The Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
Our Staff
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Ayanna Jones-Lightsy
Co-Director
Cole Thaler
Co-Director
Lauren Boswell
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Kenisha Carson
Paralegal
Nikkiangela Cauthen
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Matilde Davis
Volunteer Engagement Manager
Christan Rozzell
Paralegal
Shanee’ Shepardson
Paralegal, Housing Court Assistance Center
Angela Skeete
Paralegal, Housing Court Assistance Center
Erica Taylor
Staff Attorney, Saturday Lawyer Program
Terri Valentine
Programs Assistant
Pierce Hand
Staff Attorney, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Shameka Love
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Kelsie Matthews
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Viraj Parmar
Managing Attorney, Housing Court Assistance Center
Crystal Redd
Staff Attorney
Nekesha Whitaker
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
LaKeta Whittaker
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Darrius Woods
Staff Attorney, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Shamyya Wyatt
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Safe & Stable Families Project
Jamie Perez
Director
Audrey Bergeson
Managing Attorney, Family Law Program
Cori Bishop
Paralegal, Standing with Survivors
Joel Correa
Managing Attorney, Safe Families Office
Lilli Crowe
Program Coordinator
Brianna Daniels
Administrator, Safe Families Office
Sharlena Foster
Legal Assistant
Jill Schirling-Allison
Community Advocate, Standing with Survivors
Andrea Taps
Paralegal, Family Law Program
Henry Gayler
Paralegal, Safe Families Office
Kenya Gould
Social Worker, Standing with Survivors
Rackaya Haughton
Paralegal, Safe Families Office
Mary Koenig
Social Worker
Cynthia Padilla Pearson
Program Manager, Standing with Survivors
Courtney Shelley
Social Worker
Trevi-Ann Thompson
Staff Attorney, Family Law Program
Erika Voreh
Staff Attorney, Safe Families Office
Community Assistance Program
Sonya Humphries
Director
La’Nette Holloman
Advocate
Patricio Cambias Rojas
Advocate
Administration & Program Support
Michael Lucas
Executive Director
Libby King
Development Director
Keith Millner
Director of Operations
Aisha Coore
Human Resources Manager
Karen Frazier
Accounting Manager
Akshaya Garimalla
Development Coordinator
Dedrick Leonard
Communications
Ebonie Sanders
Grants Manager
Mariah Moore
Office Coordinator
Melissa Moody
Information Technology Manager
Kyle Newman
Annual Campaign Manager
Ashleigh Starnes
Communications Manager
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Nancy Baughan, President
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Adria Perez, Vice President
Kilpatrick Townsend LLP
Dave Stainback, Treasurer
PwC
Will Shearer, Secretary
United Distributors, Inc.
Hon. Walt Davis, Immediate Past President
Georgia State-Wide Business Court
Larry Bracken, Development Committee Chair
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Jennifer Jackson, Nominating Committee Chair
SullivanStrickler
Irv Marchand, Executive Committee At-Large
Epiq
Paul Murphy, Executive Committee
At-Large
King & Spalding LLP (Ret.)
Chel Tanger, Finance Committee Chair
The Tanger Consulting Group, LLC
Standing Directors
Hon. Chris Brasher
Fulton County Superior Court
Christina Baugh
President, Atlanta Bar Association
Candis Jones-Smith
President, Gate City Bar Association
Hon. Eric Richardson
Fulton County State Court
Andrew Rosenzweig
President, AVLF Leadership Council
Michelle Jordan
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
At-Large Directors
Virginia Adams
EY LLP
Steve Allen
SunTrust Private Wealth Legal Specialty Group (Ret.)
Tom Best
The Home Depot U.S.A.
Bettina Drake
eVestment
Kamal Ghali
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP
Ashley Heintz
Jones day
Elizabeth Helmer
Alston & Bird LLP
John Horn
King & Spalding LLP
Ben Hunter
Truist
Emily Johnson
United Parcel Service
Elizabeth Finn Johnson
The Coca-Cola Company (Ret.)
Trudy Kremer
Jackson Spalding
Christin Lumpkin
Global Payments, Inc.
Jennifer Malinovsky
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Petrina McDaniel
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Jim McGinnis
Warner Bates
Jeff Nix
Taylor English LLP
Sterling Spainhour
Georgia Power
Jaime Theriot
Troutman Pepper LLP
Meka Ward
The Home Depot U.S.A.
Denelle Waynick
UCB, Inc.
Kristy Weathers
Eversheds Sutherland
Rachel Weitz
Delta Air Lines
Leadership Council
Andrew Rosenzweig, President
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Ashley Heintz, Immediate Past-President
Delta
Katie Balthrop, President Elect
Westrock
Bethany Rupert, Development Committee Chair
King & Spalding
Sean Sullivan, Nominating Committee Chair
Alston & Bird
Ross Andre
Southern Company
Kimberly Averett
Kaiser Permanente
Paul Barsness
Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP
Adam Koetter
Veritext Legal Solutions
Stacy Myers
Ernst & Young
Paul Nam
InComm
ShaMiracle Rankin
CP Law Group
James Rusert
Alex Bartko
Seyfarth Shaw
Michelle Davis
PwC
Jennifer Deal
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Jessica Fagan
Hedgepeth Heredia
Ariel Fenster
Seyfarth Shaw
Ken Franklin
Duane Morris LLP
Adam Gajadharsingh
Barnes & Thornburg
Lennon Haas
Seyfarth Shaw
DLA Piper
Amy Saul
Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenberry, LLC
John Sharpe
Eversheds Sutherland
Andrew Smith
Greenberg Traurig
Tyler Wright
Moore Colson