Leadership and Board
With decades of experience, our leadership provides guidance, supervision, and support to our staff while strategizing to meet the ever-changing needs of New York City communities.
Executive Leadership
Legal Leadership
Shelly Agarwala
Director of Intake Services
Rosalind Black
Director of Citywide Housing
Rex Chen
Director of Immigration
Christine Clarke
Director of Litigation & Advocacy
Adam Heintz
Director of Pro Bono
Jacob Inwald
Director of Litigation — Economic Justice
William Kransdorf
Director of New York City Bankruptcy Assistance Project
Jeremiah Schlotman
Director of Litigation – Housing
Citywide Leadership
Jay Ackley
Director of Data and Evaluation
Rebecca Holland
Compliance Officer
Seth Hoy
Director of Communications
Dilip Kulkarni
Chief Information Officer
Rose Morgan
Director of Legal Education and Professional Development
Pascale Nijhof
Director of Grants & Contract Management
Tanya Silas
Director of Development
Josephine Tso
Chief Accounting Officer
Board
Liza May Velazquez
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Chair
Marshall R. King
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Vice Chair
Ronan P. Harty
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Secretary
William Reckler
Latham & Watkins LLP
Treasurer
Samantha Aezen
Michael Andersson
Shawn G. Crowley
Hecker Fink LLP
Linda Carrasquillo
Donna Daniels
EY
Joseph M. Drayton
Proskauer Rose LLP
Susan R. Gittes
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Jeffrey Gordon
Victoria L. Horowitz
Ben A. Indek
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Zeretha Jenkins
Abdiel Joseph
Carl E. Kennedy
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Susan J. Kohlmann
Jenner & Block LLP
David F. Levine
Bloomberg L.P.
Ana Melendez
Peter Ofner
Rasheedah Omar
Rosemary F. Paladino
Private Practice
Tawfiq S. Rangwala
Milbank LLP
William T. Russell, Jr.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
David E. Schwartz
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Renita N. Sharma
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
Karen Shen
Pfizer Inc.
Daniel Slifkin
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Abibatou (Abi) Traore-Miller
Jeroen van Kwawegen
Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP
Mark Venaglia
Joy Wefum
Emeritus Board
Mark G. Cunha
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP (retired)
Joseph S. Genova
Milbank LLP (retired)
John S. Kiernan
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Michael Young
JAMS
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