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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
- Odilia Asakeyarigo Howard C. Westwood Fellow
- Angie Bailey Intake Specialist
- Cecilia Barber Project Manager
- Marka Belinfanti Director of Private Attorney Involvement
- John K. Blake Managing Attorney, Economic Security Unit
- 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
- 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
- Frank Garvey Grants Manager
- Ashley Graham-Watanabe Director of Compliance and Legal Innovation
- Christine Greene Managing Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- 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
- 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 Senior Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
- Mary-Elizabeth Pratt Executive Assistant
- Olivia Rahn Howard C. Westwood Fellow
- 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
- Robert Warren Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Cassidy Waskowicz Director of Development
- Rachel Weiss Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
- Raquel Wollaston Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit
- Catherine Quinn Eviction Prevention Project Coordinator
- Luer Yin Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit
Ashley Graham-WatanabeDirector of Compliance and Legal Innovation
Ashley is currently the Director of Compliance and Legal Innovation at NLSP but since her start in 2014, she has held various positions, from staff attorney to Managing Attorney for the Brief Services Unit. Ashley is responsible for making sure NLSP's policies and procedures are compliant according to federal and program guidance. Additionally, Ashley heads up several of NLSP's innovate projects, such as helping to create more case management system options for legal service organizations around the country, using technology to fill in the access to justice gap and piloting a district-wide coordinated intake system to better serve residents of the District of Columbia
Prior to working for NLSP, Ashley was an attorney for 4 years with Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, where she was a general practitioner, practicing in family, housing, consumer and public benefits. She also worked as a clerk at Legal Aid of East Tennessee. Ashley received her J.D. from the University of Tennessee Knoxville, and graduated in 2010 with a specialty in advocacy and dispute resolution. She also received her B.A. in music from Appalachian State University.
Ashley can be reached by phone at, 202-849-8331, or via email to, AGraham@nlsp.org.
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