Our Team

First name	Last name	Title
Karen	Freedman	Founder & President
Glenn	Metsch-Ampel	Executive Director
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
Jessie	Jones	Director of Human Resources
Jonathan	Chimene	Director of Finance
Justin	Choi	Supervising Attorney, Youth Justice Practice
Katrina	James	Deputy Executive Director & General Counsel
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
Boanerges	Mendoza	Administrative Assistant
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-Youth Justice Practice 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 Practice Social Work Director
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
Melissa	Salce	Shapiro Social Work Fellow for the Protection of Children's Rights
Shrimati	Sookwah	Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Project Social Work Co-Director & Senior Staff Social Worker
Tatiana	Hernandez Lopez	Immigration Rights Project Social Work Co-Director & Staff Social Worker
Tymeisha	Massey	Staff Social Worker
Chelsea	Velez	Youth Advocate
Jarel	Melendez	Youth Advocate Coordinator
Alexandra	Roisman	Staff Attorney
Alexis	Ho	Staff Attorney
Amanda	Slater	Immigration Rights Project Attorney & Senior Staff Attorney
Betsy	Kramer	Director of Policy & Special Litigation
Christine	Rich	Youth Justice Practice 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
Hannah	Bernard	Youth Justice Practice Attorney
Kelly	Sessoms-Newton	Appellate Attorney
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
Sarah	Schwimmbeck	Shapiro Legal Fellow for the Protection of Children's Rights
Serina	Rosenbaum	Senior Staff Attorney
Shirim	Nothenberg	Director of Appellate Practice and Senior Staff Attorney
Fanny	Suquet	Senior Staff Attorney
Alicja	Grygiel	Donor Relations Supervisor
Laura	Ianuzzi	Annual Fund Manager