Our Team
Executive Team
Karen Freedman
Founder & President
Glenn Metsch-Ampel
Executive Director
Leadership Team
Alma Ramon
Director of Administration
Allen Halpin, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Anna Schissel
Deputy Director of Litigation
Carmita Cortes, LMSW
Social Work Supervisor & Immigration Rights Project Social Worker
Dyane McMahon
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
Erin Keenan Giangola
Legal Supervisor
Jeffrey Chang
Director of Communications
Jonathan Chimene
Director of Finance
Lisa Lubell, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Margaret (Peggy) Tarvin
Director of Litigation
Maritza Mateo
Office Manager
Mike Murtagh, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Tara Sheoran
Supervising Attorney & ACT Project Housing Specialist
William Gillespie, LMSW
Social Work Supervisor & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
Administration
Alma Ramon
Director of Administration
Chynna Krouser
Administrative Assistant
Maria Galli-Parks
Legal Administrative Assistant
Marisa Lawson
Legal Administrative Assistant
Maritza Mateo
Office Manager
Michele La Rocca
Senior Administrative Assistant
Jordan Bestman
110 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Nathan Oliver
112 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Social Work Practice
Alexandrea Johnson
Staff Social Worker
Alida Capellan, MSW
Staff Social Worker
Allen Halpin, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Amanda Essor, LMSW
Staff Social Worker & Education Advocacy Project Social Work Director
Antoinette Briguglio, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
Carmita Cortes, LMSW
Social Work Supervisor & Immigration Rights Project Social Worker
Christina Taylor, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
Cibutwa Hamatheite, LMSW
Staff Senior Social Worker Adolescents Confronting Transition Project
Ilena Robbins, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker & Director, Mental Health & Developmental Disability Project
Jacquelyn Simons, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
Kara Katwaroo-Lee, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker
Leandro Brixner, LMSW
Staff Social Worker & Social Work Director, Youth Justice Project
Lisa Lubell, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Mary Ellen Shea, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker & ACT Project Pregnant and Parenting Specialist
Michael De Los Santos, MSW
Staff Social Worker
Mike Murtagh, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Raysa Betances, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
Renee Rivera, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker
Shrimati Sookwah, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
Tatiana Hernandez, LMSW
Staff Social Worker & Immigration Rights Project Social Worker
Tymeisha Massey, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
William Gillespie, LMSW
Social Work Supervisor & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
Youth Advocates
Chelsea Velez
Youth Advocate
Jarel Melendez
Youth Advocate Coordinator
Legal Practice
Alexandra Roisman
Staff Attorney
Amanda Slater
Senior Staff Attorney & Immigration Rights Project Attorney
Anna Schissel
Deputy Director of Litigation
Betsy Kramer
Director of Policy & Special Litigation
Christina (Charlie) Rich
Staff Attorney
Dawn O'Brien-Gans
Senior Staff Attorney
Doneth Gayle
Senior Staff Attorney
Emily Stark
Senior Staff Attorney
Erica Taft
Equal Justice Justice Works Legal Fellow
Erin Keenan Giangola
Legal Supervisor
Hannah Bernard
Staff Attorney
Justin Choi
Director of Youth Justice Project
Kristin Kimmel
Senior Staff Attorney
Laura Daly
Senior Staff Attorney and Legal Director of the Education Advocacy Project
Linda Diaz
Senior Staff Attorney
Lisa May
Senior Staff Attorney
Margaret (Peggy) Tarvin
Director of Litigation
Mark Leider
Senior Staff Attorney
Marly Gonzalez
Senior Staff Attorney
Michael Moorman
Senior Staff Attorney
Michael Scherz
Director, Domestic Violence Project
Myra Elgabry
Senior Staff Attorney & Director, Immigration Rights Project
Priti Kataria
Senior Staff Attorney
Serina Rosenbaum
Senior Staff Attorney
Shirim Nothenberg
Senior Staff Attorney & In-House Appellate Counsel
Stephanie (Fanny) Suquet
Senior Staff Attorney
Tara Sheoran
Supervising Attorney & ACT Project Housing Specialist
Communications
Jeffrey Chang
Director of Communications
Development
Dyane McMahon
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
Alicja Grygiel
Donor Relations Supervisor
Finance
Jonathan Chimene
Director of Finance
Human Resources
Jessie Jones, MSILR PHR
Director of Human Resources
| First name | Last name | Title |
|---|---|---|
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Karen
|
Freedman
|
Founder & President
|
|
Glenn
|
Metsch-Ampel
|
Executive Director
|
|
Alma
|
Ramon
|
Director of Administration
|
|
Allen
|
Halpin
|
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
|
|
Anna
|
Schissel
|
Deputy Director of Litigation
|
|
Carmita
|
Cortes
|
Social Work Supervisor & Immigration Rights Project Social Worker
|
|
Dyane
|
McMahon
|
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
|
|
Erin Keenan
|
Giangola
|
Legal Supervisor
|
|
Jeffrey
|
Chang
|
Director of Communications
|
|
Jonathan
|
Chimene
|
Director of Finance
|
|
Lisa
|
Lubell
|
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
|
|
Peggy
|
Tarvin
|
Director of Litigation
|
|
Maritza
|
