Staff and Leadership
For more than five decades, Lambda Legal has been working to change laws, policies, and minds so that LGBTQ+ Americans and everyone living with HIV can live with full equality. Meet the remarkable team of legal, policy, and advocacy experts who make progress possible.
Staff Members
Executive Team
Marco Chan
Chief of Planning & Program Management
New York, NY
Cindi Creager
Chief Communications Officer
New York, NY
Gillian Power
Chief Technology Officer
Chicago, IL
John Roane
Chief Operating Officer
Washington, DC
Amanda Wyatt
Chief Financial Officer
Dallas, TX
Management Team
Percy Brown
Senior Communications Director of Internal & External Campaigns
Atlanta, GA
Doug Curtis
Midwestern Regional Director
Chicago, IL
Andre Zax
Director of Leadership Programs
New York, NY
Legal
Michele Clanton-Lockhart
Senior Paralegal
Dallas, TX
Jamie Farnsworth
Senior Paralegal
Los Angeles, CA
Luna Floyd
Equal Justice Works Fellow
New York, NY
May Head
Paralegal
New York, NY
Sonja Kerr
Counsel
Dallas, TX
Huong Lam
Legal Help Desk Director
Los Angeles, CA
John Miller
Help Desk Attorney
Los Angeles, CA
Kell Olson
Counsel
Tucson, AZ
Whit Washington
Senior Attorney for the Nonbinary & Transgender Rights Project
New York, NY
Communications
Jenna Butz
Senior Web Manager
New York, NY
Tyleis Davidson
Senior Public Information Officer
Atlanta, GA
Lake Geslani
Senior Content Manager
Washington, DC
Samy Nemir
Director of Strategic Communications
New York, NY
Helen Parshall
Digital Director
Washington, D.C.
Sequoyah Smoore
Social Media Manager
Chicago, IL
Development
Dani Alexander-Burk
Office Manager/Regional Program Coordinator
Atlanta, GA
Carla Avila
Senior Manager of National Events
Chicago, IL
Amanda Boyajian
Liberty Circle Manager
New York, NY
Willard Dumas
Director of Leadership Gifts
Chicago, IL
Westley Ebling
Member Services Assistant
Washington, DC
Joe Foster
Director of National Sponsorships
Dallas, TX
Hannah Garcia
Senior Major Gift Officer
Dallas, TX
Joel Gonzalez
National Events Manager
New York, NY
Elliott Hobaugh
Office Manager/Regional Program Coordinator
Chicago, IL
Robin Jablonski
Database & Reports Associate
New York, NY
Maura Leahy
Director of Member Services & Direct Marketing
New York, NY
Ronald Lizcano
Major Gifts Officer
Chicago, IL
Abel Martinez
National Events Manager
Los Angeles, CA
Lianne Pimentel
Director of National Events
New York, NY
Cruz Ramirez
Senior Major Gifts Officer
Los Angeles, CA
Andreas M. Schwarz
Director of Institutional Giving
New York, NY
Nat Silverman
Donor Database Health Associate
New York, NY
Neela R. Taub
Member Services Analyst and Stewardship Officer
Washington, DC
Liz Ternes
Integrated Marketing Associate
Dallas, TX
Erik Wilson
Office Manager/Regional Program Coordinator
Los Angeles, CA
Finance & Operations
Ramesh Alfred
Controller
New York, NY
Emily Beller
IT Manager
New York, NY
Nicholas Dowse
Executive Assistant to the COO and CCO
Washington, DC
Gustavo Gallego
National Operations Manager
New York, NY
Shane Smoore
Talent Acquisition Manager
Chicago, IL
Board Members
The members of our board of directors hail from all across the country, giving the gift of their time and expertise to the national effort to defend and advance our community’s civil rights.
