Board & Staff

Board & Staff

Carmen Chavez headshot

Carmen M. Chavez, Esq.

Executive Director

Gloria Bader, Ed.D.

The Bader Group
Board Chair

Board of Directors

Tom Laube, Esq.

Sandler, Lasry, Laube, Byer & Valdez LLP
Board Vice Chair

Mary Siegrist

Corelogic (Retired), Investor
Board Secretary

Matt Mahoney, Esq.

Witham Mahoney & Abbot, LLP
Board Treasurer

Dilkhwaz Ahmed

License to Freedom

Gerald Akwanya Awichu

Community Leader and Mental Health Advocate

Nicholas A. Asaad

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Charity Babington Falls

Moss Adams

Margaret Doyle, SHCJ

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

Arezoo Jamshidi, Esq.

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP

Steve Keane, Esq.

Illumina

Sheila McNiff, SHCJ

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

Danny Milla

Cox Communications

Elena Perez

MANA de San Diego

Amy Romaker, Esq.

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Kit Ryan

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Brittany Syz, Esq.

SDG&E

Gregory A. Vega, Esq.

Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek

STAFF

Ismael Avilez

Support Services Coordinator

​Anne S. Bautista, Esq.

Legal Support and Strategy Director

Stephanie R. Beckstrom, Esq.

Managing Attorney, Pro Bono Program

Matthew E. Cannon, Esq.

Managing Attorney, Children’s Program

Giovanna Cano

Legal Assistant, Litigation Program

Zelena Lissette Cartagena, Esq.

Associate Attorney

Shirley Chestnut, Esq.

Staff Attorney

Justin Cintron

Legal Assistant, Children’s Program

Mayra Duran

VIT Program Assistant

Jezyle Deo Diez, M.A.

Program Assistant, Pro Bono Program

Francesca Egger, Esq.

Staff Attorney, Children’s Program

Gabriela Espinoza Rodriguez

Sr Legal Assistant

Elena Gutierrez, Esq.

Associate Attorney

Paola Gutierrez

Executive Assistant

Evelyn Hernandez

Legal Assistant, Victims of Crime

Jesse Imbriano, Esq.

Legal Director

Arwa J. Zakir Kakavand, Esq.

Of Counsel

Zohaile Kakavand, Esq.

Associate Attorney

Racheal Lapite

Development Assistant

​Susana Lawler

Administrative Clerk

Evelyn Alicia Lopez, Esq.

Managing Attorney, Victims of Crime Program

Melissa Lopez

Program Assistant, Children’s Program

Gary Lynn

Finance & Administration Director

Jennifer Medina, M.A.

Grants Manager

Mersedeh Mehrtash

Legal Assistant, Litigation Program

Stephanie Periban, Esq.

VOC Staff Attorney

Liza Perkins-Cohen, Esq.

Managing attorney, Litigation Program

Arely Preciado

Receptionist

Ferdoos Ebadi Rad

Program Assistant

Cynthia Souza

Development Manager

Artemisa Valle

Manager, Information Systems and VIT Program

Valeria Vargas

Program Assistant

Chantal Venter, Esq.

Staff Attorney