The Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation
Our Staff
Safe & Stable Homes Project
Crystal Redd
Co-Director
Pierce Hand
Co-Director
Cole Thaler
Co-director
Ayanna Jones-Lightsy
Co-director
Kenisha Carson
Paralegal
Nikkiangela Cauthen
Community Advocate, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
Matilde Davis
Volunteer Engagement Manager
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
Crystal Redd
Staff Attorney
Christan Rozzell
Paralegal
Shanee’ Shepardson
Paralegal, Housing Court Assistance Center
Angela Skeete
Paralegal, Housing Court Assistance Center
Erica Taylor
Staff Attorney, Saturday Lawyer Program
Lauren Washington
Staff Attorney, Standing with Our Neighbors Program
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
Safe Families Office Administrator
Sharlena Foster
Legal Assistant
Henry Gayler
Safe Families Office Administrator/
Paralegal
Kenya Gould
Social Worker, Standing with Survivors
Rackaya Haughton
Safe Families Office Paralegal
Mary Koenig
Social Worker
Camille Millar
Social Worker
Cynthia Padilla Pearson
Legal Education & Outreach Coordinator, Standing with Survivors
Jill Schirling-Allison
Social Worker, Standing with Survivors
Andrea Taps
Paralegal, Family Law Program
Trevi-Ann Thompson
Staff Attorney, Family Law Program
Erika Voreh
Staff Attorney, Safe Families Office
Community Support & Partnerships
Sonya Humphries
Director
La’Nette Holloman
Diaspora Support Coordinator
Gino Turner
Diaspora Support Advocate
Unique Daley
Diaspora Support Advocate
Unique Daley
Diaspora Support Advocate
Kelsie Matthews
Diaspora Support Advocate
Daija McKnight
Diaspora Support Advocate
Amber Shannon
Diaspora Support Advocate
Administration & Program Support
Michael Lucas
Executive Director
Libby King
Development Director
Takoya Fraizer
Director of Human Resources
Karen Frazier
Finance Manager
Jason Levister
Controller
Ebonie Sanders
Grants Manager
Terri Valentine
Office Manager
Melissa Moody
Information Technology Manager
Kyle Newman
Annual Campaign Manager
Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Adria Perez, President
Kilpatrick Townsend LLP
Dave Stainback, Treasurer
PwC
Emily Johnson, Secretary
UPS
Larry Bracken, Vice President
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
Kristy Weathers, Development Committee Chair Eversheds Sutherland
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. Ural Glanville
Fulton County Superior Court
Hon. Eric Richardson
Fulton County State Court
Chris Lightner
President, Atlanta Bar Association
Jatrean M. Sanders
President, Gate City Bar Association
Bethany Rupert
President, AVLF Leadership Council
Kimberly Charles
Atlanta Legal Aid Society
At-Large Directors
Bettina Drake, Racial Equity Working Group Chair
eVestment
Ben Hunter, Investment Committee Chair
Truist
Petrina McDaniel, Nominating Committee Chair
Squire Patton Boggs LLP
Kristy Weathers, Development Committee Chair
Eversheds Sutherland
Thomas Best
The Home Depot U.S.A.
Christa Freeman
Invest Atlanta
Elizabeth Finn Johnson
The Coca-Cola Company (Ret.)
Jennifer Fease
Equifax
Kamal Ghali
Bondurant Mixson & Elmore LLP
Ashley Heintz
Jones Day
Elizabeth Helmer
Alston & Bird LLP
Jennifer Malinovsky
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Jim McGinnis
Warner Bates
Jeff Nix
Taylor English LLP
Sterling Spainhour
Georgia Power
Dave Stainback
PwC
Jaime Theriot
Troutman Pepper LLP
Meka Ward
The Home Depot U.S.A.
Rachel Weitz
Delta Airlines
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
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
Adam Koetter
Veritext Legal Solutions
Stacy Myers
Ernst & Young
Paul Nam
InComm
ShaMiracle Rankin
CP Law Group
James Rusert
DLA Piper
Amy Saul
Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenberry, LLC
John Sharpe
Eversheds Sutherland
Andrew Smith
Greenberg Traurig
Tyler Wright
Moore Colson