Who We Are

Leadership & Staff

Kim Sweet
Executive Director

Matthew Lenaghan
Deputy Director

Karen Alves
Education Helpline Advocate

Melodie Ampuero
Jesuit Volunteer Corps 

Melissa Atkinson
Administrative Assistant

Amy Breglio
Staff Attorney, Juvenile Justice Project 

Michera Brooks
Staff Attorney

Joanne Buccellato
PTIC Co-Director/Parent Information Specialist

Deran Cadotte
Human Resources Manager

Russell Chou
Education Specialist, NYS-TEACHS

Anishah Cumber
Staff Attorney

Paulina Davis
Skadden Fellow/Staff Attorney

Lilliana Díaz-Pedrosa
Director, AFC Parent Center

Bernard Dufresne
Staff Attorney

Michelle Eaton
Education Specialist, Project Achieve

Ana Espada
PTIC Co-Director/Parent Information Specialist

Michelle Frank
Assistant Director, NYS-TEACHS

Ihab Grais
IT Manager

Ashley Grant
Equal Justice Works Fellow, sponsored by Arnold & Porter LLP 

Ivette Greenblatt
Director of Development

Allison Guttu
Staff Attorney/Pro Bono Coordinator

Veronica Joya
Staff Attorney, Immigrant Students' Rights Project

Emily Kernan
Staff Attorney, Project Achieve

Anne Klein
Director of Operations

Hana Kommel
Legal Assistant/Data Coordinator

Emily Kramer
Program Associate, NYS-TEACHS

Randi Levine
Project Director, Early Childhood Education Project

Oi Yin Lo
Helpline Staff Supervisor

Kimberly Madden
Director of Legal Services

Xiomara Medina
Education Specialist, NYS-TEACHS

Abja Midha
Project Director

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

Karoline Quiros 
Education Helpline Advocate

Eugene Rosa
Case Manager

Jessica Rubin-Wills
Kirkland & Ellis Fellow

Sara Shin
Assistant Director of Development

Rebecca Shore
Director of Litigation

Charisa Kiyô Smith
Staff Attorney, Juvenile Justice Project

Jennifer Solar
Director of Communications

Jared Stein
Director, Robin Hood Project

Jennifer Vasquez
Case Manager

Christian Villenas
Policy Analyst

Linda Yassky
Manager of Individual Giving

Dawn Yuster
Project Director, School Justice Project