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 underserved communities, and a passion for its mission to provide access to civil justice for all.
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
Karina Cazares
Intake Supervisor, Stay Housed LA & Client Intake Workgroup
Paula Cohen
Special Counsel on Family Law
Becky Dennison
Housing Justice Policy Manager, Housing and Communities Workgroup
Elana Eden
Communications & Marketing Manager
Mark Hu
Managing Attorney, Self-Help Centers
Daniel Johnson
Intake Supervisor, Client Intake Workgroup
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
Sharon M. Paik
Managing Attorney, Asian & Pacific Islander (API) Community Outreach Project
Michelle Pantoja
Grants & Contracts Manager
Dominique Quevedo
Managing Attorney, Long Beach Office and Immigration Access Workgroup
Kristina Sanchez
Case Manager Project Manager
Dayanara Salazar
Data & Innovation Manager
Neesa Sethi
Pro Bono Project Manager
Jeffrey M. Uno
Managing Attorney, Eviction Defense Center
Manuel Villagomez
Managing Attorney, Housing and 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
Kyle Gilliam
Jamie Kim
Amy Lopez
Milo Schaberg
Robyn Smith
Catherine Vega
Eviction Defense Center
Perry Bower
Hanna Burt
Matthew Calcanas
Robin Chavarria
Cameron Dekens
Ge Fang
Justin Fitzsimmons
Michael Fraser
Christian Gutierrez
Fidel Hinojosa
Andrea Jimenez
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
Brenda Martin
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
Stephanie Iraheta
Camille Piazza
Bavani Sridhar
Pro Bono
Marvel Faulkner
Mina Kim
Restoring Communities
Chelsea Bell
Stephanie Horwitz
Petra Moreno
Giovanni Pesce
David Schlussel
Ian Stringham
Santa Monica Office
Terry Gray
Lynn Franco
D. Towne Morton*
Carmen Terlaje
Amy Withmory
Aly Yoder
Self-Help Legal Access Centers
Christine Caldwell
Pierre Cordero
Tatianna Herrera
Jordan Lennox
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
Louis Truong
Ricardo Uribe
* State of CA Bar Provisionally Licensed Attorney
