Staff Directory

Advocates and Attorneys

Anna Anderson – Attorney
Jeremiah Battle – Attorney
Michael Best – Attorney
Jenifer Bosco – Attorney
Carolyn L. Carter – Deputy Director
Alys Cohen – Attorney (Washington D.C. Office)
Caroline Cohn – Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by Nike, Inc.
Thomas A. Cox – Of Counsel
Charles Delbaum – Attorney
Richard Dubois – Executive Director
Charlie Harak – Attorney
Berneta L. Haynes – Attorney
Robert J. Hobbs – Senior Fellow
John Howat – Senior Energy Analyst
April Kuehnhoff – Attorney
Karen Lusson – Attorney
Sarah Bolling Mancini – Attorney
Ariel Nelson – Attorney
Willard P. Ogburn – Senior Fellow
Andrew G. Pizor – Attorney (Washington D.C. Office)
John Rao – Attorney
Stuart Rossman – Director of Litigation
Talia Rothstein – Hobbs Fellow
Carla Sanchez-Adams – Attorney
Lauren Saunders – Associate Director (Washington D.C. Office)
Margot Saunders – Senior Counsel
Abby Shafroth – Attorney
Steve Sharpe – Attorney
Jon Sheldon – Attorney
Samuel R. Shepard – N. Neal Pike Fellow
Robyn Smith – Of Counsel
Andrea Bopp Stark – Attorney
Alpha Taylor – Attorney (Washington D.C. Office)
Kyra Taylor – Attorney
Tara Twomey – Of Counsel
John Van Alst – Attorney
Geoffry Walsh – Attorney
Olivia Wein – Attorney (Washington D.C. Office)
Odette Williamson – Attorney
Chi Chi Wu – Attorney

Administrative

Anna Kowanko – Research & Data Associate
Svetlana Ladan – Director of Operations & IT
Jackie Lyon – Operations Manager
Moussou N’Diaye – Digital Content & Operations Assistant
Debbie Parziale – Office Manager
Suraj Tandukar – Office Administrator
Maggie Westberg – Research & Litigation Assistant
Shirlron Williams – Administrative Assistant (Washington, D.C. Office)

Communications

Michelle Bates Deakin – Chief Communications Officer
Stephen Rouzer – Communications Manager (Washington, D.C. Office)

Development

Lauryn Hart – Development Coordinator
Steve Hurley – Chief Development Officer
Paul Laurent – Director of Leadership Giving & Engagement
Mack Makishima – Fundraising & Development Communications Manager
Shelly McPhail – Grant Writer & Researcher

Finance

Margaret Kohler – Chief Financial Officer
Michael Jones – Finance Manager
Michael Patricelli – Finance Associate
Olga Shmatkova – Staff Accountant

Human Resources

Tashia Graham – Human Resources Manager

Vivian Abraham – Legal Editor
Joshua Ambre – Editorial Associate
Vara Barnes – Legal Editor
John Cleary – Publishing Operations Associate
Katie Eelman – Marketing, Sales & eCommerce Manager
Denise Lisio – Director of Editorial & Production
Paige Miller – Legal Editor
Eric Secoy – Legal Editor
Donna Wong – Director of Publishing Operations

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