LLP
• Emma Rhodes, Media Consultant
• Robyn Ruderman, Starbucks Corporation

West Coast Advisory Board

• William F. Alderman, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
• Linda Dardarian, Goldstein, Borgen, Dardarian & Ho
• Anya Emerson, Staff Attorney, Family Violence Appellate Project
• Ernest Galvan, Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP
• Melissa “echo” Greenlee, deaffriendly.com
• Paul Grossman, Retired, Chief Regional Civil Rights Attorney, US ED, Office for Civil Rights
• Lucy Lee Helm, Retired, Starbucks Corporation
• Sarah Jelley, HR Consultant
• Joshua Konecky, Schneider Wallace Cottrell Konecky Wotkyns LLP
• Janni Lehrer-Stein, NIH Eye Council
• Bonnie Lewkowicz, Access Northern California
• Daniel S. Mason, Furth Salem Mason & Li LLP
• Charles McAvoy, Disability Community Advocate/Activist
• Michael P. Stanley, Attorney
• Prithi Trivedi, Fellow, Effective Philanthropy Group, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Abby Yim, Executive Director, Integrated Community Services

Staff Leadership

• Kate Hamilton, Managing Director, Development & Operations
• Stuart Seaborn, Managing Director, Litigation
• Rebecca Williford, DRA President & CEO

Attorneys

• Torie Atkinson, Senior Staff Attorney
• Sean Betouliere, Senior Staff Attorney
• Rosa Lee Bichell, Staff Attorney
• Brittany Castle, Staff Attorney
• Amelia Evard, Wolinsky Fellowship Attorney
• Erin Gallagher, Staff Attorney
• Chloe Holzman, Senior Staff Attorney
• Jinny Kim, Managing Attorney
• Jelena Kolic, Senior Staff Attorney
• Jameelah Najieb, Abascal Fellow
• Madeleine Reichman, Staff Attorney
• Melissa Riess, Senior Staff Attorney
• Rebecca Rodgers, Managing Attorney
• Josh Rosenthal, Senior Staff Attorney
• Stuart Seaborn, Managing Director, Litigation
• Rebecca C. Serbin, Senior Staff Attorney
• Meredith Weaver, Senior Staff Attorney
• Rebecca Williford, DRA President & CEO
• Thomas Zito, Supervising Attorney

Fellows

• Amelia Evard, Wolinsky Fellowship Attorney
• Jameelah Najieb, Abascal Fellow

Operations

• Glenda Beamon, Administrative Coordinator
• Kate Hamilton, Managing Director, Development & Operations
• Sarah Jelley, HR Consultant
• Chris Maccarone, Development & Communications Manager
• Jennifer Macias, Director of Finance
• Molly Maguire, Litigation Assistant
• Amy Ollove, Litigation Assistant
• Joshua Peterson, Paralegal
• Julia Robaidek, Litigation Assistant
• Rae Schindler, Development Assistant & Board Liaison
• Andrew Trainor, Paralegal
• Rebecca Williford, DRA President & CEO