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- Karen A. Newton Cole Executive Director
- Tyra Aikens Assistant to the Director of Finance and Administration
- Kate Arnold Housing, Paralegal/Investigator
- Angie Bailey Intake Specialist
- Cecilia Barber Project Manager
- John K. Blake Managing Attorney, Economic Security Unit
- Kiara Breault Housing, Paralegal/Investigator
- Caren M. Bright-Webb Director of Litigation and Advocacy
- Neferteria Brown Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
- Daraja Carroll Staff Attorney, Economic Security and Brief Services Units
- Olivia Carvajal Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Family Law Units
- Schantell S. Comegys Managing Attorney
- Ray Crichton Intake Specialist
- Nicole Davies Development Coordinator
- Paige Dennis HCPI Project Coordinator
- Britt Dillman Staff Attorney, ESU
- Aliya-Von Dinkins Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
- Khari A. Edwards Supervising Attorney, Economic Security Unit
- Itta Englander Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
- Kathy Hollins Fields Director of Finance and Administration
- Elizabeth Floyd Supervising Attorney, Housing Cooperative Preservation Initiative
- Ashley Graham-Watanabe Director of Compliance
- Christine Greene Managing Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Olivia Haskell Howard C. Westwood Fellow
- Alexa Himonas Equal Justice America Veterans' Rights Fellow, Staff Attorney
- Sheryl L. Kay Staff Attorney, Family Law Practice
- Kimberly Kelly Intake Specialist
- Adam Marshall Managing Attorney, Housing Law
- Hector Martinez Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
- Lorna McCandless-Moss Compliance and Operations Coordinator
- Joe McLean Staff Attorney, Housing and Economic Security Units
- Alfred Miller Paralegal, Economic Security Unit
- Kalen Nehler Staff Attorney, Housing & Economic Security Units
- Nicholas Patten Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
- Nadiyah Peacock Intake Specialist
- Mary-Elizabeth Pratt Executive Assistant
- Shawn Randolph Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
- Miranda Redzich Staff Attorney
- Claudia Roman Paralegal, Economic Security Unit
- Kate Schnell Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Housing Units
- Philip Scholz Brief Services Unit, Paralegal
- Laquita Stagg Tenant Empowerment Specialist
- Marie Tashima Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
- Mark Trumbore Senior Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
- Hannah Van Buskirk Paralegal, Family Law Unit
- Cassidy Waskowicz Director of Development
- Rachel Weiss Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
- Raquel Wollaston Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit
Joe McLeanStaff Attorney, Housing and Economic Security Units
Joe McLean is a staff attorney in the Housing and Economic Security Units, where he works to ensure stability and security for people in poverty who call D.C. home.
Before joining NLSP in 2023, Joe worked in consumer protection for the North Carolina Department of Justice. He was previously a staff attorney for the National Health Law Program, where he litigated state and federal cases to protect Medicaid access for people in poverty.
During law school, he served in internships and clinics dealing with a variety of issues, including tenants’ rights, criminal record sealing, public assistance, civil rights, consumer issues, and homelessness. He also was a volunteer and organizer for Juvenile Hall Outreach, where he met with incarcerated youth to talk about their rights and about opportunities for education and employment.
A native Tar Heel, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in journalism and wrote for the student newspaper. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, after which he clerked for the Honorable Catherine C. Eagles, U.S. District Judge, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Joe can be reached by email at jmclean@nlsp.org.
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