• 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
• 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
• Neferteria Brown Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
• Daraja Carroll Staff Attorney, Economic Security and Brief Services Units
• Olivia Carvajal Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Family Law Units
• Schantell S. Comegys Managing Attorney
• Ray Crichton Intake Specialist
• Nicole Davies Development Coordinator
• Paige Dennis HCPI Project Coordinator
• Britt Dillman Staff Attorney, ESU
• 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
• Christine Greene Managing Attorney, Brief Services Unit
• Alexa Himonas Equal Justice America Veterans' Rights Fellow, Staff Attorney
• Sheryl L. Kay Staff Attorney, Family Law Practice
• Kimberly Kelly Intake Specialist
• Adam Marshall Managing Attorney, Housing Law
• Hector Martinez Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
• 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 Senior Staff 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
• Kate Schnell Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Housing Units
• Philip Scholz Brief Services Unit, Paralegal
• Laquita Stagg Tenant Empowerment Specialist
• Marie Tashima Staff Attorney, Housing Unit
• Mark Trumbore Senior Staff Attorney, Economic Security Unit
• Robert Warren Staff Attorney, Brief Services Unit
• Cassidy Waskowicz Director of Development
• Rachel Weiss Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit
• Raquel Wollaston Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit
• Catherine Quinn Eviction Prevention Project Coordinator
• Luer Yin Staff Attorney, Family Law Unit

Nicholas PattenSenior Staff Attorney, Housing Unit

Nick is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Housing Unit helping NLSP's clients with issues such as eviction defense, conditions, and public housing matters.

A native Iowan, Nick earned his B.S. in Sociology from Iowa State University in 2011. For many years he worked as an adult educator, teaching GED skills, reading comprehension, and computer literacy. He also worked in homeless shelters as a shelter monitor, teacher, and intake specialist prior to attending law school in Durham, North Carolina. He graduated from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 2020. As a student attorney, he interned with Legal Aid of North Carolina, working in the Medical-Legal Partnership and eviction diversion programs.

Nick can be reached by phone at (202) 853-3273, or via email to npatten@nlsp.org.