Staff

The staff at Vermont Legal Aid brings impressive credentials and experience together with a deep commitment to making a difference in the lives of our clients.

Admin (ADM)

**ADM Staff List**
Name	Title
Stephanie Berube	Support Staff
Edmund Booth	IT and Network Admin.
Jim Brown	Chief Financial Officer
Yasmin Dwedar	Executive Director
Liam Flynn	IT and Network Admin.
Alex Frank	Support Staff
Jeannette Lachapelle	Support Staff
Mandy McDermott	Human Resources Admin.
Anson Montgomery	Senior IT Admin.
Wendy Morgan	Special Assistant to Exec. Director
Sofia Nolan	Support Staff
Jennifer Philo	Support Staff
Rebecca Plummer	Deputy Director
Jean Elizabeth Shockley	Executive Assistant
Andrea Smith	Legislative Coordinator
Brianna Sturgeon	Senior Accountant
Rebecca Wells	Accounting & HR Assistant
Betsy Whyte	HR Assistant
Sara Zeno	Support Staff

Disability Law Project (DLP)

Includes Brain Injury and Developmental Disability Advocacy Project (BDAP) and Client Assistance Program (CAP).

**DLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Devon Ayers	BDAP Paralegal - DLP
Sherrie Brunelle	CAP Paralegal - DLP
Kelli Kazmarski	Project Director - DLP
Susan Garcia Nofi	Attorney - DLP / PLP
Cammie Naylor	Attorney - DLP
Barb Prine	Attorney - DLP / PLP
Matthew Shagam	Attorney - DLP / HDLP

Elder Law Project (ELP) + Medicare Advocacy Project (MAP)

**ELP/MAP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Taleia Barksdale	Attorney - ELP / VRP
Michael Benvenuto	Project Director - ELP
Leah Burdick	Attorney - ELP
Amber Burke	Attorney - ELP / MAP
Berry Carroll	MAP Case Coordinator
Leslie Kreek	Paralegal - MAP
Alex Salgado	Paralegal - MAP
Rebecca Smith	Attorney - ELP / PLP

Office of the Health Care Advocate (HCA)

**HCA Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Charles Becker	Attorney - HCA
Annalee Beaulieu Lamberson	Advocate - HCA
Emily Bens	Advocate - HCA
Andrea Brett	Advocate - HCA
Isabel Dunkley	Advocate - HCA
Mike Fisher	Chief Advocate - HCA
Fexha Ilazi	Advocate - HCA
Jeff Maier	Advocate - HCA
Kelly Murphy Moreton	Advocate - HCA
Sam Peisch	Policy Analyst - HCA
Emma Riggs	Advocate - HCA
Alicia Roderigue	Communications Coord. - HCA
Eric Schultheis	Attorney - HCA
Marjorie Stinchcombe	Helpline Director - HCA
Emma Zavez	Consumer and Policy Analyst - HCA

Housing for Everyone Law Project (HELP)

**HELP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Jean Murray	Project Director - HELP
Daniel Schmidt	Attorney - HELP/PLP
Everett Secor	Attorney - HELP

Homeowner Legal Assistance Project (HLAP)

**HLAP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Greg Fox	Attorney - HLAP
Grace Pazdan	Project Director - HLAP

Housing Discrimination Law Project (HDLP)

**HDLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Rachel Batterson	Project Director - HDLP
Christian Harris	Paralegal/Testing Coordinator - HDLP
Matthew Shagam	Attorney - HDLP / DLP

Medical Legal Partnership (MLP)

**MLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Zachary Lees	Attorney - MLP / PLP
Brianna Savard	Attorney - MLP
Lily Yan	Attorney - MLP

Mental Health Law Project (MHLP)

**MHLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Sean Londergan	Attorney - MHLP
Brigid Lynch	Attorney - MHLP
Lauren Mabie	Attorney - MHLP
Jack McCullough	Project Director - MHLP
John Smith	Attorney - MHLP
Saiward Turnbaugh	Paralegal - MHLP

Poverty Law Project (PLP)

**PLP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Zoe Cunningham-Cook	Attorney - PLP
Laura Gans	Attorney - PLP
Susan Garcia Nofi	Attorney - PLP / DLP
Olivia Graffeo-Cohen	Attorney - PLP
Maryellen Griffin	Attorney - PLP
Deanna Hartog	Poverty Law Fellow – PLP
Zachary Lees	Attorney - PLP / MLP
Maureen O'Reilly	Attorney - PLP
Sandra Paritz	Project Director - PLP
Barb Prine	Attorney - PLP / DLP
Daniel Schmidt	Attorney - PLP/HELP
Rebecca Smith	Attorney - PLP / ELP

Tenant Representation Pilot Project (TRP)

**VOP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Sara Kagle	Project Director - TRP
Wendy Hoffman	Attorney - TRP
Chris Merkle	Attorney - TRP

Vermont Long-Term Care Ombudsman Project (VOP)

**VOP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Michelle Carter	Ombudsman - VOP
Dawn Donahue	Ombudsman - VOP
Terry Kalahar	Ombudsman - VOP
Kaili Kuiper	State Ombudsman - VOP
Nadia Lucchin	Ombudsman - VOP
Randi Morse	Ombudsman - VOP
Alicia Moyer	Ombudsman - VOP
Nancee Schaffner	Volunteer Ombudsman - VOP
Kerry White	Ombudsman - VOP

Victims’ Rights Project (VRP)

**VRP Staff List**
Name	Title & Project(s)
Taleia Barksdale	Attorney - VRP / ELP
Laura Bierley	Project Director - VRP
Andrea Smith	Paralegal - VRP

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