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SENIOR MANAGEMENT

SARAH HEDDEN

Managing Attorney

KEVIN QUINN

Managing Attorney

SARAH DUVAL

Managing Attorney

KIRTAN PATEL

Chief Financial Officer

CHRISTINE M. LAKS

Chief Operating Officer

Lindsay Heckler

Managing Attorney

SUPERVISORS

THOMAS “TJ” WARREN

Supervising Attorney

AMY GATHINGS

Director of Impact Litigation

KATHY KANALEY

Supervising Social Worker

BRAD LOLIGER

Supervising Attorney

KATHRYN REBHAN

Supervising Attorney

ERIN RIKER

Supervising Attorney – Technology-Based Legal Services

 ATTORNEYS & GRADUATES

STEVEN DAHLBERG

Staff Attorney

MAURA GRAHAM

Staff Attorney

HELEN FERRARO-ZAFFRAM

Senior Attorney

DANIEL GEYER

Staff Attorney

SHAMIRA NAWZ

Staff Attorney

MICHAEL A. ROBERTS

Staff Attorney

KIRSTIN SHERMAN

Staff Attorney

BRIANNA WEAVER

Staff Attorney

 PARALEGALS

KAITLYN LATHROP

Paralegal

Lauren Marshall

Paralegal

BERRIAH MIDDER

Paralegal

AMANDA MULLEN

Paralegal

JACOB NICASIO

Paralegal

SHAYONNA OAKS

Paralegal

NEARIE TYSON

Paralegal

CHRISTINE E.V. BASCOMBE

Paralegal

HANNAH WEBSTER

Paralegal

HANNAH WITKIN

Paralegal

 STAFF

LEE ABLES

Project Coordinator

MELISSA BARNES

Social Worker

PETER BARTLETT

Grants & Contracts Specialist

SE’VAUGHN HERRERA

POLICY ANALYST

GAVIN KASPER

Social Services Navigator

KAYLA LEWIS

Program Liaison

SUSIE KOZODY

Accounting

EMILY MONTES

Social Services Navigator

RENEE PRATT

Outreach Coordinator

LAUREN ZIEMBA

Staff Accountant

 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • President

    Steven Bengart, Esq.
    Bengart & DeMarco, LLP

  • Vice Presidents

    Edward C. Robinson, Esq.
    Hurwitz & Fine, P.C.

    Ryan D. Ledebur, Esq.
    Lipsitz & Ponterio, LLC

    Sarah Galvan, Esq.
    Justice in Aging

  • Secretary

    Ann Monroe.
    Strategic Consultant; Former Health Philanthropy Executive

  • Treasurer

    Holly Hejmowski, CPA
    Freed Maxick

  • Hon. Rosalie Bailey

    Retired, Erie County Family Court

  • Alan J. Bozer, Esq.

    Phillips Lytle, LLP

  • Jessica Kulpit, Esq.

    Law offices of Jessica A. Kulpit

  • Leslie Fox

    Owner, CFO Business Resources

  • Anne Joynt, Esq.

    Partner, Lipsitz, Ponterio & Comeford

  • Christopher Marks, J.D., MBA

    Jensen, Marks, Langer & Vance, LLC

  • Fidèle Menavanza

    L.L.M, M.S, Director of Compliance & Risk Management, Jericho Road Community Health Center

  • Hon. John F. O'Donnell

    Retired, Erie County Supreme Court

  • Timothy M. O’Mara, Esq.

    Downey & O'Mara

  • James Schwegler, Esq.

    M&T Bank

  • Oliver Young, Esq.

    Barclay Damon - The Avant Bldg.

  • Holly P. Tucker, Esq.

    Principal Law Clerk, Office of Hon. Debra Givens, Supreme Court Justice

  • Paul Vallone, Esq.

    Hodgson Russ LLP

  • Robert C. Weissflach, Esq.

    Harter Secrest Emery LLP