Staff
Executive Team
Fernando Aguilar
Chief Financial Officer
Catalina Salley
Chief Operating Officer
Keren Zwick
Executive Director
Senior Leadership
Michele Amatangelo
Resource Development Director
Azadeh Erfani
Director of Policy
Vanessa Esparza-López
Associate Director of Legal Services
Lisa Koop
National Director of Legal Services
Karolyn Talbert
Associate Director of Legal Services
Tara Tidwell Cullen
Director of Communications
Mayon Yen
Director of Development
Hillary Richardson
Associate Director, Children's Protection Project
Stephanie Spiro
Associate Director of Protection-Based Relief
Federal Litigation
Richard Caldarone
Senior Litigation Attorney
Colleen Cowgill
Senior Litigation Attorney, San Diego Project
Maria Dambriunas
Schreiber Fellow, Litigation
Mark Feldman
Senior Litigation Attorney
Mark Fleming
Associate Director of Federal Litigation
Mary Georgevich
Senior Litigation Attorney
Diana Ibarra
Litigation Coordinator
Elizabeth Kalmbach Clark
Legal Project Manager
Allena Martin
Senior Litigation Attorney
Nicole May
Schreiber Fellow
Gerardo Romo
Equal Justice Works Fellow
Charles Roth
Director of Appellate Litigation
Operations and Development
Michele Amatangelo
Resource Development Director
Fernando Aguilar
Chief Financial Officer
Catalina Salley
Chief Operating Officer
Mayon Yen
Director of Development
Mike Grunenwald
Director of Data and Systems Management
Elizabeth Juarez
Receptionist
Liz Lang
Operations Manager
Eugene Harris (Khvatskov)
Senior Financial Analyst
Lauren Preputnik
Grants Manager
Charlotte Sall
Pro Bono Manager
Leena Somani
Controller
Ashley Tarbet DeStefano
Data Management Specialist
Shelley Zuckerman
Executive Coordinator
Policy and Communications
Azadeh Erfani
Director of Policy
Tara Tidwell Cullen
Director of Communications
Andrea Carcamo-Cavazos
Senior Policy Counsel
Solomon Collins
Digital Communications and Graphic Design Specialist
Jesse Franzblau
Associate Director of Policy
Cecilia Mendoza
Associate Director of Government Relations
Julia Toepfer
Associate Director of Digital Communications
Legal Programs Staff
Vanessa Esparza-López
Associate Director of Legal Services
Lisa Koop
National Director of Legal Services
Karolyn Talbert
Associate Director of Legal Services
Olivia Abrecht
Senior Attorney, Detention Project
Lizeth Aguilar
Paralegal, Asylum Project and Immigrant Legal Defense
Laisha Arellano
Paralegal
Daniela Paz-Arnal
Paralegal, Asylum Project
Erika Asgeirsson
Supervising Attorney, Counter-Trafficking Project
Brianda Avila
Paralegal, Children’s Protection Project
Tolani Bademosi
Paralegal, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Jessica Banuelos
Staff Attorney, Detention Project
Jennifer Babaie
Associate Director, Adult Detention Project
Mara Weaver Boshart
Legal Supervisor, Asylum Project
Jess Hunter-Bowman
Senior Attorney
Jenifer Briones
Pro Bono Coordinator, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative
Nazareth Castro
Paralegal, Children's Protection Project
Geoff Cebula
Managing Attorney, Protection-Based Pro Bono
Laura Cholula Chang
Senior Know Your Rights Attorney, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Lisa Chun
Senior Attorney, Detention Project
Peter Claassen
Legal Supervisor, Asylum Project, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Ashley Conde
KYR Coordinator, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Karina Crowley
Staff Attorney, Children's Protection Project
Landon Davison
Paralegal, Children's Protection Project
Nadia Danilovich
Senior Attorney, Protection-Based Relief
Jannette Diaz
Paralegal, Detention Project
Jocelyn Diaz
Staff Attorney, Detention Project
Monserrat Diaz
Paralegal, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Yolatli Esparza
Paralegal, Children's Protection Project
David Faherty
Supervising Attorney, Detention Project
Jherlly Acosta Fecher
Paralegal, Asylum Project and Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Francisco Garcia
Paralegal, Detention Project
Rachel Geissler
Supervising Attorney, Children’s Protection Project
Elizabeth Gibson
Managing Attorney for Capacity Building and Mentorship
Abigail Ginzburg
