• Staff
• Board

• Karen A. Newton Cole Executive Director
• Michaela Bapis Intake Specialist
• Cecilia Barber Project Manager
• Marka Belinfanti Director of Private Attorney Involvement
• Caren M. Bright-Webb Director of Litigation and Advocacy
• Milton Burley Human Resources Coordinator
• Cyntoria E. Carter Chief Management Specialist
• Olivia Carvajal Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Family Law Units
• 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
• Liz Fuller Howard C. Westwood Fellow Economic Security Unit
• Frank Garvey Grants Manager
• Ashley Graham-Watanabe Director of Compliance and Legal Innovation
• Kierrah Harris Westwood Fellow, Family Law Unit
• Alexandra Himonas Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Laura Holm Staff Attorney
• Sheryl L. Kay Staff Attorney, Family Law Practice
• Kimberly Kelly Senior 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
• Catherine Quinn Eviction Prevention Project Coordinator
• Olivia Rahn Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Miranda Redzich Senior Staff Attorney
• Claudia Roman Paralegal, Economic Security Unit
• Neil Satterlund Staff Attorney
• Kate Schnell Senior Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Housing Units
• Philip Scholz Brief Services Unit, Paralegal
• Jordan Sciascia Gallogly Family Foundation Fellow
• Paris M. Scott Development Director
• Laquita Stagg Tenant Empowerment Specialist
• Marie Tashima Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
• Mark Trumbore Supervising Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Tracey Tucker Paralegal
• Robert Warren Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
• Rachel Weiss Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
• Luer Yin Senior Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit

Karen A. Newton ColeExecutive Director

Karen Newton Cole is a native Washingtonian and proud graduate of the DC public school system who has dedicated her career to public service. Ms. Newton Cole graduated from the University of Pittsburgh (BA) and Antioch School of Law (predecessor to the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law). She received her MS from George Mason University in Conflict Analysis and Resolution.

Ms. Newton Cole began her legal career at NLSP, as a staff attorney and later a managing attorney. After 20 years of service at HUD as a member of the Senior Executive Service in key leadership roles, she returned to NLSP as its chief executive. Ms. Newton Cole is a Commissioner on the DC Access to Justice Commission, member of the DC Bar Board of Governors, a member of the NLADA Mutual Insurance Program Board of Directors and serves on the steering committee of the DC Consortium of Legal Services Providers.

In 2022, Ms. Newton Cole was inducted into the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law Hall of Fame and received the Washington Council of Lawyers 2021 President’s Award for Public Service for her leadership within the legal community during the pandemic.

Under Ms. Newton Cole’s leadership and direction, NLSP has flourished – increasing the number of employees by 100%, more than tripling its budget, and by establishing (in partnership with Covington and Burling) a $1.4 million endowment fund. And most proudly, the number of clients assisted by NLSP has increased by over 80% since 2018.