BOARD OF DIRECTORS
& ADVISORY COUNCIL

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Board of Directors & Advisory Council

President

Emily Connor Kennedy, Esq., Consumer Litigation Associates

Vice President

Drew Sarrett, Esq., Consumer Litigation Associates

Secretary/Treasurer

Brenda Castañeda, Esq., Housing Opportunities Made Equal

Immediate Past President

Briana Green, Community Board Member

Ex-Officio

James W. (Jay) Speer, Virginia Poverty Law Center


Members

Jae De La Mora Ayala, Community Board Member
Cynthia V. Bailey, Esq., Attorney at Law
Tori Andrea Babington, Esq., Just Neighbors
Lauren Davis, Esq., First Truth Law
Steve Dickinson, Esq., Central Virginia Legal Aid Society
Karl Doss, Esq., Freddie Mac
Wanda Harry, Community Board Member
Bary W. Hausrath, Esq., BaryLaw
Pastor Rodney Hunter, Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Kristi Kelly, Esq., Kelly Guzzo, PLC
Suja Sarah Mathew, Community Member
Pat McNichol, Esq., Kelly Guzzo, PLC
Lafonda Page, Community Board Member
Brody Reid, Esq., Reid Goodwin
L. Chardé Reid, William & Mary
Gobind Sethi, Esq., Sethi and Sledd
Valerie Slater, Esq., RISE for Youth
Joanna Suyes, Esq., Suyes Law
Stephen Teague, Esq., Law Office of Stephen C. Teague
W. Clark Williams, Jr., Professor Emeritus, University of Richmond School of Law
Kathy Wright, Esq., Gentry Locke


Advisory Council

Leonard Bennett, Esq., Consumer Litigation Associates
Jeffery Breit, Esq., Breit Biniazan
Marnie Byrum, Esq., McQuade Byrum PLLC
Debra Grant, Community Member
Jack Harris, Esq., Self-Employed
Margaret E. Ivey, Esq., Clinical Professor of Law Emerita, University of Richmond
Donald E. King, Esq., Attorney at Law
Martha McQuade, Esq., McQuade Byrum PLLC
Monica Monday, Esq., Gentry Locke
Lonnie “Chip” Nunley, Esq., Hunton Andrews & Kurth
Luis Perez, Esq., Luis A. Perez P.C. Law Office
Dale Pittman, Esq., The Law Offices of Dale W. Pittman P.C.
Nicholas “Nick” Rathod, Red Fort Strategies LLC
Catherine Read, Read. Think. Act.
Bryan Slaughter, Esq., MichieHamlett Attorneys at Law
Jacquelyn Stone, Esq., McQuireWoods
Lori Thompson, Esq., Spilman, Thomas & Battle, PLLC