Staff

LDF

LEADERSHIP

President and Director-Counsel

Associate Director-Counsel

Director of Litigation & General Counsel

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Thurgood Marshall Institute Director

Chief Development Officer

Chief Communications & Marketing Officer

Chief Operating Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Chief of Staff

LDF STAFF

LITIGATION

Aashka Merchant

Chief of Staff

Leah C. Aden

Senior Counsel

Evelyn Anderson

Scholarships Coordinator & Executive Assistant to the Director of Litigation

Shruti Banerjee

Data and Research Analyst

Ashley M. Burrell

Senior Counsel

Tiffani Burgess

Economic Justice Fellow

Brittany Carter

Political Participation Fellow

Ashok Chandran

Assistant Counsel

Michelle Charles

Paralegal

Dayle Chung

Paralegal

Santino Coleman

Senior Counsel

John Cusick

Assistant Counsel

Rebecca Dharmapalan

Legal Assistant

Anuja Thatte

Assistant Counsel

Austin Drimal

Legal Assistant

Alfreida Edelen

Executive Assistant, Office of Director-Counsel & Admin Liason

Alaizah Koorji

Assistant Counsel

Tonya Farrow-Chestnut

Data and Senior Research Analyst

Victor Genecin

Of Counsel

Cassandra Volcy

Legal Assistant

Jennifer Holmes

Deputy Director of Litigation

Grace Han

Research Associate for the President and Director-Counsel

Todd Hendricks

Data and Research Analyst

Arielle Humphries

Assistant Counsel​

Samuel Spital

Director of Litigation & General Counsel

Breanna Williams

Fried Frank Fellow

Alexsis Johnson

Litigation Fellow

Rachel M. Kleinman

Deputy Director of Litigation

Michael Pernick

Redistricting Counsel

Victor Jones

Senior Counsel

Amber Koonce

Assistant Counsel

Chris Kemmitt

Deputy Director of Litigation​

Molly Cain

John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow

Hannah Ferguson

Legal Assistant

R. Gary Spencer

Senior Counsel

Jason McGaughy

Deputy General Counsel

Brenda Wright

Special Litigation & Policy Counsel

Michael Skocpol

Assistant Counsel

Adam Murphy

Assistant Counsel

Kaisha Oliver

Paralegal

Stuart C. Naifeh

Manager of the Redistricting Project

Uruj Sheikh

Equal Justice Works Fellow

Isabel Rohani

Redistricting Fellow

Michaele Turnage Young

Senior Counsel & Co-Manager of the Equal Protection Initiative

Deuel Ross

Deputy Director of Litigation

Diane Simmons

Legal Assistant

Anne Oredeko

Senior Counsel

Kathryn Sadasivan

Assistant Counsel

Allison Scharfstein

Education Fellow

Rick Rozos

Paralegal Manager

Pilar Whitaker

Special Economic Justice Counsel

Amia L. Trigg

Senior Counsel & Director of Professional Development

Patricia Okonta

Assistant Counsel

Alexandra Thompson

Senior Counsel

Raymond Audain

Senior Counsel

Devin McCowan

NYU Litigation Fellow

Jared Evans

Senior Policy Counsel

Amalea Smirniotopoulos

Senior Policy Counsel and Co-Manager of the Equal Protection Initiative

Hamida Suad Labi

Senior Policy Counsel

Beth Caldwell

Assistant Counsel

Adam Lioz

Senior Policy Counsel

Allen Liu

Policy Counsel, Justice in Public Safety Project

Kristina Roth

Senior Policy Associate

Monica Jack

Executive Assistant of LDF’s Policy Department

David Wheaton

Economic Justice Policy Fellow

Molly Cain

John Payton Appellate and Supreme Court Advocacy Fellow

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Jin Hee Lee

Director of Strategic Initiatives

Anne Houghtaling

Senior Deputy Director of Strategic Initiatives

Amir Badat

Manager, Voting Rights Defender and Prepared to Vote Projects

Victoria (Tori) Wenger

Attorney for the Voting Rights Defender and Prepared to Vote Projects

Christina Das

Attorney for the Voting Rights Defender and Prepared to Vote Projects

Leigh Logan

Voting Rights Defender and Prepared to Vote Programs Associate

David Moss

Justice in Public Safety Project Legal Fellow

