BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gloria Bader, Ed.D.
The Bader Group
Board Chair
Tom Laube, Esq.
Sandler, Lasry, Laube, Byer & Valdez LLP
Board Vice Chair
Mary Siegrist
First American/CoreLogic (ret.)
Board Secretary
Matt Mahoney, Esq.
Witham Mahoney & Abbot, LLP
Board Treasurer
Nancy Aeling
HR Results
Dilkhwaz Ahmed
License to Freedom
Brett D’Arcy
D’Arcy Capital
Margaret Doyle, SHCJ
Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Karen Gross
Hutchens PR
Carlee Harmonson
Union Bank
Frank Hogan
The Latin School of Chicago (ret.)
Steve Keane, Esq.
Illumina
Sheila McNiff, SHCJ
Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Kevin O’Neill
Social Advocates for Youth (SAY)
Elena Perez
MANA de San Diego
Amy Romaker, Esq.
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
Brittany Syz, Esq.
SDG&E
Gerard A. Trippitelli, Esq.
Greg Vega, Esq.
Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek
STAFF
Carmen M. Chavez, Esq.
Executive Director
Sonia Aguilar
Receptionist
Alice Bendinelli
VIT Project Assistant
Carolyn Bonoff
Support Services Coordinator
Courtney Brown, M.Sc.
Director of Philanthropy
Matthew E. Cannon
Managing Attorney, Children’s Program
Zelena Lissette Cartagena
Associate Attorney
Mayra Chaidez
Administrative Clerk
Francesca Egger
Staff Attorney, Children’s Program
Elena Gutierrez
Staff Attorney
Paola Gutierrez
Executive Assistant to the Director
Evelyn Hernandez
Legal Assistant, Victims of Crime
Jennifer Hernandez, M.Sc.
Grants Manager
Jesse Imbriano
Legal Director
Ana Jerez
Legal Assistant, Children’s Program
Zohaile Kakavand
Associate Attorney
Gary Lynn
Finance & Administration Director
Evelyn Alicia Lopez
Associate Attorney
Rosa Mitsumasu Scotti, M.Sc.
Development Manager
Katherine Paculba Lacher.
Managing Attorney, Pro Bono Program
Abril Perez
Special Project Attorney
Liza Perkins-Cohen
Associate Attorney
Jesse Ramirez
Legal Assistant, Children’s Program
Emma Rucker
Development Assistant
Carla Valadez
Temporary Assistant, Litigation Program
Artemisa Valle
Manager, Information Systems and VIT Program
Manager, Information Systems and VIT Program
Arwa J. Zakir Kakavand
Managing Attorney, Litigation Program