LDF

LEADERSHIP

Samuel Spital
Director of Litigation & General Counsel
Jin Hee Lee
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Demetria McCain
Director of Policy
Karla McKanders
Thurgood Marshall Institute Director
Claude M. Johnson
Chief Development Officer
Kevin C. Thomson
Chief Financial Officer
Aashka Merchant

LDF STAFF


LITIGATION

Evelyn Anderson

Scholarships Coordinator & Executive Assistant to the Director of Litigation

Shruti Banerjee

Data and Research Analyst

Colin Burke

Yale Public Interest Fellow

Molly Cain

Assistant Counsel

Elizabeth Caldwell

Assistant Counsel

Maia Cole

Assistant Counsel

Rebecca Dharmapalan

Legal Assistant

Gabriel Diaz

Senior Counsel

Austin Drimal

Legal Assistant

Alfreida Edelen

Executive Assistant, Office of Director-Counsel & Admin Liason

Hannah Ferguson

Legal Assistant

Victor Genecin

Of Counsel

Grace Han

Research Associate for the President and Director-Counsel

Shaunell Henderson

Legal Assistant

Todd Hendricks

Data and Research Analyst

Joseph Wong

Senior Counsel

Alyson Jefferson

Legal Assistant

Jason McGaughy

Deputy General Counsel

Kaisha Oliver

Paralegal

Victor Olofin

Marshall Motley Scholar Program Fellow

Anne Oredeko

Senior Counsel

Isabel Rohani

Assistant Counsel

Diane Simmons

Legal Assistant

Michael Skocpol

Assistant Counsel

Maydrian Strozier-Lowe

Marshall Motley Scholar Program Fellow

Clare Walker

Research and Intake Associate

Breanna Williams

Fried Frank Fellow

Veronica Williams

Legal Assistant

STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

Alexandra Fosbury

Program Associate, Black Voters on the Rise

Dillon Jules II

Field Coordinator, Black Voters on the Rise

Donya Khadem

EPI Counsel, Equal Protection Initiative

EPI/ Pro-Truth Associate

Charles McLaurin

Senior Counsel

Kacey Mordecai

JPP Counsel, Justice in Public Safety Project

Terin Patel-Wilson

Liman Fellow, Black Voters on the Rise

Michelle Peters

Executive Assistant for Strategic Initiatives Department

Yenisey Rodriguez

ARCH Counsel, Achieving Racially-Equitable Communities through Housing

Kimberly Saltz

Legal Fellow, Justice in Public Safety Project

Larnee Satchell

Field Coordinator, Black Voters on the Rise

Avatara Smith-Carrington

Assistant Counsel

Nia Warren

Program Associate, Black Voters on the Rise

POLICY

Sarah Seo

Law and Policy Fellow

David Wheaton

Assistant Policy Counsel

THURGOOD MARSHALL INSTITUTE

Jakiyah Bradley

TMI Research and Operations Associate

Donna S. Gloeckner

Director of Archives and Records

Andrea Hill

Assistant Archivist

Reed Jaeger

TMI Project Manager

Kayla Jenkins

Manager of Archives

Dr. Sandhya Kajeepeta

TMI Senior Researcher and Statistician

Cassandra Mensah

Archives Counsel

Kimberly Villafuerte Barzola

Assistant Archivist

Dr. Ayobami Laniyonu

Non-Resident Senior Research Fellow

COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

Obi Afriyie

Community Organizer

Candice Battiste

Campaign Strategist

Joshua Everett

Campaign Strategist

Alejandra Granado

Community Organizing Fellow - Political Participation

Christina Kittle

Community Organizer

Abigail Langmead

Administrative Assistant Community Organizing

Jadyn Lynton-Smith

Senior Program Associate

Broderick Pitts

Community Organizing Fellow - Education Equity

Amaris Ramey

Digital Organizer

Miracle Stewart

Administrative Assistant Community Organizing

COMMUNICATIONS

Natalie Thigpen

Chief Marketing and Communications Officer

Gianna Baez

Social Media Strategist

Troi Barnes

Director of Media Relations

Frances Bruey

Content Producer

Mariel Fernández

Digital Media Strategist

Sarah Friedmann

Director of Original Content/Editor in Chief

John Guzman

Communications Strategist - Police Accountability

Kaye Lee Johnston

Principal Designer and Brand Manager

Chloe McKimmie

Communications Assistant

Lindsey Norward

Senior Staff Writer

Nigel Stinson

Communications Strategist - Economic Justice

Maya Rhodan

Director of Editorial and Executive Communications

DEVELOPMENT

Rowhan Baptiste

Manager of Institutional Giving and Special Projects

Jake Cassell

Development Associate, Institutional Giving

Cynthia Diaz-Nieves

Development Operations Coordinator

Lauren Dubin

Development Coordinator, Individual Giving

Yasmine Fillmore

Director of Special Events

Laura Fino

Executive Director, Institutional Giving

Rosalind George

Director of Corporate Giving

Kirsten Hansen

Donor Relations Manager

Laura Howard

Development Operations Associate

Martha Lauria

Director of Development Operations

Darice Liguidi

Development Operations Analyst

Grace Madeja

Director of Individual Giving

Bernardo Ortiz

Manager of Development Services

Katherine Pooser

Director of Planned Giving

Briana Rheubottom

Development Coordinator, Individual Giving

Tal Segal

Development Operations Analyst

Amanda Siebert

Development Project Administrator

Eric Taylor

Development Operations Associate

Tom Walton

Director of Direct Marketing

Gary Whidbee

Executive Director Individual Giving

Erica Windwer Gubler

Associate Director of Institutional Giving​

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