- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Daraja CarrollStaff Attorney, Economic Security and Brief Services Units
Daraja joined Neighborhood Legal Services Program in October 2023. She is a Staff Attorney in both NLSP’s Economic Security and Brief Services Units.
Before NLSP, Daraja worked with the Policy Team at the ACLU of DC where she advocated for various criminal justice related reforms, including holistic improvements to the D.C. jail. Before joining the ACLU, Daraja served as the Access to Justice Fellow for Legal Aid DC. Her fellowship project focused on advancing systemic changes in administrative and court procedures and ensuring all litigants in the District have equitable access to justice, regardless of whether they are represented by counsel.
Daraja graduated from American University Washington College of Law in May of 2021 and received recognition as an Exceptional Pro Bono Service Graduate upon graduation. During law school, Daraja served as a student attorney in the Civil Advocacy Clinic, President of the Black Law Students Association and legal intern for Montgomery County Public Schools, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, and the National Center for Youth Law.
Daraja can be reached by phone at 202-269-5126, or via email at dcarroll@nlsp.org.
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