• Staff
• Board

• Karen A. Newton Cole Executive Director
• Tyra Aikens Assistant to the Director of Administration
• Kate Arnold Housing, Paralegal/Investigator
• 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
• Britt Dillman Staff Attorney, ESU
• Mary Kate Edelson Intake Specialist
• Khari A. Edwards Supervising Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• 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 Randolph Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Miranda Redzich 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

Laquita StaggTenant Empowerment Specialist

 Laquita Stagg is a native Washingtonian. She was born, educated, employed, and mostly raised in Washington, DC. Her professional background is a highly community and customer serviced based one. Laquita is a Tenant Empowerment Specialist and a new addition to the Neighborhood Legal Services Program family. She brings a strong driven work ethic and a zest for community engagement and empowerment. When she is not performing work duties, Laquita enjoys baking, cooking, reading, spending time with her family and friends, and watching True Crime case movies and stories.