• 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

Olivia Carvajal Staff Attorney, Brief Services and Family Law Units

Olivia joined Neighborhood Legal Services Program in February 2024. She is a staff attorney in NLSP’s Brief Services and Family Law Units.

Before NLSP, Olivia worked as the Clinical Program Legal Specialist at the University of DC David A. Clarke School of Law where she supported all nine legal clinics and law students each semester. She was the attorney of record for immigration clients and triaged all DC residents needing legal assistance. Prior to working at UDC Law Olivia worked as Attorney Advisor for the U.S. Small Business Administration by providing Economic Injury Disaster Loans during the pandemic.

Olivia graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in Public Management and Policy. She earned her JD from Arizona Summit Law School. In law school, Olivia assisted with legal clinic work for citizenship renewal requests and Wills for Heroes, a program free estate planning legal services to first responder personnel in Arizona. As a law student, Olivia interned in Congressman Ruben Gallego’s Washington, DC office and his Phoenix district office, working on immigration and veterans’ affairs. She moved to Washington, DC after completing a minority health equity fellowship for the Baltimore City Health Department working on the opioid crisis.