Mateo
|
Office Manager
|
|
Mike
|
Murtagh
|
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
|
|
Tara
|
Sheoran
|
Supervising Attorney & ACT Project Housing Specialist
|
|
William
|
Gillespie
|
Social Work Supervisor & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
|
|
Chynna
|
Krouser
|
Administrative Assistant
|
|
Maria
|
Galli-Parks
|
Legal Administrative Assistant
|
|
Marisa
|
Lawson
|
Legal Administrative Assistant
|
|
Michele
|
La Rocca
|
Senior Administrative Assistant
|
|
Jordan
|
Bestman
|
110 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
|
|
Nathan
|
Oliver
|
112 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
|
|
Alexandrea
|
Johnson
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Alida
|
Capellan
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Amanda
|
Essor
|
Staff Social Worker & Education Advocacy Project Social Work Director
|
|
Antoinette
|
Briguglio
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Christina
|
Taylor
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Cibutwa
|
Hamatheite
|
Staff Senior Social Worker Adolescents Confronting Transition Project
|
|
Ilena
|
Robbins
|
Senior Staff Social Worker & Director, Mental Health & Developmental Disability Project
|
|
Jacquelyn
|
Simons
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Kara
|
Katwaroo-Lee
|
Senior Staff Social Worker
|
|
Leandro
|
Brixner
|
Staff Social Worker & Social Work Director, Youth Justice Project
|
|
Mary Ellen
|
Shea
|
Senior Staff Social Worker & ACT Project Pregnant and Parenting Specialist
|
|
Michael
|
De Los Santos
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Raysa
|
Betances
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Renee
|
Rivera
|
Senior Staff Social Worker
|
|
Shrimati
|
Sookwah
|
Senior Staff Social Worker & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
|
|
Tatiana
|
Hernandez
|
Staff Social Worker & Immigration Rights Project Social Worker
|
|
Tymeisha
|
Massey
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Chelsea
|
Velez
|
Youth Advocate
|
|
Jarel
|
Melendez
|
Youth Advocate Coordinator
|
|
Alexandra
|
Roisman
|
Staff Attorney
|
|
Amanda
|
Slater
|
Senior Staff Attorney & Immigration Rights Project Attorney
|
|
Betsy
|
Kramer
|
Director of Policy & Special Litigation
|
|
Christine
|
Rich
|
Staff Attorney
|
|
Dawn
|
O'Brien-Gans
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Doneth
|
Gayle
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Emily
|
Stark
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Erica
|
Taft
|
Equal Justice Justice Works Legal Fellow
|
|
Erin
|
Keenan Piangola
|
Legal Supervisor
|
|
Hannah
|
Bernard
|
Staff Attorney
|
|
Justin
|
Choi
|
Director of Youth Justice Project
|
|
Kristin
|
Kimmel
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Laura
|
Daly
|
Senior Staff Attorney and Legal Director of the Education Advocacy Project
|
|
Linda
|
Diaz
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Lisa
|
May
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Mark
|
Leider
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Marly
|
Gonzalez
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Michael
|
Moorman
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Michael
|
Scherz
|
Director, Domestic Violence Project
|
|
Myra
|
Elgabry
|
Senior Staff Attorney & Director, Immigration Rights Project
|
|
Priti
|
Kataria
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Serina
|
Rosenbaum
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Shirim
|
Nothenberg
|
Senior Staff Attorney & In-House Appellate Counsel
|
|
Fanny
|
Suquet
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Alicja
|
Grygiel
|
Donor Relations Supervisor
|
|
Jessie
|
Jones
|
Director of Human Resources
|
Adolescents Confronting Transition Project
Priti Kataria
Adolescents Confronting Transition Project Director
Tara Sheoran
Adolescents Confronting Transition Project Housing Specialist
Mary Ellen Shea, LMSW
Adolescents Confronting Transition Project Pregnant and Parenting Specialist
Cibutwa Hamatheite, LMSW
Adolescents Confronting Transition Project Social Worker
Chelsea Velez
Adolescents Confronting Transition Project Youth Advocate
Jarel Melendez
Adolescents Confronting Transition Project Youth Advocate Coordinator
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
William Gillespie, LMSW
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project Social Worker
Shrimati Sookwah, LMSW
Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
Domestic Violence Project
Michael Scherz
Director, Domestic Violence Project
Erica Taft
Equal Justice Works Legal Fellow
Education Advocacy Project
Amanda Essor, LMSW
Education Advocacy Project Social Work Director
Laura Daly
Legal Director of the Education Advocacy Project
Immigration Rights Project
Myra Elgabry
Director, Immigration Rights Project
Tatiana Hernandez, LMSW
Immigration Rights Advocacy Project Social Worker
Amanda Slater
Immigration Rights Project Attorney
Carmita Cortes, LMSW
Immigration Rights Project Social Worker
LGBTQIA+ Project
Linda Diaz
LGBTQIA+ Rights Project Director
Mental Health & Developmental Disability Project
Ilena Robbins, LMSW
Mental Health & Developmental Disability Project Director
Youth Justice/Juvenile Delinquency Project
Justin Choi
Director of Youth Justice Project
Leandro Brixner, LMSW
Social Work Director, Youth Justice Project
Christina (Charlie) Rich
Youth Justice/Juvenile Delinquency Project Attorney