• Staff
• Board

• 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
• Marka Belinfanti Director of Private Attorney Involvement
• 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

Laquita StaggTenant Empowerment Specialist

 Laquita Stagg is a native Washingtonian. She was born, educated, employed, and mostly raised in Washington, DC. Her professional background is a highly community and customer serviced based one. Laquita is a Tenant Empowerment Specialist and a new addition to the Neighborhood Legal Services Program family. She brings a strong driven work ethic and a zest for community engagement and empowerment. When she is not performing work duties, Laquita enjoys baking, cooking, reading, spending time with her family and friends, and watching True Crime case movies and stories.