Who We Are

Leadership & Staff

Kim Sweet
Executive Director

Matthew Lenaghan
Deputy Director

Gisela Alvarez
Senior Project Director

Karen Alves
Education Helpline Advocate

Melissa Atkinson
Administrative Assistant

Avni Bhatia
Skadden Fellow/Staff Attorney

Joanne Buccellato
PTIC Co-Director/Parent Information Specialist

Deran Cadotte
Human Resources Manager

Anishah Cumber
Staff Attorney

Paulina Davis
Skadden Fellow/Staff Attorney

Lilliana Díaz-Pedrosa
Director, AFC Parent Center

Bernard Dufresne
Project Coordinator, Juvenile Justice Project

Michelle Eaton
Education Specialist, Project Achieve

Tamika Edwards
Staff Attorney, Project Achieve

Ana Espada
PTIC Co-Director/Parent Information Specialist

Michelle Frank
Assistant Director, NYS-TEACHS

Vanessa A. Fuentes
Education Specialist, NYS-TEACHS

Rachel Germany
Outreach Specialist, NYS-TEACHS

Ihab Grais
IT Manager

Ivette Greenblatt
Director of Development

Allison Guttu
Staff Attorney/Pro Bono Coordinator

Anne Klein
Director of Operations

Emily Kramer
Program Associate, NYS-TEACHS

Randi Levine
Staff Attorney

Kimberly Madden
Director of Legal Services

Rigel S. Massaro
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Students' Rights Project

William Meyer
Staff Attorney

Maggie Moroff
Special Education Policy Coordinator

Jacqueline Ontaneda
Education Helpline Advocate

Romi Paek
Staff Attorney

Erika Palmer
Supervising Attorney

Sarah Part
Development & Communications Associate

Elsa Cruz Pearson
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Students' Rights Project

Jennifer Pringle
Project Director, NYS-TEACHS

Eugene Rosa
Case Manager

Alice Rosenthal
Project Director, Robin Hood Project

Sara Shin
Assistant Director of Development

Rebecca Shore
Director of Litigation

Janice Silber
Helpline Senior Project Specialist

Charisa Kiyô Smith
Staff Attorney, Juvenile Justice Project

Jennifer Solar
Director of Communications

Jared Stein
Assistant Director, NYS-TEACHS

Christopher Tan
Project Director, Juvenile Justice Project

Jennifer Vasquez
Case Manager

Linda Yassky
Manager of Individual Giving