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

Thank you.