Management Staff & Attorneys
Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles’ key management team brings a wealth of legal expertise, policy advocacy experience, a solid background working with diverse and underserved communities, and a passion for its mission to provide access to civil justice for those without a voice.
Leadership

Silvia R. Argueta
Executive Director

Yolanda Arias
Director of Economic Justice

Lesli Latt
Director of Human Resources

Joann Lee
Special Counsel on Language Justice

Nicole M. Perez
Director of Client Services and Compliance

Michael D. Polanichka
Director of Information and Technology

Linda Quintana
Director of Fiscal Management

Vincent Rodriguez
Chief Financial Officer

Barbara J. Schultz
Director of Housing Justice

Tyler Nicole Smith
Director of Racial Justice and Equity

Alyson Sprafkin
Chief Development Director

Susan Vincent
Chief Operating Officer

Phong Wong
Pro Bono Director
Management

Brianna Aguet
Supervising Attorney, Eviction Defense Center

Paula Cohen
Special Counsel on Family Law

Stephanie Davidson
Managing Attorney, Survivor and Family Justice Workgroup

Elana Eden
Communications & Marketing Manager

Mark Hu
Managing Attorney, Self-Help Centers

Sheyda Joolharzadeh
Managing Attorney, Medical-Legal Partnerships

Andrew Kazakes
Managing Attorney, Economic Stability Workgroup

Tanya McGary
Supervising Attorney, Economic Stability Workgroup

Kevin F. Mitchell
Managing Attorney, Santa Monica Office

Michael J. Ortiz
Special Counsel on Immigrant Affairs

Michelle Pantoja
Grants & Contracts Manager

Dominique Quevedo
Managing Attorney, Long Beach Office and Immigration Access Workgroup

Nicole Rivera-Vazquez
Managing Attorney, Client Intake

Kristina Sanchez
Case Manager Project Manager

Neesa Sethi
Pro Bono Project Manager

Jeffrey M. Uno
Managing Attorney, Eviction Defense Center

Manuel Villagomez
Managing Attorney, Housing & Communities Workgroup
Attorneys & Fellows
Asian & Pacific Islander Outreach Project
Jean C. Ahn
Bohan Chen
Eugenia Kim
Patricia Park
Annie Yu
Shawntel Williams
Economic Stability
Elena Ackel
Marvin Amaya
Jonathan Brown
Matthew Clark
Zachary Genduso
Jamie Kim
Milo Schaberg
Robyn Smith
Catherine Vega
Eviction Defense Center
Perry Bower
Hanna Burt
Matthew Calcanas
Robin Chavarria
Cameron Dekens
Willie Duhart
Ge Fang
Justin Fitzsimmons
Michael Fraser
Christian Gutierrez
Fidel Hinojosa
Eugenia Huh
Joshua Johnson
Tiah Johnson
Jaelin Kinney
Kevin Le
Ava Luthin
Ningyi Ma
Amanda McNally
Olivia Mercado
Brittany Nguyen
Mario Perez
Hannah Samson
Sandra Vargas-Henao
Vincent Wang
Laiba Waqas
Jason Marcus Williams
Terea Williams
Nadeem Yamak
Hannah Zeltzer
Housing and Communities
Anna Hales
Heeyoung Linda Park
Olivia Scheyer
Immigration Access
Nick Levsen
Sonya Servin
Daliah Setareh
Nhien Tran
Christine Yoon
Medical-Legal Partnerships
Eun-Bit Chang
Eric Daco
Erin Gunter
Camille Piazza
Bavani Sridhar
Pro Bono
Mina Kim
Restoring Communities
Chelsea Bell
Stephanie Horwitz
Petra Moreno
Giovanni Pesce
David Schlussel
Ian Stringham
Santa Monica Office
Terry Gray
Lynn Franco
June Hormell
D. Towne Morton*
Carmen Terlaje
Amy Withmory
Aly Yoder
Self-Help Legal Access Centers
Cesar Bertaud
Pierre Cordero
Jordan Lennox
Jennie Nguyen
Susmita Sahu
Mona Sobhani
Survivor & Family Justice
Gabriella Cohen-Herrera
Pamela Mahle
Clara Mora
Laura Rotmanskiy
Unhoused People’s Justice Project
Isabelle Geczy
Shayla Myers
Veterans Justice Center
Melissa Steele
Louis Truong
Ricardo Uribe
* State of CA Bar Provisionally Licensed Attorney