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