Staff

Nancy Lopez (@NancyLopezWCL)
Executive Director

Christina Jackson (@CJacksonWCL)
Deputy Director

Jean-Marie O’Neil
Administrative Director

Board of Directors

President
David Steib (@dgsteib)
Ayuda

Vice-President
Jaya Saxena (@thezenlegalmama)
White & Case

Treasurer
Jennifer Swedish
Government Attorney

Secretary
Nancy Drane (@nancydrane)
D.C. Access to Justice Commission

Communications Director
Alexis Applegate
Government Attorney

Julie Abbate
Just Detention

Lise Adams
D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center

Nicole Austin-Hillery (@NicoleAustinHil)
Human Rights Watch

Melinda Cooperman
D.C. Law Students in Court

Katie Dilks
Tulsa Community WorkAdvance

Rebecca Goldfrank
CAIR Coalition

Arusha Gordon
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights

Karen Grisez
Fried Frank

Susan Hoffman
Crowell & Moring

Philip Horton
Arnold & Porter

Barbara Kagan
Steptoe & Johnson

Jack Keeney Jr.
Association of Zoos & Aquariums 

Amelia Kegan
Friends Committee of National Legislation

Mary Kennedy
Arnold & Porter

Anne King (@annewarrenking)
Government Attorney

Mark Kovner
Kirkland & Ellis

Chinh Le
Legal Aid Society of D.C.

Paul Lee (@paulstangerlee)
Steptoe & Johnson

Carolyn Lerner
Government Attorney

Gregory Lipper (@theglipper)
Clinton & Peed

Michael Lukens
CAIR Coalition

Marcia Tavares Maack
Mayer Brown

Sarah Marcus
Government Attorney

Joy Moses (@joy_moses)
Public-Interest Attorney

Robin Murphy
Disability Rights Maryland

Taryn Wilgus Null
Government Attorney

Lawrence Schneider
Arnold & Porter

Amy Senier
Government Attorney

Prianka Sharma
Government Attorney

Emily Simmons
Government Attorney

Patricia Stasco
Government Attorney

Mia Sussman
Equal Justice Works

Elizabeth Symonds
Government Attorney

Jennifer Tschirch (@JenniferTschirc)
Georgetown University Law Center

Marsha Tucker
Arnold & Porter

Erich Veitenheimer
Cooley

Kelly Voss
Covington & Burling

Gwendolyn Washington
D.C. Law Students in Court

David Zvenyach (@vdavez)
Zvenyach LLC