Our Staff

Executive Team

Steve Dickinson, Executive Director

Lorie Illsley, Finance Director 

Jill Pierce, Human Resources Director

Pam Embrey, Development Director

Rebecca Hutchinson, Operations Director 

Sylvia Jones, Advocacy Director

Housing Team

Austin Giesel, Director

Dale Reed, Attorney

Dan Shupe, Attorney

Janae Craddock,  Attorney

Katie Allen, Attorney 

Olivia Seksinsky, Attorney

Rose Palmer, Attorney

Michaela Ross, Attorney & Hunton Andrews Kurth Pro Fellow

Erica Scott, Legal Assistant

Max Cook, Paralegal

Marina Battistini, Legal Assistant

Malisa Esposito, Legal Assistant

Ruth Jones, Legal Assistant

Health, Elder, & Public Benefits Team

Sara Blose, Director 

Whitney Marshall, Attorney

Micaela Wibberly, Paralegal

Carla Torres-Barrera, Health Care Navigator – Team Coordinator

Diana Marrero, Health Care Navigator

Maria Luz Sanchez, Health Care Navigator 

Family & Victim Services Team

Rebekah Luttrell, Director

Justina Ehiawaguan, Attorney

Nicholas Kalagian, Senior Attorney

Palma Pustilnik, Senior Attorney

Anne Stambaugh, Paralegal 

Katherina Landaeta, Paralegal 

Kimberly Garcia, Paralegal

Pro Bono  & Triage Team

Lisa Bennett,  Director

Freddie Goode, Senior Attorney

Mellaney Gordon, Legal Assistant

 

Employment & Consumer Team

Robin Leiter-White, Director 

Jessica Thompson, Senior Attorney

Kimberly Bolinsky, Attorney

Matthew Whitfield, Attorney

Tanisha Jackson, Legal Assistant

Colleen Owens, Paralegal

Virginia Farm Workers Program

Christianne Queiroz,  Director

Ninel Foss, Migrant Outreach Coordinator

Office Managers and Directors

Martin Wegbreit, Director of Litigation

Jacqueline Kuhle, Richmond Office Manager & Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging Director

Michelle King, Petersburg Office Manager & Training Director

Victoria Booker, Charlottesville Office Manager & Asset and Procurement Director 

Dimi Ioannou, Accounting Assistant

Board of Directors

Christopher E. Trible, Esq. – President

Earl J. Gee, Esq. – Vice President

Heather Hays Lockerman, Esq. – Treasurer

Patrice Shelton – Secretary

Lisa Brook, Esq.

Sean P. Byrne, Esq.

Dora-Ann Callaghan

Cora Hayes

Pete M. Johnson, III, Esq.

Christy Kiely, Esq.

James A. McCauley, Esq.

Lonnie “Chip” D. Nunley, III, Esq.

Robert Robertson

Tina Washington

Corey Young