• 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

Mary-Elizabeth PrattExecutive Assistant

Mary-Elizabeth Pratt is the Executive Assistant to Karen Newton Cole. She joined NLSP in 2023.

Prior to joining NLSP, Mary-Elizabeth worked in the non-profit and government contracting sectors as an administrative and executive assistant with organizations such as Fisher House Foundation, the US Army, and US Air Force. Mary-Elizabeth has also volunteered with social justice organizations in Ohio and the DC area in administration and as an EMT.

Mary-Elizabeth graduated from Wittenberg University with a BA in History, and served in the US Coast Guard for over five years.

Mary-Elizabeth can be reached by phone at 202-750-7447, or via email at mepratt@nlsp.org.