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
Cristina Manzano
Supervising Attorney & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
Dyane McMahon
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
Jeffrey Chang
Director of Communications
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
Maritza Mateo
Office Manager
Michele La Rocca
Senior Administrative Assistant
Jordan Bestman
110 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Nathan Oliver
112 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
Sean Foley
Administrative Assistant
Social Work Practice
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
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
Jocelyn Burnett, LMSW
Staff Social Worker & Domestic Violence Project Social Worker
Kara Katwaroo-Lee, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker
Leandro Brixner, LMSW
Staff Social Worker & Youth Justice Project Social Worker
Lisa Lubell, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Mary Ellen Shea, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker & ACT Project Pregnant and Parenting Specialist
Mike Murtagh, LCSW
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
Raysa Betances, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
Renee Rivera, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker
Selene Gonzalez, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
Shrimati Sookwah, LMSW
Senior Staff Social Worker & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
Tajean Turnier, LMSW
Staff Social Worker
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
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
Cristina Manzano
Supervising Attorney & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
Dawn O'Brien-Gans
Senior Staff Attorney
Doneth Gayle
Senior Staff Attorney
Emily Stark
Senior Staff Attorney
Erin Keenan Giangola
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
Samairah Khan
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
Human Resources
Jessie Jones, MSILR PHR
Director of Human Resources
Development
Dyane McMahon
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
Alicja Grygiel
Donor Relations Supervisor
Emma Porter
Development & Communications Associate
Communications
Jeffrey Chang
Director of Communications
Emma Porter
Development & Communications Associate
| First name | Last name | Title |
|---|---|---|
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Karen
|
Freedman
|
Founder & President
|
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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
|
|
Christina
|
Manzano
|
Supervising Attorney & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
|
|
Dyane
|
McMahon
|
Director of Philanthropy & Strategic Partnerships
|
|
Jeffrey
|
Chang
|
Director of Communications
|
|
Lisa
|
Lubell
|
Co-Director, Social Work Practice
|
|
Peggy
|
Tarvin
|
Director of Litigation
|
|
Maritza
|
Mateo
|
Office Manager
|
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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
|
|
Michele
|
La Rocca
|
Senior Administrative Assistant
|
|
Jordan
|
Bestman
|
110 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
|
|
Nathan
|
Oliver
|
112 Front Desk Administrative Assistant
|
|
Sean
|
Foley
|
Administrative Assistant
|
|
Amanda
|
Essor
|
Staff Social Worker & Education Advocacy Project Social Work Director
|
|
Antoinette
|
Briguglio
|
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
|
|
Jocelyn
|
Burnett
|
Staff Social Worker & Domestic Violence Project Social Worker
|
|
Kara
|
Katwaroo-Lee
|
Senior Staff Social Worker
|
|
Leandro
|
Brixner
|
Staff Social Worker & Youth Justice Project Social Worker
|
|
Mary Ellen
|
Shea
|
Senior Staff Social Worker & ACT Project Pregnant and Parenting Specialist
|
|
Raysa
|
Betances
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Renee
|
Rivera
|
Senior Staff Social Worker
|
|
Selene
|
Gonzalez
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Shrimati
|
Sookwah
|
Senior Staff Social Worker & Co-Director, Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project
|
|
Tajean
|
Turnier
|
Staff Social Worker
|
|
Tatiana
|
Hernandez
|
Staff Social Worker & Immigration Rights Project Social Worker
|
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Tymeisha
|
Massey
|
Staff Social Worker
|
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Chelsea
|
Velez
|
Youth Advocate
|
|
Jarel
|
Melendez
|
Youth Advocate Coordinator
|
|
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
|
|
Erin
|
Keenan Piangola
|
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
|
|
Samairah
|
Khan
|
Staff Attorney
|
|
Serina
|
Rosenbaum
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Shirim
|
Nothenberg
|
Senior Staff Attorney & In-House Appellate Counsel
|
|
Fanny
|
Suquet
|
Senior Staff Attorney
|
|
Jessie
|
Jones
|
Director of Human Resources
|
|
Alicja
|
Grygiel
|
Donor Relations Supervisor
|
|
Emma
|
Porter
|
Development & Communications Associate
|
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
Cristina Manzano
Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project Director
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
Jocelyn Burnett, LMSW
Domestic Violence Project Social Worker
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
Youth Justice Social Worker
Christina (Charlie) Rich
Youth Justice/Juvenile Delinquency Project Attorney