• 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

Joe McLeanStaff Attorney, Housing and Economic Security Units

 Joe McLean is a staff attorney in the Housing and Economic Security Units, where he works to ensure stability and security for people in poverty who call D.C. home.

Before joining NLSP in 2023, Joe worked in consumer protection for the North Carolina Department of Justice. He was previously a staff attorney for the National Health Law Program, where he litigated state and federal cases to protect Medicaid access for people in poverty.

During law school, he served in internships and clinics dealing with a variety of issues, including tenants’ rights, criminal record sealing, public assistance, civil rights, consumer issues, and homelessness. He also was a volunteer and organizer for Juvenile Hall Outreach, where he met with incarcerated youth to talk about their rights and about opportunities for education and employment.

A native Tar Heel, he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in journalism and wrote for the student newspaper. He received his J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, after which he clerked for the Honorable Catherine C. Eagles, U.S. District Judge, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Joe can be reached by email at jmclean@nlsp.org.