Project Manager, Detention Project
Jessica Gomez
Staff Attorney, Detention Project
Katherine Gordon
Staff Attorney, Children’s Protection Project
Evan Gorelick
Senior Attorney, Children's Protection Project
Eric Grossmann
Staff Attorney, LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative
Victoria (Tori) Hamilton
Senior Attorney, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative
Cecille Harris
Staff Attorney, Pro Bono Asylum Project
Susana Alejandra Hernandez
Staff Attorney, Adult Detention
Brittany Herschberger
Legal Supervisor
Michael Hoyt
Managing Attorney, Children's Protection Project
Brandon Jaimes
Paralegal, Counter-Trafficking Project
Marwa Jumma
Staff Attorney, Detention Project
Fatima Khan
Schreiber Fellow, Children's Protection Project
Greta Lapp Klassen
Paralegal
Hannah Lee
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Children's Protection Project
Ben Levey
Staff Attorney, Asylum Project
Alex Lloyd
Immigrant Justice Corps Fellow, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative
Sonya Love
Paralegal, Immigrant Legal Defense
Megan Lundblad
DACA Pro Bono project Coordinator, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Jacqueline Mares
U-Visa/VAWA Pro Bono Coordinator, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Katie McCoy
Senior Attorney, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative and Asylum Project
Jordan Mason
Staff Attorney, Children's Protection Project
Alex McGriff
Senior Attorney, Asylum Project
Dominique Mejia
Supervising Attorney, Children's Protection Project
Ellie Mercado
Paralegal, Immigrant Legal Defense
Andrea Mendez
Staff Attorney, Recent Arrivals, Asylum Project
Christian Monzon
Paralegal, Detention Project
Allison Morcus
Schreiber Fellow, Children's Protection Project
Jenny Morales
Paralegal, Children's Protection Project
Abigail Nyberg
Supervising Attorney, LGBTQ Project
Maggie O’Connor Gordon
Supervising Attorney, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Jazmin Olivas
Paralegal, Asylum Project
Brianna Ortega
Pro Bono Coordinator, Asylum Project
Stephanie Alejandra Ortega
Legal Supervisor, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Jessica Oswald
Schreiber Fellow, Counter-Trafficking Project
Fernando Hernandez Paredes
Staff Attorney, Asylum Project
Matthew Palmquist
Supervising Attorney, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative
Ruthie Pebror
Staff Attorney, Asylum Project and Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Sandra Perez-Gonzalez
Immigration Court Helpdesk Coordinator, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Amelia Quardokus
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Byron Ramirez
Senior Attorney, Detention Project
Kate Ramos
Managing Attorney, Immigrant Legal Defense Project and Chicago Legal Protection Fund
Julie Anne Rich
Senior Attorney, Pro Bono Asylum Project
Hillary Richardson
Associate Director, Children's Protection Project
Mary Roche
Program Manager, School-Based Immigration Helpdesk
Lisiann Rodriguez
Senior Attorney, Asylum Project and Recent Arrivals Project
Graciela Ruiz
Paralegal, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Theodora (Dora) Saclarides
Project Coordinator, Children’s Protection Project
Jennifer Salvador Santos
Paralegal, Asylum Project
Estefany Sanabria
Schreiber Fellow and Staff Attorney, Asylum Project
Meghan Scholnick
Staff Attorney, Children's Protection Project
Estefany Solis
Paralegal, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative
Ana Elisa Souffront
Staff Attorney, Children's Protection Project
Stephanie Spiro
Associate Director of Protection-Based Relief
Trisha K. Teofilo Olave
Legal Project Manager, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Juliana Tripp
Paralegal, Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Aniela Tyksinski
Paralegal, LGBTQ Immigrant Rights Initiative
Clara Unzicker
Paralegal, Asylum Project and Immigrant Legal Defense Project
Yana Vasilyeva
Senior Attorney Capacity Building, Detention Project
Fabiola Villalpando
Schreiber Fellow and Staff Attorney, Asylum Project
Serena White
Paralegal, Immigrant Legal Defense Project