- Karen A Newton Cole Executive Director
- Carla Adame Intake Specialist/Paralegal
- Khayree Abdullah Compliance and Operations
- Angie Bailey Intake Specialist
- Elizabeth Da Victoria Lobo Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Darryl Daniels Staff Attorney
- Jessica Davis-Ricci Westwood Fellow
- Elizabeth Floyd Staff Attorney
- Ashley Graham Senior Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Shaina Hagen Staff Attorney
- Kathy Hollins Director of Finance and Administration
- Jason Horrell Family Law and Public Benefits Staff Attorney
- Charleen Hutson Project Coordinator
- Lori Leibowitz Coordinator, Right to Housing Initiative
- Deborah Levine Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Adam Marshall Staff Attorney, Housing Law
- Ann Newton Staff Attorney
- Leah Quaile Managing Attorney, Family Law Practice
- Khadijah Robinson Loaned associate from Covington & Burling LLP
- Maya Sheppard Managing Attorney, Barriers to Employment
- Mark Spira Community Relations, Grants and Development Manager
- Taylor Steffan Loaned associate from Covington & Burling LLP
- Christine Thomas Westwood Fellow
- Bradford Voegeli Managing Attorney
- Elizabeth Vogel Equal Justice Works Fellow Sponsored by the Morrison & Foerster Foundation
- Melody Webb Pro Bono Counsel
- Rachel Weiss Staff Attorney, Barriers to Employment
Heather MolinaManaging Attorney, Brief Services Unit and Intake
Heather Molina joined NLSP in May 2008 as a Howard C. Westwood Fellow. Upon completing the fellowship, she was hired as an NLSP Staff Attorney in the Brief Services Unit. In 2014, Heather became the Managing Attorney of the Brief Services Unit and Intake. As a brief services attorney, she works with new applicants seeking legal assistance and provides legal advice and brief services and recommends cases for extended representation.
Heather holds a Bachelors of Social Work from the University of Nevada-Reno, an M.S. in Social Work with an emphasis on policy and children and families from Columbia University, and a J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL). She received a Dean’s Cup from UDC-DCSL for her outstanding service to the school.
Prior to joining NLSP, Heather worked on special education matters at a small law firm in Washington, D.C. Additionally, as a student attorney at UDC-DCSL, she provided over 1,600 hours of legal services to low-income residents in the HIV/AIDS Legal Clinic and the Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic. Heather is licensed to practice law in Washington, DC, and in Maryland.
Heather is based in NLSP headquarters office at 64 New York Ave, NE, Suite 180. She can be reached by phone at 202-269-5109, or via email to, HMolina@nlsp.org.
