OUR STAFF
VPLC Staff
Please note that the Virginia Poverty Law Center does not provide direct legal representation except in very limited matters. If this is what you need, please call (866) 534-5243 to reach your local legal aid office. You can also visit VaLegalAid.org for other resources.
Main Number: (804) 782-9430
Fax Number: (804) 649-0974
Administration
James (Jay) Speer, Esq. Executive Director T: (804) 351-5268 | E: jay@vplc.org
Salaam Bhatti, Esq. Deputy Director T: (804) 351-5265 | E: salaam@vplc.org
Carol Gordon Office & Finance Manager T: (804) 659-7344 | E: carol@vplc.org
Ezra Halstead Director of Outreach T: (804) 624-7812 | E: ezra@vplc.org
Deepak Madala, Esq. Director of Healthy Communities and ENROLL Virginia! T: (804) 432-0199 | E: deepak@vplc.org
Christine Marra, Esq. Director of Housing Advocacy E: christie@vplc.org
Toni Maxey Director of Development T: (804) 351-5263 | E: toni@vplc.org
Connie Stevens Director of Communications C: (540) 354-8597 | E: connie@vplc.org
Susheela Varky, Esq. Director of Family Advocacy and Legal Assistance for Victim-Immigrants of Domestic Abuse (LA VIDA) T: (804) 351-5274 | E: susheela@vplc.org
Dana Wiggins Director of Economic Justice T: (804) 351-5269 | E: dana@vplc.org
Staff
Carmen Bingham Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) Project Coordinator T: (804) 980-5467 | E: carmen@vplc.org
Blanca Bonilla Health Insurance Navigator, Winchester | Enroll Virginia T: (540) 926-3008 | E: blanca@enroll-virginia.com
Lois Caliri Health Insurance Navigator, Roanoke | Enroll Virginia T: (540) 613-1696 | E: lois@enroll-virginia.com
Sara Cariano: Deputy Director of Healthy Communities | Senior Health Policy Analyst | Enroll Virginia T: (804) 332-1432 | E: sara@vplc.org
Jessica Conley Health Insurance Navigator, Southwest Virginia | Enroll Virginia T: (276) 229-9388 | E: jessica@vplc.org
Anna Daniszewski, Esq. Family Defense Fellow | Family & Child Welfare T: (804) 904-7447 | E: anna@vplc.org
Laura Dobbs, Esq. Deputy Director of Housing Advocacy | Staff Attorney | Housing T: (804) 955-0470 | E: laura@vplc.org
Cassie Edner, Esq. Director of Virginia Hunger Solutions | Staff Attorney | Public Benefits; T: (804) 588-2079 | E: cassie@vplc.org
Steve Fischbach, Esq. Director of Litigation T: (804) 351-5266 | E: steve@vplc.org
Kajsa Foskey Economic Justice Outreach Coordinator T: (804) 659-7345 | E: kajsa@vplc.org
Amanda Gago Silcox Economic Justice Outreach Coordinator T: (804) 659-7359 | E: amanda@vplc.org
Mara Guyer Communications & Marketing Specialist | Enroll Virginia T: (804) 801-2927 | E: mara@vplc.org
Emily Hardy, Esq. Deputy Director of Healthy Communities | Staff Attorney | Elder Law T: (804) 588-2089 | E: emily@vplc.org
Miranda Huffer Development Assistant E: miranda@vplc.org
Valerie L’Herrou, Esq. Deputy Director of Family Advocacy | Staff Attorney | Family & Child Welfare T: (804) 351-5276 | E: valerie@vplc.org
Delaney Larkin Program Coordinator | Enroll Virginia T: (804) 510-8847 | E: delaney@vplc.org
Sarah Morton Staff Attorney | Senior Legal Helpline T: (804) 840-1343 | E: smorton@vplc.org
Flannery O’Rourke, Esq. Staff Attorney | Unemployment and Social Security Law T: (804) 750-3151 | E: flannery@vplc.org
Vanessa Paster, Esq. Staff Attorney | LA VIDA (Legal Assistance for Victim-Immigrants of Domestic Abuse) T: (804) 351-5259 | E: vanessa@vplc.org
Amber Poron Outreach Coordinator & Health Insurance Navigator | Enroll Virginia T: (804) 432-9874 | E: amber@enroll-virginia.com
Daynee Rosales Paralegal | LA VIDA (Legal Assistance for Victim-Immigrants of Domestic Abuse) T: (804) 351-5256 | E: daynee@vplc.org
Annika Schunn Paralegal/Eviction Legal Helpline Coordinator | Housing Advocacy T: (804) 916-9794 | E: annika@vplc.org
Rhonda Seltz Health Insurance Navigator, New River Valley | Enroll Virginia T: (540) 525-5924 | E: rhonda@vplc.org
Phil Storey, Esq. Staff Attorney | Housing Advocacy T: (804) 418-3210 | E: phil@vplc.org
Dan Sullivan Health Insurance Navigator, Shenandoah Valley | Enroll Virginia T: (540) 926-3009 | E: dsullivan@enroll-virginia.org
Eleanor Sullivan Medicaid Policy Analyst | Health Insurance Navigator | Enroll Virginia T: (804) 625-2519 | E: eleanor@vplc.org
Denise Thomas-Brown Housing Community Education and Engagement Specialist, Equal Justice Works Housing Justice Program Fellow | Housing Advocacy T: (804) 382-8408 | E: denise@vplc.org