- 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
Marka BelinfantiDirector of Private Attorney Involvement
Marka Belinfanti is the Director of Private Attorney Involvement. She manages the range of pro bono resources that are generously provided to NLSP by members of the private bar, government attorneys, law school students, in-house legal departments, and paralegal programs in the District of Columbia.
Before joining NLSP, Marka served as the Assistant Director of Pro Bono at Columbia Law School, where she advised students about the New York State pro bono requirement and the law school's pro bono guidelines. Marka has extensive experience cultivating partnerships with key stakeholders and launching initiatives to create opportunity and access in underserved communities. Prior to Columbia, she was a career advisor at Fordham Law and worked as an associate attorney at various New York law firms specializing in consumer and class action litigation. She began her legal career as a staff attorney at the Legal Aid Society advising clients on unlawful evictions, succession claims, and public benefits.
Marka holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. from Bowdoin College. She is admitted to practice in New York.
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