- Karen A. Newton Cole Executive Director
- Tyra Aikens Assistant to the Director of Administration
- Odilia Asakeyarigo Howard C. Westwood Fellow
- Angie Bailey Intake Specialist
- Michaela Bapis Intake Specialist
- Cecilia Barber Project Manager
- Marka Belinfanti Director of Private Attorney Involvement
- Caren M. Bright-Webb Director of Litigation and Advocacy
- Cyntoria E. Carter Chief Management Specialist
- Olivia Carvajal Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Family Law Units
- Sade Clarke Staff Attorney
- Schantell S. Comegys Managing Attorney
- Ray Crichton Compliance and Special Projects Coordinator
- Nicole Davies Development Coordinator
- Paige Dennis HCPI Project Coordinator
- Mary Kate Edelson Intake Specialist
- Itta Englander Senior Staff Attorney, Housing Cooperative Preservation Initiative
- Kathy Hollins Fields Director of Administration
- Elizabeth Floyd Supervising Attorney, Housing Cooperative Preservation Initiative
- Frank Garvey Interim Director of Development
- Ashley Graham-Watanabe Director of Compliance and Legal Innovation
- Alexa Himonas Equal Justice America Veterans' Rights Fellow, Staff Attorney
- Laura Holm Staff Attorney
- Sheryl L. Kay Staff Attorney, Family Law Practice
- Kimberly Kelly Intake Specialist
- Karen Malovrh Managing Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Adam Marshall Managing Attorney, Housing Law
- 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 Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
- Mary-Elizabeth Pratt Executive Assistant
- Olivia Rahn Howard C. Westwood Fellow
- Shawn Michael Randolph Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
- Miranda Redzich Senior Staff Attorney
- Claudia Roman Paralegal, Economic Security Unit
- Neil Satterlund Staff Attorney
- Kate Schnell Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Housing Units
- Philip Scholz Brief Services Unit, Paralegal
- Jordan Sciascia Gallogly Family Foundation Fellow
- Laquita Stagg Tenant Empowerment Specialist
- Marie Tashima Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
- Mark Trumbore Senior Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
- Tracey Tucker Paralegal
- Robert Warren Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
- Rachel Weiss Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
- Catherine Quinn Eviction Prevention Project Coordinator
- Luer Yin Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit
Claudia RomanParalegal, Economic Security Unit
Claudia Roman began working with the Neighborhood Legal Services Program in May 2023. She is a paralegal in the Economic Security Unit. In this position she assists attorneys with cases regarding public benefits and conducts client intake. She is dedicated to helping clients get the benefits and assistance
they need.
Claudia was born and raised in Virginia Beach, Virginia and came to Washington DC to study at American University. She graduated in December 2022 with a BA in Justice and Law with a specialization in Criminology. She also minored in Area Studies: Latin America and Spanish. Claudia is bilingual in English
and Spanish.
Before joining NLSP, Claudia had interned at numerous places such as the Museum of the Palestinian People, the Washington Office on Latin America, and the Portsmouth General District Court in Virginia to just name a few places. She was also the president of the Latinx American Student Organization (LASO) at American University for two years and was an active member of the Puerto Rican Student Organization (PRSO). She is excited to be a part of NLSP and to serve the DC community in the best way
possible.
Claudia can be reached by emailing croman@nlsp.org.
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