• Staff
• Board

• 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
• Michaela Bapis 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
• 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 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
• 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
• Cassidy Waskowicz Director of Development
• Rachel Weiss Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
• Catherine Quinn Eviction Prevention Project Coordinator
• Luer Yin Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit

Marie TashimaStaff Attorney, Housing Unit

Marie Tashima (she/her/ella) joined NLSP in October 2023 as a staff attorney in the Housing Unit, where she helps tenants fight for their right to safe, affordable, and stable housing.

Before moving to D.C., Marie worked on housing justice with tenant organizations and legal service providers in San Francisco and Boston. During law school, she was a student attorney with the Access to Justice clinic and an intern with the Housing Unit at Greater Boston Legal Services. Her work in Boston centered on fighting corporate landlords who were gentrifying East Boston and evicting long-term tenants from predominantly Spanish-speaking communities.

Marie received her J.D. from Boston University and her B.A. from the University of Virginia. Marie can be reached at mtashima@nlsp.org or 202-269-5123.