Michelle Riley
Board Chair
West Palm Beach, FL
Fred Smith
Vice-Chair
Atlanta, Georgia
Steve Thornton
Treasurer
Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael Angelo
Secretary
Arlington, Virginia
Lauren Mutti
Immediate Past Chair
Dallas, TX
Tashica Amirgholizadeh
San Francisco, CA
Diane Bell
Executive Committee
Chicago, Illinois
Maureen Bennett
Boston, Massachusetts
Betsy Bernard
Naples, FL
John Blazek
San Francisco, California
Julius Carter
Chicago, IL
Kelley Cornish
New York, New York
James Dale
New York, NY
Dani D’Amico
New York, NY
Nadia Dugal
San Francisco, CA
Jenny Durkan
Seattle, WA
Linda Elliott
Phoenix, Arizona
Wanda French-Brown
Nutley, New Jersey
Robert Garcia
Los Angeles, California
Kevin Hager
New York, New York
Bill Hardin
Executive Committee
New York, New York
Jordan Heinz
Chicago, Illinois
Joanne Herman
Boston, MA
Angela Lim
San Francisco, California
Elizabeth Martin
New York, NY
Madeleine McDonough
Kansas City, Missouri
Deborah McMurray
Dallas, Texas
David Ortiz
New York, New York
Kecia Reynolds
Washington, District of Columbia
John Riccardi
New York, NY
Heather Steans
Chicago, Illinois
Valerie Sullan
Aspen, CO
Ian Tzeng
Executive Committee
Boston, Massachusetts
Adonica Wada
San Francisco, California
Richard Wester
Executive Committee
Evanston, Illinois
Anne White
Indianapolis, IN
Alan York
Houston, TX
National Leadership Council
The volunteers who make up our National Leadership Council (NLC) play a key role in cultivating the financial resources needed to fund Lambda Legal’s work.
G. Ross Allen
San Francisco, California
Jamie Pedersen
Seattle, WA
Neil Bagadiong
Indianapolis, Indiana
Debra R. Bernard
Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Dan Bowers
New York, New York
Susan Bozorgi
Miami, Florida
Mark Braun
Chicago, Illinois
Laura Brill
Los Angeles, California
Jeff Brodin
Phoenix, Arizona
William Candelaria
New York, New York
Sam Castic
Seattle, Washington
Martin S. Checov
San Francisco, California
Benson R. Cohen
New York, New York
Paul H. Coluzzi, M.D.
Laguna Beach, California
R. Sue Connolly
Chicago, Illinois
MaryKay Czerwiec
Chicago, Illinois
Trayton M. Davis
Montclair, New Jersey
Beth Davis
Atlanta, Georgia
Bruce Deming
San Francisco, California
David Draigh
Miami, Florida
Mitchell Draizin
New York, New York
Melinda Dunker
Chicago, Illinois
Daniel S. Ebner
Chicago, Illinois
Ruth Eisenberg
Washington, District of Columbia
Ellen Farrell
Dallas, Texas
C. Douglas Ferguson
Chicago, Illinois
William P. Flanagan
Washington, District of Columbia
Michael Foncannon
Summit, New Jersey
Kendall E. French
San Diego, California
Michael H. Gluck
Skillman, New Jersey
Michael I. Gottfried
Los Angeles, California
Natasha F. Haase
Princeton, New Jersey
Joseph A. Hall
New York, New York
Andrew Hall
San Francisco , California
Laurie Hasencamp
Los Angeles, California
Donald J. Hayden
Miami, Florida
Cynthia Homan
Chicago, Illinois
Dennis Hranitzky
New York, New York
F. Curt Kirschner
San Francisco, California
Kate Kleba
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gary Knapp
New York, New York
B. Birgit Koebke
San Diego, California
Kyle Levine
Seattle, WA
William M. Libit
Chicago, Illinois
Lisa Linsky
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Charles V. Loring
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Yery Marrero
Miami, Florida
Brian T. May
Saugatuck, Michigan
Gregory S. McCurdy
San Francisco, California
John McGowan
Chicago, Illinois
Thao Ngo
San Francisco, California
Robert W. Ollis
Chicago, Illinois
James Owens
Los Angeles, California
Andrew Parlen
New York, New York
Michelle Peak
Grand Prairie, Texas
Kathleen Pearson
San Diego, California
R. Kent Piacenti
Dallas, Texas
Mike Ponto
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dimitri Portnoi
Los Angeles, California
Jason Pucci
Summit, New Jersey
Peter Reichertz
Washington, District of Columbia
Jennifer L. Rexford
Princeton, New Jersey
Laura Ricketts
Chicago, Illinois
Edward H. Sadtler
New York, New York
P. Watson Seaman
Richmond, Virginia
Richard M. Segal
San Diego, California
Brad Seiling
Los Angeles, California
Beverlee E. Silva
Atlanta, Georgia
Norman C. Simon
New York, New York
Paul Smith
Washington, District of Columbia
Michael D. Soileau
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Charles M. Spiegel
San Francisco, California
Christopher W. Stuart
San Francisco, California
Tony Timiraos
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
George D. Tuttle
Sebastopol, California
Lauren Verdich
Chicago, Illinois
Richard Verma
New York, New York
Roy Wesley
Chicago, Illinois
Marcy Wilder
Washington, District of Columbia
Gwendolyn Williamson
Washington, District of Columbia
Peter S. Wilson
New York, New York
R. Alan York
Houston, Texas
George R. Zuber
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Mark Zumwalt
New York, New York