Charles McLaurin

Senior Counsel

Antonio Ingram II

Assistant Counsel

Catherine Logue

Assistant Counsel

Katrina Feldkamp

Assistant Counsel

Michelle Peters

Executive Assistant for TMI

Morenike Fajana

Senior Counsel​

Kevin Jason

Assistant Counsel​

Kennedy Austin

Research Associate

Rachel Carter

Voting Rights Defender & Prepared To Vote Programs Field Coordinator

Puneet Cheema

Manager, Justice in Public Safety Project

Leah Wong

Voting Rights Defender and Prepared to Vote Attorney

THURGOOD MARSHALL INSTITUTE

Karla McKanders

Thurgood Marshall Institute Director

Cassandra Mensah

Archives Counsel

Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta

TMI Senior Researcher

Donna S. Gloeckner

Director of Archives and Records

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff

Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow Emeritus

Jahdziah St. Julien

Research Associate

Kayla Jenkins

Manager of Archives

Lauren O'Neil

TMI Research and Operations Associate

Ashton Wingate

Manager of Digital Archives

Dr. Kesha Moore

Manager of Research

Richard Rothstein

Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow Emeritus

Ruby Mangum

Archives Administrative Assistant

Jakiyah Bradley

TMI Research and Operations Associate

Kimberly Villafuerte Barzola

Assistant Archivist

Andrea Hill

Assistant Archivist

Dr. Ayobami Laniyonu

Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow

Julian Castro

Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow Emeritus

COMMUNICATIONS

Natalie Thigpen

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

Keecee DeVenny

Senior Digital Media Strategist

Sarah Friedmann

Director of Original Content/Editor in Chief

Christopher Ford

Media Relations Strategist

John Guzman

Communications Strategist - Police Accountability

Kaye Lee Johnston

Senior Graphic Designer

Mariel Fernández

Digital Media Strategist

Mark S. Luckie

Director of Digital Strategy

Phoebe Plagens

Senior Director of Media Relations

Gianna Baez

Social Media Strategist

Frances Bruey

Content Producer

Lindsey Norward

Senior Staff Writer

Chloe McKimmie

Communications Assistant

DEVELOPMENT

Claude M. Johnson

Chief Development Officer

Dory Baron

Institutional Giving Associate

Rosalind George

Director of Corporate Giving

Courtney Edwards

Contracts and Compliance Manager

Laura Fino

Executive Director, Institutional Giving

Tal Segal

Development Operations Analyst

Katherine Pooser

Director of Planned Giving

Grace Madeja

Director of Individual Giving

Martha Lauria

Director of Development Operations

Cynthia Diaz-Nieves

Development Operations Coordinator

Briana Rheubottom

Development Coordinator, Individual Giving

Alexa Smith

Director of Major Gifts

Steve Grimes

Director of Prospect Development and Analytics

Tom Walton

Director of Direct Marketing

Erica Windwer

Associate Director of Institutional Giving

Lauren Dubin

Development Coordinator, Individual Giving

Shaqua Randle

Manager of Gift Administration

Gary Whidbee

Executive Director Individual Giving

Jessica Wang

Development Project Administrator

Lauren Treanor

Direct Marketing Manager

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Victor Dempsey

Senior Community Organizer​

Alejandra Granado

Community Organizing Fellow - Political Participation

Estherjoy Mungai

Deputy Director of Community Organizing

Ralikh Hayes

Senior Community Organizer

Tré Murphy

Director of Community Organizing

Candice Battiste

Campaign Strategist

Jadyn Lynton-Smith

Community Organizing Associate

Brielle Morton

Community Organizer

Obi Afriyie

Community Organizer

Miracle Stewart

Administrative Assistant Community Organizing

Broderick Pitts

Community Organizing Fellow - Education Equity

Joshua Everett

Campaign Strategist