• 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 Eviction Prevention Project Coordinator
• John K. Blake Managing Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Kiara Breault Housing, Paralegal/Investigator
• Ray Crichton Intake Specialist
• Nicole Davies Development Coordinator
• Paige Dennis HCPI Project Coordinator
• Khari A. Edwards Staff Attorney, Housing Unit - Family Preservation Project
• 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 Managing Attorney, Brief Services Unit and Director of Compliance
• Janice Johnson Hunter Senior Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Sheryl Kay Staff Attorney, Family Law Practice
• Kevin Kearns Paralegal, Economic Security Unit
• Kimberly Kelly Intake Specialist
• Deborah Levine Senior Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
• Hector Martinez Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
• Adam Marshall Managing Attorney, Housing Law
• Lorna McCandless-Moss Compliance and Operations Coordinator
• Joe McLean Staff Attorney, Housing and Economic Security Units
• Kalen Nehler Staff Attorney, Housing & Economic Security Units
• Maria O'Sullivan Howard C. Westwood Fellow
• Nicholas Patten Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
• Nadiyah Peacock Intake Specialist
• Mary-Elizabeth Pratt Executive Assistant
• Tomás Rivera Staff Attorney, Family Law and Brief Services Unit
• 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
• Mark Trumbore Senior Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Cassidy Waskowicz Director of Development
• Rachel Weiss Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
• Mary William Senior Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
• Raquel Wollaston Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit

Hector MartinezStaff Attorney, Housing Unit

Hector Martinez joined NLSP in November 2021 as a Staff Attorney with the Housing Unit helping NLSP's clients with matters such as public housing issues, vouchers, and accommodation requests. 

Before joining NLSP, Hector worked as a law clerk for the Julia M Toro Law Firm assisting with asylum claims. Hector also worked as a law clerk for Puig Monsen & Associates assisting with contracts, probate matters, and nuisance complaints. Prior to beginning his legal career, Hector worked as a site coordinator for Communities In Schools of Richmond organizing student support programing and as a Spanish teacher for Richmond City Public Schools.

Hector received a B.A. in Spanish language from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia and a J.D. from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law in Washington, D.C. Hector can be reached by phone at 202-849-3609, or via email at hmartinez@nlsp.org.